American Excess

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Oh c'mon, you expect me to give you a lot of sympathy for this problem when you refuse to give sympathy for the migrants and their problems? Blaming the immigrants is not going to solve anything, the institutions that are creating the problems are the only way this can be solved correctly.

That's a little presumptive, don't you think? That was the first post I've even made in this thread... but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you were still seething from your conversation with lookout. I have stated before in other threads that I would prefer for illegal immigrants to be assimilated into the social systems that they are benefitting from, i.e. an easier road to naturalization and paying taxes. I certainly recognize the flaws in the institutions, because I am directly affected by them on a daily basis. Your seven-point Poli Sci 101 essay aside, you still ultimately assert that they are not "hurting our economy" with the current state of affairs, and that is what I was responding to.

Pity does not change the fact that their overall monetary effect is currently negative for many communities. Deportation does not have to be the solution (I, for one, think it's impractical and unrealistic if nothing else) but that doesn't change the fact that there is a problem, and any solution requires more than the multi-generational (if not outright utopian) goal of 'improving the lives of people in other countries.'