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Old 26-12.-2005, 04:11 AM   #76
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Sadly, it's always the same problem. People such as you and I don't really mind immigrants at all but we become irritated by the injustices and corruption of a system that becomes abused.
Every American I talk to online these days complains about the Mexico situation. I'm sure Mexiacans are very nice people and simply want to escape the poverty trap. But, I agree, immigration has to be managed and seen to be fair.


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I wasnt ppointing directly at illegals for all the massive costs of social services. Here is an example though. A mexican woman can cross the border a few days before her due date. Then gives birth to a US citizen. She now has all the social services she needs to support her and her new baby for the next 18 years. In the US ,a hospital will not refuse treatment to anyone. Illegals can and do use the emergency room like a clinic. No one looks at the cost of public education of the children of illegals. Then we have crime rates etc... I didnt see any of those numbers in the cute little pie charts of the CBO. My info doent come there or from New York Times op ed pages , It comes from first hand veiwing of a neghboring city with 30,000 Cape Verdians, mostly illegal. I have mentioned before that a contribution is required of all the citizens in a free society. I dont know about europe, but the US is subsidising the poor and illegals to multiply and in turn forcing the miidle class to pay for it in the form of taxation. BTW, I employ many imagrants, and am not against people coming here legaly on a work visa and then go home. Merry Christmas BW
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It is a natural cycle Carrera. Nomadic-Agrarian-Industrial-Informational. All go through the process. The lower down the scale one is, the lower the standard of living and life expectancy. China is in the Industrial stage whereas U>S> and E>U are in ther Informational/cyber-if you will-stage. It is a proven migration. Knowledge-Information is power.
Except for India which is going straight from agrarian to informational.Almost half of the world's software is being written in India and they too are going like "gangbusters".
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