seanR said:
What I don't understand is...
What is being said here, we all seem to be in agreement.
No one has spoken up and told us how wrong we are.
Why is this problem so hard to solve?
Ray Charles can see the problem!
Are our elected officials really THAT blind to the problems?
I know there are quite a few polititions out there that have no clue what it is like to live in the real world...
Oh like Ted Kennedy, and others...
But can they ALL be totaly clueless?
Perhaps our system of government is so corrupt that it will never be fixed.
Some of us agree to a point.
I don't mind open and free immigration, but I do mind giving out freebies to the people who aren't citizens. In fairness, not everyone who comes here is 'leaching' the system, it's a few who are causing the problem. To generalize that is like saying that all people who wheel tear up the land and litter while tossing their flaming cigarette butts and empty beer cans in the bushes. What I see is a lot of armchair quarterbacking going on without getting a full view of the story. It's easier to sit on your collective asses and get your point of view from the slave box instead of actually talking to the people you accuse of wrongdoing. All these immigrant folks want, legal and illegal alike, is to work and be happy...free of danger and persecution. To say that they only come here to mooch off our system is ignorant for the most part. I'm not saying that some don't, it's just that not all of them do. Like I mentioned above, you can take virtually any group and substitute their name in place of 'immigrants'. But instead, many people would rather make generalizations on these issues. Same goes for what I've noticed in conversations and in the television reports I've witnessed...it's all about 'Mexicans' or 'Latinos'. NOBODY has mentioned the other nationalities that are involved. There are plenty of those out there, so where are the vicious news reports about Canadian janitors on welfare? Dare I assume it's a race issue?
As for a change in the governmental system, I again invite you all to think of everyone when you do so. Forcing people to do things against their will can only lead to bitter resentment in the long run. We've as a society become accustomed to being told what to do, think, and say. LESS government interaction into our lives is better for everyone. Big government has their agenda and keeps the politicians sitting on their fat asses for YEARS, until they're completely senile and way beyond touch with the public sector. They cater to big business for kickbacks and special treatment. They're not thinking of the people as a whole when it comes to decisions being made. Again, we've become accustomed to that so it's no surprise that many would rather toss out 'MAKE A LAW!' instead of looking at the root of the problem. You know why 'they' can't just pull up to a rally and arrest the illegal immigrants? It's because everyone's screaming about terrorism and the government spends excessive amounts of money on bullshit programs and foreign affairs that cater to big business agendas. I agree that the problem begins at home. If you want to truly cure the problem, you need to relax the rules some and shift fire, so to speak.
Consider what Edward H. Crane of the Cato Institute has to say:
"Here's an interesting thought experiment. Suppose we increased the level of immigration, but the rule would be that immigrants and their descendants would have no access to government social services, including welfare, social security, health care, business subsidies, or the public schools. I would argue first that there would be no lack of takers for that proposition. Second, within a generation, we would see those immigrants' children going to better and far cheaper schools than the average citizen; there would be less poverty, a better work ethic, and proportionately more entrepreneurs than in the rest of U.S. society; and virtually everyone in this group would have inexpensive high-deductible catastrophic health insurance, while the truly needy would be cared for by an "immigrant culture" that gave proportionately more to charity. If my hypothesis is true, and I believe it would be for virtually any immigrant group you could name, it is something to think about, isn't it? That kind of freedom's why people came here in the first place -- not for a government that takes 43 percent of your income, regulates you to death and tells you which books your child must read in school."
Interesting read that gets the wheels turning... For the full context, follow the link.
http://www.cato.org/speeches/sp-71493.html
In conclusion, I agree with you guys to a point...I just invite you to think a little further beyond your immediate judgement and actions.
