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Posted By metavirus 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Here's to hoping the next big topic after the health care craze will be immigration reform. Immigration is enormously wonderful for development. Yet roughly since 1914/WWI, nationalists in more-developed nations have become so obsessed with protecting their relative power over less fortunate people, they've lost sight of how labor mobility benefits everyone in the long run.
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calitennflo3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Doesn't Washington know that they actually embargoed themselves? After the 911 look at all that has happened...panic is one thing, anger is another...but continuance of policies that make it look like they jailed us rather than are keeping others out have to be stopped!
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embargoes - Complete bans on economic exchange.
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coolrayfruge3 months, 3 weeks ago
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I say we take over their country before they take over ours.
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The Drug Cartell has already declared War on the U.S.A.
Sending their gangs to infiltrate our communitys.Threatening the lives of those living there.
Selling drugs and commiting acts of violence and vandelism.
They have been more of a threat to Americans than those that were responsible for 911.
They have created a need for more law enforcement.
Which is turning our country into a Police state.
If you have ever watched "Gangland" on th History channel.
Glorifying these punks and their crimes.
You would know what I'm talking about.
They don't want to coexist.
They want to take over!-
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wtagg3 months, 3 weeks ago
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I am trying to determine if you are writing a poem, considering the carriage return after each line.
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I am not sure that war is a solution that can be considered conservative. War is always the least efficient and economic solution. Yes, you are probably correct about much of the content in your comment, but a more efficient solution needs to be investigated.
If you want to deal with the immigration issue, you will never be successful with fences, borders, walls, etc... The only way to be effective is to punish those that provide a reason for illegals to enter this country, the employers. $100,000 fine minimum for each illegal working for an employer. If they employer is a government representative, $250,000 minimum fine because they should know better.
I bet that would improve the vetting process for hiring.
If an employer wants to sponsor a foreign national, they must provide full health care. That way the foreign national is not draining the health care system of resources.
I think we need to modify the birth in country makes you a citizen rule. If you are born here to a legal immigrant, then you are a citizen. If the individual is illegal, you are not a citizen. -
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calitennflo3 months, 3 weeks ago
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The correct due process is open borders...here again money is the root of the problems we are seeing at the border...and money is also something we can govern without and live without. When that happens we will only then be able to say we are not subjecting ourselves beyond what the normal is.Just because things are bad now is no argument that conditions can not be different.We need look at what we need do too.
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