Even if there was no net cost to the taxpayers for illegal immigration (assuming for the sake of the argument), the massive corruption involved at the Fed/State/Local levels required to tolerate it is a cancer which I believe can end this country.
When elected officials can pick and choose which laws to enforce, and make public declarations that they will completely ignore certain laws, then why as a citizen can’t I do likewise?
That’s the natural progression of things. That’s where we are headed. When enough people realize that they are foolish to comply with laws because enforcement is subjective, then the American Goose is cooked. This is the real danger with Illegal Immigration, IMHO.
It's ended every civilization throughout history - why do you think the US is any different?
Look, the Republic was a noble experiment that came along just as political enlightenment, which was its era "next big thing", coincided with an empty continent & the industrial revolution.
The growth of federal power, women's suffrage (in that women looked to the state for support), FDR (in that men began looking to the state for support), the 1965 immigration act, etc have all served as various nails in the coffin.
Once a critical mass is achieved where there are more tax recipients (ie voters subject to political manipulation & promises) than tax payers, it's only a matter of time before it's all over except for the crying.
All this doom & gloom is about as meaningful as the libs' doom & gloom about global warming. Human nature cannot be checked; it can only be lived out.
I think you are on to the larger disaster that this issue presents.
I am also going to post a comment I made on another Thread that is more appopriate to this one.
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I am greatly offended by the President offering citizenship or a “path to citizenship” to those who pay a fine. It is like the Popes of old selling special dispensation for a price. It is in fact, putting citizenship up for sale.
While I am in total opposition to any sort of citizenship to those who came here illegally, I would rather see it offered for free, on some merit basis, than to sell it. It cheapens the privilege of citizenship and it is an insult to those of us who are already citizens. If they push this through, it will hurt, perhaps mortally, the Republicans chances at the polls in 2008. If Karl Rove thinks these folks will vote Republican, he is smoking rope!
Quite true. When the water is on and the sink is over flowing onto the floor, and you can only do one thing, turn off the water or grab a mop, common sense says to turn OFF the water. You can mop up later.
There are many dangers relating to illegal immigration...crime, drugs, terrorism, economic devastation, the undermining of our nation’s sovereignty, over-population, disease, and more. All of these are potentially devastating.