Posted on 04/28/2006 7:24:41 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WITH CALIFORNIA political leaders already behaving illogically and erratically on illegal immigration, I have a sense of dread about what they'll do after the May 1 job walkout by backers of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
For years, illegal-immigration policy in California has been driven by fear -- fear of being unfairly labeled "anti-Latino" is one reason the California Legislature doesn't study basic questions, such as, "What does it cost the average California taxpayer to support an illegal immigrant?" Nervous Sacramento politicians don't talk openly about crucial policy issues, such as the cost to California's infrastructure from illegal immigration. Now, even Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has begun pandering to the illegal-immigrant lobby.
The other day, Schwarzenegger publicly condemned threats made to Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa after they attended a pro-illegal immigration rally.
California political leaders receive creepy threats from hateful people on a regular basis. The threats are not considered "news" and are usually kept quiet to avoid encouraging wackos.
Schwarzenegger, in an election-year ploy, turned the threats into news, then used his fake platform to imply that a broader, uglier problem was afoot.
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We're all so relieved the governor cleared that up.
Such antics -- by all sorts of California politicians -- are likely to become even worse as the November elections approach. And that should worry us all, because antics can easily turn into laws.
We live in a state where many illegal immigration problems are self-inflicted. If California's politicians overreact to the May 1 walkouts, they are certain to make things worse.
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My "favorite" program is the in-state college tuition break given since 2002 to illegal immigrant students.
It's a grossly unfair practice that most California taxpayers don't even know about, but are paying for.
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(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
It's going to come back to haunt the Dems when we go into the next recession and their core constituency, black voters, find that they've got to scrap for the jobs that the Mexican immigrants don't want.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
"Nothing will change and California will continue to evolve into Mexifornia."
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Close...its actually Marxifornia...but that's just nitpicking..
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The Calif. Senate actually passed a bill in support of the "Great American Boycott", thank God we are leaving this state next yr.
Now we are rapidly opening up another social divide, this time on the economic altar of cheap labor.
"Nothing will change...."I believe your correct.How many millions of illegals are already in Ca?Any idea what the costs for health services,housing,and misc benefits are for individual localities?The only option is to a)raise taxes or 2)stop providing services. What will local and state governments do when their tax base(middle and upper middle class)moves out of state?I'd say move to Fla,but we have between 250K and 500K illegals(unofficial estimate)here.We're in the same boat,it's just going to take Fl longer to get there.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
I hope you get out in time.
I'm leaving California later this year.
Attn: the other 49 states. Get ready for millions of new residents.
"Our polititians would like to make it worse through "reforms"that aggravate rather than address the crisis."Agree.Just imagine(one example)if the economy experiences a recession,and the "jobs Americans won't do"evaporate?What will these now unemployed illegals do?Move back to Mexico?Hardly.They and their dependants will require even more assistance.Any politico who can't(or refuses to)see the potential problem is either brain dead, into serious denial,or wants to see Ca implode.Simple economics.
"Every state is going to find itself in the same boat. This notion that only border states suffer from illegal immigration is a myth. The problem has spread throughout the country. Our politicians would like to make it worse through "reforms" that would aggravate rather than address the crisis we're now facing. "
Every state is being hit by illegal immigration, but some will be hit harder than others.
People who recognize the anarchy that illegal immigration is leading to will leave the hardest-hit states like California to find ones not in as severe a state of decay.
That will bolster the pro-borders sentiment in the states receiving those newcomers while it will hollow out the heavily impacted states of taxpayers and non-leftists.
This will result in a snowball effect where some states will accelerate on the road to oblivion while others will decelerate.
Eventually, you will wind up with "failed states" and "saved states". The failed states will probably eventually be expelled from the United States by whatever rump state remnant of the former United States remains.
Just the last part of the above works even better for me!
Jill, you live in a state where many political problems are self-inflicted.
Stop electing liberal Democrats to state-wide office, and then you will not have to whine so much.
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