[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.

[martin_fierro]

[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.

[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.

[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?

[jnarcus]

Oh go back to the Dems....the Statue is a beacon for those who come here LEGALLY if you can't understand the distinction then you are so dumb the only thing you can hope to do is vote for Dean

[Beck_isright]

"How quick we forget that immigration is what made America who she is and always will be the source of her foundation tomorrow."

The correct term is "legal immigration". That was the source. Restricted, planned legal immigration. Please get your facts straight or be prepared to meet the almighty zot.

[Dan from Michigan]

I have no problem with immigration. I have a problem with illegal immigration.

My ancestors didn't have any welfare. No SSI ponzi scheme. They worked their butts off. One side of my family became self made millionaires until the depression.

I have a big problem with amnesty for two reasons.
1. Encourages illegal immigration while decreases LEGAL immigration.
2. It's a slap in the face in all the immigrants that came here legally.

[Paulus Invictus]

Like most RATS, they leave out the key word in this argument about immigration. The word is illegal (vs. legal immigration). It has nothing to do with being selfish. It has to do with the rule of law. The RATS know nothing about the rule of law and never will learn.

[txdoda]

Where did you get your 'headline' from ???.... Your link goes to 'Bush to Give Illegals SS Benefits"

[VxH]

There are Americans with an Asian heritage - and then there are Asians who live in/off of America.

There are Americans with a Mexican heritage - and then there are Mexicans who live in/off of America.

New Americans are always welcome. Parasites are not.

Assimilate or leave.

[dhs12345]

We are also a country of laws that must be abided by. If someone wants to be part of America legally then let them (if resources allow). However, they should be "tested."

How many illegals from south of the border still have allegiance to Mexico and other nations to the south. If war were to break out between the U.S. and Mexico, how many would side with Mexico? Heck, many want Texas, California, etc. returned to Mexico.

There is a difference from the past -- the rule of law and loyalty. If they pass these tests, and resources allow, let them in.

[JudgemAll]

YEah sure, promote the MExican mafias making money off of the trade, including illegals. Like they are your poor and hungry ready to help out and respect.

Amnesty Americans too. No selective racist Amnesty.