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There are existing immigration laws in every state. The only problem is in the lack of  enforcement of such laws. If the employers who use low wage immigrant labor are treated with accordance to the existing laws, we will not have an illegal immigrant issue. Expose those employers, treat them according to the existing law and we will begin to solve this issue.

The other culprits are the  drug lords from south america who are legally allowed to purchase their U.S. citizenship. These folks in return rake in large sums of money to smuggle the poor folks across the border. The errand employers and the drug lords are the problem. However, for political and money reasons, we like to shift the blame on everyone else other than those who repetedly violate the existng laws. This is why money & politics  is the root of all evil.

posted 2 years, 11 months ago
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I have been listening and participating in the on-going debate about health care reform for the past several months. The more I hear, from those who oppose meaningful health care reform, the more I am convinced that these folks are afraid of the unknown and buy into the cable and talk shows myths and made up lies. 

Last night President Obama made it very clear to all of us, what is it to be an American. If we were afriad of the unknown, and listened to cable and talk shows, we would have never advanced our country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Neither would we have have explored the space or gone to the moon.

I believe that it is a special privilege to be an American. Yesterday the President explained why. Now we have to shed our fears aside and tackle this issue of our time and make sure that health care for all Americans is a right and not a privelege for a few.

No given plan can be 100% right the first time. However, if we can agree on 80% as the President said, the 20% should not keep us from acting American and acting boldly. We have to first learn to crawl before we can walk. If we are afriad to crawl, we will never walk.

posted 3 years, 8 months ago
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