Immigration IS the foundation of America! The day we deny that is the day America FALLS

United Press International Via Cox.Net ^ | 1/6/2004 | Backslidendemocrat

[BackSlidenDemocrat]

"The New Colossus"

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land, Here at our sea-washed, sunset-gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose fame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome, her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin-cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she, With silent lips. "GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE, THE WRETCHED REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE; SEND THESE, THE HOMELESS, TEMPEST-TOST TO ME, I LIFT MY LAMP BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR!" November 2, 1883

Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)

[BackSlidenDemocrat]

I am amazed at the selfish, self centered envy that races through America today. How quick we forget that immigration is what made America who she is and always will be the source of her foundation tomorrow. If you are depending upon SS to be your primary source of retirement you have fallen into the trap that catches 96% of all Americans. When the system started the payout ratio was 12:1. It is now 3:1 with the start of the babyboomer generation just before us. The numbers don't work....we need new money through new participants to be contributed into the system to continue the greatest Ponsi scheme known to man. Without it the ratio will go to 2:1 with the beginning of the boomers and by mid-boomer retirement it will reach 1:1. That will not work, so the other alternatives are increase the age for the benefit, reduce the benefit, or add new contributors. It's really a numbers game that's all. To blame the effort of solving the problem on immigration is to "Look a gift horse in the mouth" or probably better to say..."shoot thyself in the foot". The above poem is inscribed at the foot of the Statue of Liberty for all to see. It is the motto that has built America into what she is today. If we loose this mission statement we will loose the game. Plain and simple. God Bless all who risk life and limb to come to America for the blessings that are bestowed upon her many.

Backslidendemocrat

[Huck]

This must be one of them zots I keep hearing about.

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[Mo1]

Feeling brave huh?

[rintense]

GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE, THE WRETCHED REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE; SEND THESE, THE HOMELESS, TEMPEST-TOST TO ME, I LIFT MY LAMP BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR!"

Yeah, I'm pretty sure LEGALLY was implied here.

[x1stcav]

Funny, I thought our constitutional representative government, capitalistic system, private property rights, and guaranteed freedoms had something to do with it.

[Huck]

That's on the other side of the golden door. A bureacrat sitting at a desk.

[martin_fierro]

[Dr. Marten]

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure LEGALLY was implied here."

If it wasn't, maybe we should consider "penciling" it in so that the others can get the hint!

[vetvetdoug]

Legalized controlled immigration is with what America was built. The seive illegal immigration and border crossing currently going on is a fiasco. Who the hell is in control of immigration right now? It looks like Mexico is calling the shots.

[bulldogs]

Come out and defend these statements

[lady lawyer]

That poem was written when people came here and made their own way. It was written before immigrants came in and started sucking up tax dollars. It was written before a "social safety net" was sold to the American people with the idea that it would lift poor Americans out of poverty. Now, the door has been thrown wide open, and the people hopping into the safety net has no limit.

[cyborg]

SLEEPING TROLL

[baltodog]

So, what you're saying is that the certain owner of a golf course in Saugatuck, Michigan is going to suddenly start taking out taxes and social security while at the same time offering a comprehensive benefits package to the dozen or so illegals he has working for him.

And all of this will be good for ME in the long run.

When pigs fly, pinko.

[lady lawyer]

that's "the number of people hopping into the safety net has no limit."

[bulldogs]

We need lawyers who think like you. I didn't think that there were any.

[McGavin999]

Nobody is losing the mission statement. We still WANT immigrants, we just want them to be LEGAL immigrants who come in the way that immigrants have come into this country for hundreds of years. Apply, get granted a visa, begin your education of America and her history, learn english and become a citizen. That's all we ask.

[metesky]

What is it about the word "legal" that you don't understand?

[BackSlidenDemocrat]

Legal or illegal, people will come to America because they have a dream of being free. It is up to us to find a way to make them a legal part of the system. Most important thing is that they become a participant in the system and the economy...work, pay taxes, and elect representation.

[RonF]

Why should this be a zot or a troll? America was built by immigrants. Favoring legal immigration is perfectly consistent with conservative values.