Just so we are clear, I agree it is not the best move, it is problematic. My point is that given all other circumstances, it is a consequence of a large problem. Corruption at the top causes a corruption of our system at the bottom, in favor of the bottom. If that does not make sense, let me know and I’ll try again.
We both want to help people who want to help themselves through work.
I sense you think the system has been gamed for the advantage of some people. You want to game the system for others to compensate.
This sort of resembles the effort by some people to address historical wrongs.
I think these shortcut schemes fail to work for several reasons: a failure to understand that which could be understood, a failure to know things that could not reasonably be known, push back from others who see things very differently, reasons I can’t think of - even in the most general of terms.
I think a better approach is to advance valid principles. You will probably like some, not others, but valid principles remain valid either way.
People, and countries, have a right to doors, walls, and locks. It is to control entry, not exit. The problem with the Berlin wall was that it controlled exit, just like a prison. I believe in emigration rights - anyone is free to leave my house or my country. There is no right to immigration, to the US, France, any country, or into my house or yours. As simple as these principles are, some people don’t understand or accept them. They find ways to justify gaming, rather than accepting, the system.
The same applies to honest elections. Some people justify the manufacture of fraudulent votes because ...
It never seems to end. One group justifies cheating is some way, thinking that is the end of it. Others notice and cheat back to compensate, and then some.
We could go on and on. It’s been a pleasure conversing. Frankly FR is a habit that I’d like to break. Anything that is anti-Cruz can be posted. Nothing that is anti-Trump can be posted. It is not the free republic that I remember.