John Stossel joined FOX Business and FOX News in October 2009. His show, Stossel, airs on the Fox Business Network on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET
He is the New York Times best-selling author of Give Me A Break and Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity. His "Give Me a Break" commentaries take a skeptical look at a wide array of issues, such as education, the economy, parenting, and more.
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J Downs
John, love ya, and consider myself a libertarian, but you are leaving out the cost of healthcare and education and in many cases social services for these immigrants. You can't just say, "we shouldn't have those things," when you know they are practical realities. So your version of libertarianism is, you import cheap labor, and let others pay for their health care and education? You know very well the wages these illegals are making can't possibly yield enough taxes to cover what they take.
Nancy Kowalczyk
Lou Dobb's remark was immature and classless, enough said about him. I am very happy that FOX has added you to the network that I watch, faithfully. I respect your work, John. and am looking forward to seeing more of it on FOX.
Henry Blankett
Dobbs is correct, of course: outsourcing has absolutely destroyed the economic fabric of the United States. Even the Wall St. investing class who have made money hand-over-fist by pushing America's manufacturing capacity overseas to cheap-labor nations privately admit this. Only corporate stooges like John Stossel would publicly say otherwise.
Bob Roberts
Who still watches Lou Dobbs?
Richard Allen
John, As you know, Lou is under fire by the left. He is trying to get some bonifides by attacking you. The more CNN viewers hear your name,the better. Welcome to Fox - I always wanted to see & hear more of you when you were on that other station. Now it's your turn to SHINE at FOX!
Jayr
Hi John, I am not an MSN fan, however I disagree with you. When companies hire domestic labor, the wages represent the demand for new products that keep the economic cycle moving. The overall effect of outsourcing is a decreased purchasing power of the economy which translates in layoffs and more imports, that althought cheaper, in the long term will make us dependent of the mood of a foreign economy.
BJC49
John, you'll learn it's better to not even give the idiots the time of day. You're at FOX now so you are a target. I just listen to the clip put out by "Media Don't Give a $hit" on Breitbart and once I saw it was put out by them I knew it was crap. FOX ROCKS!!
amjustsayin
JOHN!!!! welcome home! i wish all sorts of good things for you @ Fox . don't fall into the trap of your attackers though. you now have a bigger audience and everybody is gonna throw things at you just to get some attention. can't wait to see an hour long (or more...) of some of those investigating reports you do :-)
AJ
John, The problem with this issue is that it is subject to so much demagoguery. I think it's one of the areas where libertarians often go off the rails in terms of public credibility, by suggesting that immigration should be unlimited, and immigration laws should not be enforced. It is similar to drug legalization. It's one thing to hold a purist view, but for libertarians to be a credible force, they have to also be at least marginally realistic about some of their less popular positions.
Barbara
'Voter Fraud' bothers me. With all the latest tech we have today, why hasn't someone created a crime-free system? One that uses a person's birthday, zip code, ss# and a pin would allow us to use a phone or computer from anywhere in the world. If American Idol can take millions of votes in one night, we should be able to in one whole day. The only way to sign up is at your Post Office in person with your proof.
Stossel-Hayek-Acton
John, when will you understand that you're the only reporter that matters today, seriously.
PeteR..
John! It seems as though you fell into the "illegal" immigrant trap. As you mention, the MSM probably said he was against immigration. They say that about all people that are against illegal immigration. They purposefully confuse the two. If we want to debate about letting more immigrants into America legally, I'm all for it. But the ILLEGAL immigration must be stopped.
Tdring
First Congrats on your new position at FOX Mr. Stossel, glad to see you here. Second Lou Dobbs who?
Frank
John, welcome to Fox. People do not understand the difference between outsourcing and off-shoring. When you hire a company to do something you for you, you are outsourcing. When you hire a company outside of the US, you are off-shoring. Regardless, the problem arises when you combine off-shoring with bad domestic social/economic policy. If the US fixed its policies, off-shoring would fundamentally strengthen us. Instead, it only saves us from total collapse b/c of govt's excessive burden.