...."and Hispanic groups are flexing political muscle demanding legalization."Emphasis mine, because frankly, that's the part of this whole situation that bothers me most. It is a sense of entitlement, backed up by the strength of numbers (numbers that should never have had the opportunity to grow as they have - if only we'd have enforced the laws.) It's become a political strong-arming. It pisses me off.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
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Agreed: political strong-arming is pissed-offedness-worthy.
ReplyDeleteAnyone's sense of entitlement to anything is enough to make my blood boil.
In the States, the American Dream is to be earned.
Allow me to add: if 3 misdemeanors calls for banishment, two of my Hoosier-borns must also go (even though their infractions come under the heading of "juvenile delinquency"), never mind they have been here all along by luck of birthplace.
There must be a sensible, humanitarian way of addressing the problem -- one that is not based in republican greed (which I believe has caused many in power to look the other way, thus adding to, if not creating the problem), or xenophobia/bigotry (which I believe gets citizens riled about a concern they might otherwise ignore).
It's hard for me as someone who believes in the ideals on which our country was built, someone who has seen a little bit of the world outside our borders, someone who knows that certain jobs would never get done at close to budget without illegals because our sons and daughters won't do those jobs at any wage, to not have some degree of empathy for the illegals.
I feel for all parties in the argument and do not pretend to have the answers. It's a sticky wicket, at best.
I do not respect lawlessness, but I do respect work ethic. I fear that a larger problem is that United States citizens generally do not have the work ethic we once had.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
If ever there's been a quagmire, this situation qualifies.
And I still adore you. Even if you hate me now.
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haha, no, you pretty well said exactly how I feel.
ReplyDelete"I do not respect lawlessness, but I do respect work ethic. I fear that a larger problem is that United States citizens generally do not have the work ethic we once had."
A-freakin-men!
Plus you get extra points for using the phrase "sticky wicket."
;)
. . with, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" the American Constitution created entitlements beyond conception of most, even now . .
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