Just Complaining

[maryandatif 0]

My 8 year old son made a comment the other day when we had heard something about this on the radio. His comment was..." Mom, why doesn't the United States just buy Mexico? Then nobody would be here illegal."

I though that was rather profound thinking for an 8 year old. Just my opinion.

Mary K.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

that sign i know ill be sure to make it simple

[cbd2cai 0]

Im still malling over this one

malling? does that mean you are shopping?

I spotted that one too . . . sounds like a good solution! Can't solve world problems??? GO SHOPPING!!!

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Ok Ok what can i say i just gave the Okla version of the word hows this m U ll (to go over extensively in the mind as in ponder)

now excuse me while i mull over when i want to go to the mall

[mybackpages 0]

The Mexican government has some balls for protesting against us for wanting to build a fence.

illegals:

1. pay little to no taxes

2. free medical care in the emergency room

3. free school for their children

4. hit the lottery if they have a baby here

5. keep US wages low

Are the inmates running the asylum?

Can we afford not to build a wall?

Come on Luckystrike, you are smarter than this. Build a 20 foot wall and I will show you a 21 foot ladder. The solution is not a wall, but a reform of a series of policies in the US (both domestic and foreign).

By the way uncodcumented workers pay mroe taxes that most think- esp at teh local level. Rent an apartment you pay property tax- that funds schools so I am not convinced illegals are eating away at free services. Statistically speaking if you look at where social welfare programs are spending money in this country, the largest group to benefit from these programs are the American middle class.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Come on Luckystrike, you are smarter than this. Build a 20 foot wall and I will show you a 21 foot ladder. The solution is not a wall, but a reform of a series of policies in the US (both domestic and foreign).

By the way uncodcumented workers pay mroe taxes that most think- esp at teh local level. Rent an apartment you pay property tax- that funds schools so I am not convinced illegals are eating away at free services. Statistically speaking if you look at where social welfare programs are spending money in this country, the largest group to benefit from these programs are the American middle class.

They pay the most taxes so they should benefit.

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

The Mexican government has some balls for protesting against us for wanting to build a fence.

illegals:

1. pay little to no taxes

2. free medical care in the emergency room

3. free school for their children

4. hit the lottery if they have a baby here

5. keep US wages low

Are the inmates running the asylum?

Can we afford not to build a wall?

Come on Luckystrike, you are smarter than this. Build a 20 foot wall and I will show you a 21 foot ladder. The solution is not a wall, but a reform of a series of policies in the US (both domestic and foreign).

By the way uncodcumented workers pay mroe taxes that most think- esp at teh local level. Rent an apartment you pay property tax- that funds schools so I am not convinced illegals are eating away at free services. Statistically speaking if you look at where social welfare programs are spending money in this country, the largest group to benefit from these programs are the American middle class.

more defeatism.

top that wall with electified wire and enjoy the climb

also, "Rent an apartment you pay property tax" is untrue. the owner of the apartment complex pays property tax regardless of the occupancy of the unit.

[Niels Bohr 72]

I don't have anything against illegal immigrant children going for public education because children are not to blame. However, I will not support illegal immigration due to the fact that they do not pay no taxes.

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

I don't have anything against illegal immigrant children going for public education because children are not to blame. However, I will not support illegal immigration due to the fact that they do not pay no taxes.

and that too costs taxpayers money.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

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You'll need to use crayons - and none of those fancy ones either, only use primary colors so as not to confuse the man..

Would black and blue thick markers work?

[notrepetiteashley 0]

I'm certain my opinions are in the minority here. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. I will only say:

1. The US doesn't buy Mexico because we have no money, but that is a cute thing to say and made me smile.

2. True, going through this process is no fun.

3. I bet it's no fun to be an illegal immigrant either...some are just trying to survive poverty and better situations for their families...and even if they don't pay taxes here, what sort of life do you think they have in the US?

4. And this is from my EXPERIENCE only: this whole thing is creating an awful lot of racism towards Mexican people. I realise you can be against illegal immigration and not racist, but that's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to the ignorant, uneducated individuals who make generalizations about an entire country of people.

5. Deport all the illegal immigrants from Mexico and watch what happens to this country. Seriously.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

My point in the beginning was he(the president) will try to make allowances for those that are here to become citizens, when in reality most dont want to be, but we have to go thru so much to get ours here when they are good, well educated people wanting to be good citizens.

My town especially on my South side has been turned into more or less a small Mexican community. On my street i would venture to say myself and maybe 2 more house are the only ones NOT Mexican i have nothing against any of these people and so far none have cause any problems. The stores in this area hire clerk knowing both languages etc butttttttt in some of these houses (mostly older 2 bedroom) you will find 5/6 brand new cars/trucks hardly any way that many people will fit into it. The adults do not learn english their children often do the talking for them but yet alot of our guys are advised to do the interviews in english etc. They or we have to pay the fees for them to be here what fees did these others pay to just come here, not speak the language, not pay the taxes, not turn into citizens. They do send most of the money home and true most come from bad conditions looking for something better but has anyone been to Morocco lately and other places im sure. The ones (mexican) i have known of come here with the intentions of working, saving, sending it home and then when the time is right they will also return. No desire to be citizens. Here in Okla i would venture to say most have a pretty good life.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I'm certain my opinions are in the minority here. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. I will only say:

1. The US doesn't buy Mexico because we have no money, but that is a cute thing to say and made me smile.

2. True, going through this process is no fun.

3. I bet it's no fun to be an illegal immigrant either...some are just trying to survive poverty and better situations for their families...and even if they don't pay taxes here, what sort of life do you think they have in the US?

4. And this is from my EXPERIENCE only: this whole thing is creating an awful lot of racism towards Mexican people. I realise you can be against illegal immigration and not racist, but that's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to the ignorant, uneducated individuals who make generalizations about an entire country of people.

5. Deport all the illegal immigrants from Mexico and watch what happens to this country. Seriously.

Mexicans did not build this country and to insinuate that without them, the US would fall apart is a slap in the face to the legals who did build it. It smacks of the attitude that Americans are incompetent without illegal labor. On the contrary, working wages have fallen percipitously since raids and regular deporations have stopped. It hasn't helped us to import unskilled labor; it has cost us more than it's worth to social growth. Racism against Mexicans is bound to grow as the demands for taxpayers to bend over and satisfy their demands and to compete with them for slots in higher education and in the workplace, but, it is predictable. I believe it is already becoming a problem.

BTW, I saw a news segment about how the latinos in east LA want to secede and make it a separate latino city. I speak Spanish and was very involved in American Indian sovereignty movements as a kid. Part of the leftist element was the reconquestador movement among the chicanos. This call for a separate city is an expression of that. Mexico lost land to the US, they have been plotting to get it back by attrition. As we are defeated by simply giving up (and Americans are becoming baldfaced defeatists about nearly everything!), they simply take it back. There's no need for assimilation when you are given a pass to stay as Mexican as you always were.

Edited March 14, 2007 by Green-eyed girl

[cbd2cai 0]

Ok Ok what can i say i just gave the Okla version of the word hows this m U ll (to go over extensively in the mind as in ponder)

now excuse me while i mull over when i want to go to the mall

Well, you could have been mauling over something too!!

[brnidokiegurl 0]