John Cox on TV and Streaming: Running for President
John Cox: I would expand legal immigration so that at the same time [that] I would make sure that employers don’t employ illegal immigrants, I realize we need more employees in this country. ...I would vastly increase legal immigration. I am a Jack Kemp Republican, not a Pat Buchanan Republican.
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Jeff Berkowitz: Would you take ten million [currently illegal immigrants] back in the next few years as legal immigrants from Mexico?
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John Cox is planning to be a candidate for President of the United States in the 2008 Republican Primaries."Public Affairs," is featuring Cox this week in 35 Chicago Metro suburbs [See, below, for a detailed suburban airing schedule] on Comcast Cable; this coming Monday night [June 5] through-out the City of Chicago on CANTV, Cable Ch. 21 at 8:30 pm; And, right now, on the "Public Affairs," podcast page on your computer [See here].
The "Public Affairs," podcast page gives you a choice of more than 20 different episodes of “Public Affairs," in addition to the show with Presidential Candidate Cox[See here]. The podcast page also includes a show with Kevin White, the Republican nominee for the 5th Cong. Dist. seat currently held by Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), Professor Barry Chiswick, Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago and Professor Hoyt Bleakley, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business discuss and debate immigration, Mayoral Candidate Bill Dock Walls, State Senate Republican Nominee [27th Dist.] Matt Murphy; a recent joint press conference with Senator Obama [D-Illinois] and Congresswoman Bean [D-Barrington] dealing with, among other issues, Iran, Iraq, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and tax cuts, Senator and Republican nominee for State Treasurer Christine Radogno, the Republican nominee and Democratic incumbent in the 8th CD, David McSweeney and Congresswoman Bean, respectively; Tony Peraica, Republican nominee for Cook County Board President;
[See here].
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John Cox is a lawyer and entrepreneur who has succeeded in both careers. He spent much of his adult life on the North Shore and he migrated, a few years back, to the City of Chicago.
Cox has run in three Republican Primaries, losing twice and dropping out once. In 2000, he ran in the 10th Cong. Dist. [North Shore and to the north and west of the North Shore] Republican Primary and finished 5th out of 10 candidates, losing to Mark Steven Kirk, who went on to win the general election and Cong. Kirk still occupies that office; In 2001-02, Cox ran in the 2002 U. S. Senate Republican Primary and finished third of three candidates, losing to then State Rep. Jim Durkin-who went on to lose badly to Democratic Senator Dick Durbin. In 2003-04, Cox started another run for the U.S. Senate in the Republican Primary and dropped out. In 2004, Cox became the Republican candidate for Cook County Recorder of Deeds and lost that race to Democratic incumbent, Eugene Moore. Cox put his name in the hat for State GOP Chairman in 2005 and lost that race to eventual winner and Cox's previous Glenview neighbor, Andy McKenna, Jr.
However, John Cox is quick to point out that the above record is a plus for his Presidential run as he claims to have learned a great deal during the different races about how to deal with the media, organize a campaign and run a campaign. And, no doubt, that experience should prove invaluable for this Presidential run. Of course, in a field of national candidates each of whom has the title Senator, Governor or Mayor before his name, lack of name recognition or a political base that comes with holding a major prior office or of having enormous net worth to compensate for those missing attributes could prove an insurmountable obstacle. However, as John Cox is a believer in the Jack Kemp "Hope, Growth and Opportunity," mantra, you would never know it from speaking with John.
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Jeff Berkowitz: You would support that biometric card [for employers to establish that potential employees are in the U. S. legally]?
John Cox: Absolutely. Now, the other part of this by the way and please, again…make sure that my position gets clarified. And, that is, I would expand legal immigration so that at the same time [that] I would make sure that employers don’t employ illegal immigrants, I realize we need more employees in this country. So, I want businesses to be able to grow and function. I would vastly reform the INS. I would make coming to this country a lot easier, a lot more technology driven. I think we could do a lot more with technology to get the process streamlined and I would vastly increase legal immigration. I am a Jack Kemp Republican, not a Pat Buchanan Republican.
Jeff Berkowitz: Yeah, well, we’ll find out because as you know, now one of the issues that the President addresses when he talks about comprehensive reform are the ten to twelve million illegal immigrants who are currently in the country [and] that have been here for some time—for quite some time.
John Cox: Sure, sure.
Jeff Berkowitz: And, so the question [or issue] that some say is—what they want to do is set up a path to citizenship for those individuals—you’re talking about people who may have been here five years and this would take another ten to eleven years—
John Cox: Sighs and says—Yeah.
Jeff Berkowitz: And you’ve talked about attrition [of illegal immigrants]. You want penalties and you’d like these ten million [illegal immigrants] to voluntarily-- since they can’t find jobs [under this scenario due to greater enforcement actions against employers in the future]-- migrate back to Mexico.
John Cox: I would have them migrate back and re-apply with a streamlined program and expanded legal immigration so they can come in here legally. The other thing—
Jeff Berkowitz: Would you take ten million [currently illegal immigrants] back in the next few years as legal immigrants from Mexico?
John Cox: To the extent our economy could absorb them, absolutely. And, it appears that our economy could absorb them. And, other ideas I have would grow the economy, like a fair tax, a sales tax- a national sales tax that would grow the economy. We would get rid of the IRS [and the income tax]. We’d get economic growth. We need economic growth to fulfill the promises that we have to Social Security and Medicare. So, I want to have a labor base that will accomplish economic growth, but I want it to be legal. I want people to be Americans, to share in the American dream. I am absolutely opposed to a guest worker program for the same reason. A guest worker who comes here doesn’t plan, by definition, on staying forever. And, by definition, [guest workers] will send their money back to their homeland
Jeff Berkowitz: Let me just cut you off because we can’t do the whole show on immigration—
John Cox: Okay, well it is an important issue. But, I am different from [Senator John] McCain and I am different from [Cong. Tom] Tancredo.
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Public Affairs, with Republican Presidential Candidate John Cox, was recorded on May 21, 2006 and is airing on the Suburban edition of Public Affairs this week [week of May 29] and on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs on Monday night, June 5 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21. See, below, for a detailed, regular suburban airing schedule for Public Affairs . The show with candidate John Cox is available, right now, as a video podcast at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with more than twenty other shows, which are also airing there. [See here].
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In 25 North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the show airs tonight in its regular Tuesday night time slot: 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 or 35, as indicated, below.
In 10 North Shore suburbs, the show is also airing tonight in a special airing at 9:00 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 and also in its regular airing slot at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 this week on Wednesday and Friday, as indicated, below.
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The episode of Public Affairs, featuring Presidential candidate John Cox airs tonight:
at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette
And at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling.
and at 9:00 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
and this Wednesday and Friday night at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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Jeff Berkowitz: Would you take ten million [currently illegal immigrants] back in the next few years as legal immigrants from Mexico?
************************************
John Cox is planning to be a candidate for President of the United States in the 2008 Republican Primaries."Public Affairs," is featuring Cox this week in 35 Chicago Metro suburbs [See, below, for a detailed suburban airing schedule] on Comcast Cable; this coming Monday night [June 5] through-out the City of Chicago on CANTV, Cable Ch. 21 at 8:30 pm; And, right now, on the "Public Affairs," podcast page on your computer [See here].
The "Public Affairs," podcast page gives you a choice of more than 20 different episodes of “Public Affairs," in addition to the show with Presidential Candidate Cox[See here]. The podcast page also includes a show with Kevin White, the Republican nominee for the 5th Cong. Dist. seat currently held by Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), Professor Barry Chiswick, Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago and Professor Hoyt Bleakley, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business discuss and debate immigration, Mayoral Candidate Bill Dock Walls, State Senate Republican Nominee [27th Dist.] Matt Murphy; a recent joint press conference with Senator Obama [D-Illinois] and Congresswoman Bean [D-Barrington] dealing with, among other issues, Iran, Iraq, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and tax cuts, Senator and Republican nominee for State Treasurer Christine Radogno, the Republican nominee and Democratic incumbent in the 8th CD, David McSweeney and Congresswoman Bean, respectively; Tony Peraica, Republican nominee for Cook County Board President;
[See here].
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John Cox is a lawyer and entrepreneur who has succeeded in both careers. He spent much of his adult life on the North Shore and he migrated, a few years back, to the City of Chicago.
Cox has run in three Republican Primaries, losing twice and dropping out once. In 2000, he ran in the 10th Cong. Dist. [North Shore and to the north and west of the North Shore] Republican Primary and finished 5th out of 10 candidates, losing to Mark Steven Kirk, who went on to win the general election and Cong. Kirk still occupies that office; In 2001-02, Cox ran in the 2002 U. S. Senate Republican Primary and finished third of three candidates, losing to then State Rep. Jim Durkin-who went on to lose badly to Democratic Senator Dick Durbin. In 2003-04, Cox started another run for the U.S. Senate in the Republican Primary and dropped out. In 2004, Cox became the Republican candidate for Cook County Recorder of Deeds and lost that race to Democratic incumbent, Eugene Moore. Cox put his name in the hat for State GOP Chairman in 2005 and lost that race to eventual winner and Cox's previous Glenview neighbor, Andy McKenna, Jr.
However, John Cox is quick to point out that the above record is a plus for his Presidential run as he claims to have learned a great deal during the different races about how to deal with the media, organize a campaign and run a campaign. And, no doubt, that experience should prove invaluable for this Presidential run. Of course, in a field of national candidates each of whom has the title Senator, Governor or Mayor before his name, lack of name recognition or a political base that comes with holding a major prior office or of having enormous net worth to compensate for those missing attributes could prove an insurmountable obstacle. However, as John Cox is a believer in the Jack Kemp "Hope, Growth and Opportunity," mantra, you would never know it from speaking with John.
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Jeff Berkowitz: You would support that biometric card [for employers to establish that potential employees are in the U. S. legally]?
John Cox: Absolutely. Now, the other part of this by the way and please, again…make sure that my position gets clarified. And, that is, I would expand legal immigration so that at the same time [that] I would make sure that employers don’t employ illegal immigrants, I realize we need more employees in this country. So, I want businesses to be able to grow and function. I would vastly reform the INS. I would make coming to this country a lot easier, a lot more technology driven. I think we could do a lot more with technology to get the process streamlined and I would vastly increase legal immigration. I am a Jack Kemp Republican, not a Pat Buchanan Republican.
Jeff Berkowitz: Yeah, well, we’ll find out because as you know, now one of the issues that the President addresses when he talks about comprehensive reform are the ten to twelve million illegal immigrants who are currently in the country [and] that have been here for some time—for quite some time.
John Cox: Sure, sure.
Jeff Berkowitz: And, so the question [or issue] that some say is—what they want to do is set up a path to citizenship for those individuals—you’re talking about people who may have been here five years and this would take another ten to eleven years—
John Cox: Sighs and says—Yeah.
Jeff Berkowitz: And you’ve talked about attrition [of illegal immigrants]. You want penalties and you’d like these ten million [illegal immigrants] to voluntarily-- since they can’t find jobs [under this scenario due to greater enforcement actions against employers in the future]-- migrate back to Mexico.
John Cox: I would have them migrate back and re-apply with a streamlined program and expanded legal immigration so they can come in here legally. The other thing—
Jeff Berkowitz: Would you take ten million [currently illegal immigrants] back in the next few years as legal immigrants from Mexico?
John Cox: To the extent our economy could absorb them, absolutely. And, it appears that our economy could absorb them. And, other ideas I have would grow the economy, like a fair tax, a sales tax- a national sales tax that would grow the economy. We would get rid of the IRS [and the income tax]. We’d get economic growth. We need economic growth to fulfill the promises that we have to Social Security and Medicare. So, I want to have a labor base that will accomplish economic growth, but I want it to be legal. I want people to be Americans, to share in the American dream. I am absolutely opposed to a guest worker program for the same reason. A guest worker who comes here doesn’t plan, by definition, on staying forever. And, by definition, [guest workers] will send their money back to their homeland
Jeff Berkowitz: Let me just cut you off because we can’t do the whole show on immigration—
John Cox: Okay, well it is an important issue. But, I am different from [Senator John] McCain and I am different from [Cong. Tom] Tancredo.
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Public Affairs, with Republican Presidential Candidate John Cox, was recorded on May 21, 2006 and is airing on the Suburban edition of Public Affairs this week [week of May 29] and on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs on Monday night, June 5 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21. See, below, for a detailed, regular suburban airing schedule for Public Affairs . The show with candidate John Cox is available, right now, as a video podcast at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with more than twenty other shows, which are also airing there. [See here].
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In 25 North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the show airs tonight in its regular Tuesday night time slot: 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 or 35, as indicated, below.
In 10 North Shore suburbs, the show is also airing tonight in a special airing at 9:00 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 and also in its regular airing slot at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 this week on Wednesday and Friday, as indicated, below.
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The episode of Public Affairs, featuring Presidential candidate John Cox airs tonight:
at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette
And at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling.
and at 9:00 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
and this Wednesday and Friday night at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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