Air America started in my area today so I listened a little bit. I was shocked to hear that in FL that the Cubans that don't speak English weren't getting a fair telling of the political landscape. Some caller said that his wife translates for some of the people and was upset that they were getting a conservative slant on their information. The reason I was shocked was because you don't hear anyone being upset that Mexicans in the southwest get a liberal slant in the information that they receive. Could this be some hypocrisy?
edgarblythe wrote:Speeding is a crime people are getting away with. Better post National Guard at all intersections. Shee-it. If broken laws were the real concern of anti imigration proponents it would be laughable. The hidden agenda is racism, pure and simple. That's my final say on the thread. In a few days or weeks, an identicle thread will be started by another newbie and the circle will begin again.
How can the hidden agenda be racism? Being American doesn't come with a color does it? I could careless who comes in, I just want it done legally as do most people. It isn't being unreasonable it is asking that people obey the law of our land.
cavfancier wrote:Pass the popcorn, this thread is better than TV. Baldimo, that quote of yours that drom just cited, even for you that's nutty. Here's a proposal to end poverty, courtesy of Crad Kilodney, just lower the poverty line from $10 000 to $1000 per annum. Voila, way less poor people.
That's part of the problem, illegals are part of the poverty rate as well as being part of the census. That is what is used to check the poverty rate after all. What would the poverty rate be if illegals were not counted?
Thomas wrote:Baldino wrote:What should be done to stem the tide of illegal aliens? I think we should place the National Guard of the respective states on the border to help the border patrol.
I think it would be a better idea to legalize all immigration. This way, there will be no more illegal immigration, and the national guard can stay home.
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I say we make murder legal so that it isn't illegal any longer, that should solve that problem.
panzade wrote:What's scary is that they just raised the poverty line per household to $43,000. I'm going dooooooooooooooown.
I was wondering how an illegal applies for unemployment compensation..."here, you get $300 a week"...and they're sending 9 billion dollars back per year. The numbers just don't add up.
Apparently they can't get unemployment because they haven't paid into the system per say. It is benefits such as welfare and Medicaid that they receive. Also as I posted before, there are hospitals that are losing millions of dollars per year supplying free medical assistance to illegals. This is breaking the bank on the smaller hospitals and there have even been hospitals that have closed because they can't keep up with the amount of money they are losing.
dròm_et_rêve wrote:cavfancier wrote:Pass the popcorn, this thread is better than TV. Baldimo, that quote of yours that drom just cited, even for you that's nutty. Here's a proposal to end poverty, courtesy of Crad Kilodney, just lower the poverty line from $10 000 to $1000 per annum. Voila, way less poor people.
I love that guy.
Anyway; if it were not for prior generations' compassion, then Baldino would not have the ability to withold compassion from a new generation...
But, there is more reason in a brick wall than in these BNP types/...
Can't any of you comment on illegal immigration? There is a difference you know and I support legal immigration, which is what my grandfather did when he came here. I am only demanding that everyone do as he did. He was better off because of it.
Did you also miss the part where I said that bilingual education is putting kids out of school that don't have a full understanding of the English language. I have seen it when I lived in San Diego for 7 years. It was a wreck and didn't help the children at all. When they leave high school for college they are behind because colleges and universities don't have bilingual classes for these types of students.
Why is it that Mexican immigrants have such a hard time in the schools but Asian students often excel in schools with out bilingual education. They often fair better and leave poverty behind in less then one generation?
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