tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post8028166890649175992..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: On the way home from the DNC in PhillyBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-27877521400432228182016-07-31T13:39:06.995-07:002016-07-31T13:39:06.995-07:00The idea of Trump's wall is totally absurd, an...The idea of Trump's wall is totally absurd, and Congress would never approve the funding ... but hypothetically, if it was built, how would building a wall “trample on the principles of religious and civil liberty” of people who don’t live in this country? Is it their “right” to migrate here? (I suppose GOD would say so.) I’d like to retire in Mexico, where the cost of living is much lower, but I can’t just cross the border at will and wave the American flag (or burn the Mexican flag). I have an aunt born in Mexico (that legally immigrated to the U.S.) and cousins of Mexican heritage. I had close friends who I once worked with who migrated from Mexico (on green cards). They still believe everything west of the Mississippi is rightfully a part of Mexico, and that we (the White people) are inhabiting their land. I suppose the native Americans feel the same way. It’s weird, because it was White people from Spain who conquered the indigenous people of Mexico (native Indians). I don’t believe we should deport 11 million “undocumented” people from Mexico -- or to even give them a “path to citizenship”. Just grant them a full amnesty across the board right now, and be done with it (they’re already living here and integrated into American society); but at the same time, let's also start enforcing the current immigration laws we have (for real this time, but Democrats use these people for votes). It’s ridiculous that some repeat offenders of serious crimes are allowed to have safe harbor in “sanctuary cities”. The “job creators” who send jobs to Mexico also welcome these immigrants here for the same reason – for cheap labor, not because of any “humanitarian” reasons. When “undocumented” people from Mexico flood the U.S. labor market, they also hurt Mexican-Americans already living here. The pie is only so big, and the more people there are, the smaller the slices become because so many jobs have already left this country. The powers that be (including the Clintons) says we can’t legislate jobs from leaving the U.S. because “globalization is the reality of the day” .... which is total bullshit, because globalization isn’t a natural occurrence or a normal extension or evolution of things past; it’s a deliberately man-made situation to concentrate wealth to the top by squeezing everybody else. Open borders is why Europe is having so many problems and one reason why the people of England voted for #Briexit. Lots of people (with much help from media propaganda) falsely framed the argument as racism, when even Popular Resistance (which is as about as LEFT as one can go) said it was not about racism at all, but about globalization. Sure, Trump makes his ties in China (like Apple makes iPhones in China)...because BOTH parties in Congress allows him to without charging him a tariff to import them here. It’s the same with taxes: nobody is going to pay more than they have to. You don’t set an example by sending the government a check to prove your point when no one else is going to. That wouldn’t accomplish anything and would be very foolish. Congress has to change the tax code so that EVERYONE has to send a check. As President, Trump says his priorities will change, because he won’t be wearing the hat of TRUMP CEO, but the hat of POTUS with different goals. And Trump re-stated his comments of banning all Muslims to the U.S. to just people migrating from territory held by ISIS until they can be better vetted. I know Trump comes across as being very racist and bigoted, but I think less so than most people believe. And of those who don't believe he is racist at all, some will still get others to believe he is for political and economic reasons. The media, as always, will do it for ratings.Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com