tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post4312689935998916316..comments2023-10-09T09:07:18.186-04:00Comments on My Ecdysis: ImmigrationLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013142465038823597noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-92182598808521578752007-09-03T13:07:00.000-04:002007-09-03T13:07:00.000-04:00No American I know is against legal immigration. M...No American I know is against legal immigration. Most,, in fact, welcome higher quotas and more help for Legal immigrants...it's the illegal aspect of it that bothers folks. <BR/> No one should have bottles thrown at them or Failed for no reason, but the fact is illegal anything, costs money and money we just can't keep pouring into a segment of society that has totally disregarded our laws from the get go. It's been proven by the Bush Administration, By the Catholic church and other social services groups that while legal immigrants bring much to our society, illegal immigrants cost much more than they add. In terms of services alone they pay somewhere around $9,000 in taxes ( mainly sales since they most often don't pay income) and take about $40,000 per year in services. <BR/> The difference in most people's minds between the Take over of Native American's lands and the Jewish take over of Palestine is that the problems in the Mid east are happening NOW and the take over of North America happened about 100 years ago- in some cases more. And it happened in a different type of world....where take over was still the norm. There is no one left alive that actively took over Native Lands. And if you want to get right down to it...Europe was taken over from it's original inhabitants several times over, that does not excuse people coming to any country outside the bounds of the law and demanding services, the right to vote, other accommodations because they manage to break the law. <BR/> In the minds of many Americans there is a difference between 'immigrant' ( legal) and 'alien' or 'invader' ( both illegal) and this is only going to get worse before it gets better. <BR/> Personally I think people should be able to live where they want to live - and that immigration laws of ALL countries should reflect that. but if I moved to another country illegally I would not be greeted with the tolerance that folks seem to think Americans should show illegal immigrants who come here. <BR/> I've wanted to live in Canada all my life...would anyone there ( or here) support my "right" to swim across the border, get a job, get housing, and healthcare and what not at taxpayer expense? It's the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-59752465894125634732007-07-15T23:30:00.000-04:002007-07-15T23:30:00.000-04:00I am sorry that your family has gone through such ...I am sorry that your family has gone through such degradation. Good for your father for saying what he did. <BR/><BR/>A month (or so) ago someone told me that they were angry at the *&^* Jews who thought they could move wherever they want and take over other people's lands. When I asked her how she could live on the Native American's land, she ignorantly/discriminatingly said "that's different." Sure. Easy for her to say as a Caucasian Christian.<BR/><BR/>I don't know who originally said it, but "you can tell the values of a society by how it treats it neediest." Perhaps it is also true for its immigrants.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339634759946053073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-87770872771497698332007-05-17T13:52:00.000-04:002007-05-17T13:52:00.000-04:00Nice post. Got to you from scotti's comment spam ...Nice post. Got to you from scotti's comment spam blog, so at least something good came of his stupidity.The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.com