Posted on 03/27/2005 2:25:01 PM PST by rightisright
Economic damage? These people contribute enormously to our economy. If there was no demand for them, they wouldn't be here. I am opposed to giving welfare to illegal immigrants (or legal ones for that matter), but if people are willing to work we should welcome them in our country.
You're ignoring the other side of the equation - the side that doesn't figure into corporate balance sheets, because corporations aren't the ones footing the bill for it.
I am not. That is why I said I am opposed to giving them welfare, which the taxpayers are paying for. If they think they can come and work here for 2 bucks an hour and can still survive, let them do so.
Foreign soccer matches seem to attract the worst of the worst, no matter what the country.
Some British fans make monkey noises and throw bananas at black players on the visiting team.
I don't know what it is about soccer that attracts that type of element. You don't see anything like it at MLS games, though.
1. Margaritas
2. Spring Break and underage drinking
3. Some hot Girls
4. Virgin De Guadalupe
5. Volkswagen Beetle
6. Cheap Labor
You said you're opposed to it, but that didn't jibe with your first sentence, which stated that demand for labor was their (presumably only) reason for coming here. And there's more than welfare on the other side of the equation; there's services - including health services that hospitals pay a huge price for - and crime. Not to mention the rapid growth of government that inevitably goes along with it all, and the balkanization of our society at a time when more than ever we need unity.
ALl expenses that they cant pay for that we the tax-payers have to pay for like health care and education should be denied to illegal immigrants. But, as long as they want to work they should be allowed to. There is not much you can do for crime other than prosecuting them. Even if you seal the borders, criminals would find a way to come where there is a bigher return for committing crime.
Not true. OBL put more than a trillion dollar dent into our economy and vastly increased the risk-premium for anyone investing into the economy. Any comparison with illegal immigration is comparing apples and donkeys.
sadly, laughing, bump.
Any amount invested in our economy by him would have been invested by someone else if it hadn't been for him - unless for some reason he went out of his way, against economic gain, to lavish money on us. But if he didn't, then he was just the conduit, not the agent. But he definitely was the agent of terrorist attacks against us.
Truthfully, however, I don't know why you're even bringing that up, since it works against your argument.
I'll follow up in a second.
But I'll admit that I don't have the exact dollar figures to compare.
Spanish fans did this (and they did it to black players from England). I can't recall this happening to international teams playing in England though, but I think there have been incidents with club teams.
Happens in France as well
And Norway
And a good roundup article
BTW, how much complaining would there be if most of the illegals looked like Selma? None. So...where are they?
What the hell are you talking about? Read my post again. I said he put a trillion dollar dent in our economy. I hope English is your first language.
Actually, they are arriving every day.
Didn't read your correction before I went off. Sorry. OBL introduced a permanent crisis in American economoy. Nothing even compares to illegal immigration, and body count has nothing to do with it.
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