Continuity.
#30 | Posted by danni at 2009-05-23 02:27 PM
California has an immigration problem which should be the responsibility of the federal government. For too long illegal immigrants have flowed in because of the policies of George "they are only doing jobs Americans won't do" Bush.
Is this a wake up call, homegirl. Some of us have been opposed to illegal immigration from the get-go. It isn't only Bush and the C of C that are responsible for this debacle. It is a combination of businesses which have had their illegal alien workers subsidized for decades now, and the bleeding heart lefties joined in a coalition. After all, who declared "sanctuary cities" and prohibited police from enforcing federal law and turning in criminals (which is the status of all illegal aliens). Who so vehemently opposed deportation on "humanitarian" grounds? Why the lefties.
The lefty attitude is that the only reason there is not more wealth is meanness of the righties, that some miraculous process fills the cornucopia.
The litany of expenditures for illegal aliens is bankrupting California. What is it, some $10,000 per child per year, so from K-12, four illegal alien children will cost $520,000. Free health care. Criminal justice system (victims' losses, apprehension, legal costs, and imprisonment) expenses increased by need to police gangs centers of drug dealing, and minority group killings to secure territory, welfare, food stamps, subsidized housing. The courts had declared that illegal aliens are entitled to all of the benefits of citizens.
Now it doesn't appear that President Obama understands that it simply cannot continue ...
Remember that whatever the cost, the Holy Grail for a politician is remaining in power, and the illegal aliens are considered a source of votes for Democrats.
... punishing the employers who lure illegals here soon.
Money returning to Mexico from workers in America is now Mexico's second largest income source. It is draining our economy.
Jail the employers. What about deporting the illegal aliens, and their families. The previous legal decisions can be interpreted to deny citizenship to children born to people who are subjects of a foreign sovereign, and we have agreements with Mexico providing access to their consulates here for assistance and for documentation.
If we need workers, they can come as "braceros," work during the harvest season and return home with a poke full of money. If they are not available, workers are available from other countries not in close proximity to us, and so we cannot be as readily inundated with hordes of illegals. And if our welfare system were tightened, we might have Americans, the portion of our population with skill sets that formerly have them working at such jobs, doing so rather than collecting benefits.
If you keep your house open, soon you will run out of room, facilities, and food. This is a problem in which the Californians were full participants in creating.
There is no free lunch. And with thousands of retailers closing, and malls failing, the worst is yet to come. There is a reciprocating effect, fewer jobs, less income, less taxes, and just not enough to sustain the standard of living we previously enjoyed.
Appealing to Obama, the leveler a la Rev. Wright, who wants to "take from the so-called "rich" and distribute to the poor, and who in the process will compromise our ability to produce goods and services. Get real Danni. You (and others) have projected attributes and aims upon Obama that are your fantasy and not part of his psyche.
