Masayoshi Son Quotes
If Japanese cannot have new babies quick enough, then the government should start importing workers faster.
Son, Masayoshi. Interview. Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Inc., 2016.
Many people contest his 40 million number as being exaggerated. Even if true, opponents argue that they would be no more likely to take jobs that most Americans do not want at current wages or whose education does not make them qualified for the high tech jobs that are available. They argue that with 40 million additional American we would not replace many immigrants but would greatly increase the unemployment rate. Later, DeLay was convicted and sentenced to jail for money laundering and illegally spending and raising campaign funds. He was also reprimanded by the House Ethics Committee for unethical methods of fund raising for other earlier actions.
The nation was divided over the issue of immigration. Many observed that the vast majority of the immigrants—especially the illegal immigrants performed jobs for which American workers could not be hired. Opponents like the congressman, claimed that if better wages were paid Americans would be doing the jobs, and as long as there were immigrants who would work for low wages, there was little reason for employers to pay more.
This quotation is interesting because it shows the extreme degree that some ideologues can take an argument. In this case, the imaginative Tancredo manages to tie abortion to immigration, equality, the elderly and Social Security. His number of abortions was grossly exaggerated as well.
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese billionaire technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Japanese holding company SoftBank, CEO of SoftBank Mobile and chairman of UK-based Arm Holdings.