Mark Steyn almost gets it

Let me say, first of all, that I think Steyn is a bit of an ass. I get the sense from his columns that he seems to hold the rest of us in a vague sort of contempt. He writes as if our lack of, uh, Steyniness is a crippling social defect.

In a recent column he takes a break from his busy hating-Muslims schedule to share with us his concerns about immigration reform in the US. While most of it is ranting about how his wife couldn't get a replacement green card - something that he baselessly blames on the immigration people concentrating exclusively on guest workers - he does end with something interesting:

Let’s take that last platitude: “the jobs Americans won’t do”. If that’s true, why not address why they won’t do ‘em?

Well, that's an interesting idea. Of course being a right wing ideologue, Steyn cannot take his column to the next logical step: implementing programs that would help the working poor such as an increase in the minimum wage. Whatever you think about immigration, finding ways to help the working poor seems like a good idea. He got so close, I guess he had to get back to writing cheap shots about liberals or Muslims or whatever.