Freiheit Reich wrote:The Alma Mater wrote:
America: a country of immigrants looking for a better life.
Hmm. Why does that sound so.. normal.
Many of these immigrants come from nations that they have ruined. If the majority of people in Honduras were gentle, efficient, industrious, and peace-loving, the nation would not have such a high murder rate or be so corrupt. Honduras people would not tolerate awful politicians who don't care about fixing their nation. Panama and Costa Rica, while not perfect, are doing much better than El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. All of these nations are in Central America, all have coastlines, all are comprised mostly of Hispanics which means it is not racism, geography, or the fact they are brown skinned (some racists think all brown skinned Hispanics are the same) that are keeping some Central American nations down. The people in the crappy Latin American nations (Venezuela can be added to this list) are more violent by nature. Some blame the USA for their failures but this is a ridiculous idea.
I agree that the immigrants are looking for a better life but their methods are not all the same. Watch 'Scarface' to see how certain immigrants look for a better life in the USA. Also, the USA has millions of people on poverty that desperately need decent jobs to improve their situation. The USA can't afford to fund a national healthcare program (a real one, not the crappy Obamacare/Romneycare that is awful for the lower classes) because it is too poor to do so. The USA can't afford to fix its decaying infrastructure in many places. The USA can't afford decent public transport in many cities (even Tashkent, Manila, Bombay, Calcutta, and Lahore now have a metro/light rail systems which Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Columbus, and Kansas City lack).
When the USA cuts its poverty rate down, fixes the homeless problem, has a national healthcare system, gets rid of the national debt, and has light rail/street cars/metros in all its big cities, lowers its population to 200 million (which will reduce traffic jams and reduce the housing crisis) perhaps it can allow some qualified immigrants from poor (but less violent/corrupt) countries.
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