Posted on 05/08/2019 2:06:46 PM PDT by MortMan
Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. Andrew Jackson
I have pondered long and hard about the benefits of citizenship in today’s United States of America. Ultimately, I decided there was not a benefit, but a price – a cost – against which we citizens have bartered ours and our children’s lives, livelihoods, and freedom. The most basic “right” of citizens is to participate in the elections of our nation. But, today, numerous localities and perhaps even states have extended this “right” to non-citizens (in local elections – they say). It is not just those of us who shoulder the responsibilities of citizenship who can have a voice in these elections, but anyone accidentally in the affected jurisdiction can counteract our legal votes – and the jury is still in deliberations regarding whether this also affects federal elections, including Presidential elections.
Once, “uninsured motorist” insurance for our vehicles was an add-on, made superfluous by the fact that the vast majority of citizen motorists complied with state laws regarding appropriate insurance. Now, with illegal alien drivers permeating every state in the union, it is ubiquitous to read stories that show an unlicensed driver with no insurance, no license, and no valid registration plowing into citizen motorists, with the citizen’s insurance (and therefore his pocket) picking up the difference. U.S. citizens tend to follow the law, in my humble opinion. Illegal alien invaders do not, by definition.
And those illegal alien invaders who transgress our traffic laws? They are routinely allowed to skate on such illegalities, because they could be (gasp) deported because they never should have been here to begin with! Driving under the influence? Are you here legally? No? Well, no harm, no fould. Never mind the bloody corpses in the other, citizen car!
Taxes? You’re illegal, so if you are reported to the federal government, you will cost us a bunch of money! Never mind, we’ll pay you “under the table”. That allows you to save the tax on your ages, and we save the Social Security tax (a whopping 13%!).
And identity theft! You have to “appropriate” a social security number to work here “legally”. Therefore, you have not transgressed the law, but simply defended yourself and your family against the egregious laws our citizens must answer to, securing the fraudulent ability to work with nobody going to jail, despite the laws to the contrary.
Finally, we can talk about wages. You are willing to work for ten dollars where those who are beholden to our laws must have fifteen or twenty per hour to reach the same standard of living. Never mind that your availability, without repercussion, significantly depresses the free market, killing off the hopes of citizens to better themselves by the sweat of their own brow – you have supported yourself, your family, and your foreign country by your remittance of your wages to your real country.
So, a concerned citizen may ask, what is the actual benefit of citizenship in the United States? What is the price?
I don’t believe it to be too late.
But we, the people, will collectively pass the verdict.
Maybe it isn’t too late. I pray it isn’t but I tend to be pessimistic by nature.. at least in politicians.
We’ll know it is a fait accompli when
we start hearing “Press 2 for English.”
Yes.
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There are no benefits for being a United States citizen.
I know, as I left the United States.
The United States government places a terrible burden on citizens, and you have no idea about how onerous it is until you leave the nation and mingle with other expats.
Banks will open up a bank account for you... as long as you are NOT an American. You see, the IRS has fierce penalties for foreign banks violating reporting requirements.
And, of course, while other expats only need to pay the taxes in their host country, Americans must pay them AND American taxes as well.
Try getting a job back in the USA when you return. Most companies will treat any work experience overseas as an empty void and assumed that you sat in front of the television and watched Game of Thrones for a few years.
So, another price. I’m so surprised! (Not)
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