tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post114337866751395429..comments2023-10-30T02:03:56.081+13:00Comments on Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty: Sunday Protest Blogging: Open Borders EditionMaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1146245065402555652006-04-29T05:24:00.000+12:002006-04-29T05:24:00.000+12:00Take a look at this article about illegal immigran...Take a look at this article about illegal immigrants and what happens if they start getting driver's licenses. I'm not saying its going to happen, but Jeff had an interesting persepctive: http://jeffslade.blogspot.com/2006/04/los-nios-que-juegan-children-at-play.html<BR/><BR/>Thanks.<BR/><BR/>JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1144665696641378202006-04-10T22:41:00.000+12:002006-04-10T22:41:00.000+12:00What a crock of BS! I'm a first generation immigr...What a crock of BS! I'm a first generation immigrant who learned English, followed the citizenship requirements, tested , and ADAPTED to my home. All 11 million "immigrants" in the US that are here ILLEGALLY are, and always will be CRIMINALS!<BR/><BR/>They chose to break the law, and I could care less what the reasons are! Any country, including the countries these "Immigrants (CRIMINALS)" are from that I have traveled to have required visas, passport, and a return ticket! Are you all out of your collective idiotic minds? <BR/><BR/>I for one am sick and tired of paying for their anchor babies, education, health care, taxes, vehicle auto collisions/insurance, food aid, housing, etc! <BR/><BR/>But what I am really sick and tired of is their refusal to LEARN ENGLISH, integrate, and play by the same rules that I have to play by!<BR/><BR/>School drop outs who break the rules by working for illegal money, pay no taxes, repatriating these funds, and encouraging their crappy families to do the same!<BR/><BR/>These criminals are paid much much more for their labor than I would be for equivalent work ---shame,shame,shame!<BR/><BR/>The Berlin Wall was a godsend---and unfortunately torn down to accomodate a similar mentality----I can only hope that a physical barrier be erected on U.S. soil to keep this scourge from ruining what is left of the economy for those of us who abide by the law!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1143949350701381512006-04-02T15:42:00.000+12:002006-04-02T15:42:00.000+12:00then the question is "why?" and "how can we fix it...then the question is "why?" and "how can we fix it?"Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624496692217466430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1143459987428367822006-03-27T23:46:00.000+12:002006-03-27T23:46:00.000+12:00andrei: Why is that ironic? This is an important ...andrei: Why is that ironic? This is an important issue. I'm glad the protests were large.<BR/><BR/>Genius unfortunately judges have the capacity to impose much higher penalties, they just don't use it.Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1143447032095370652006-03-27T20:10:00.000+12:002006-03-27T20:10:00.000+12:00I really enjoyed reading this post Maia.Employers ...I really enjoyed reading this post Maia.<BR/><BR/><I>Employers have huge amounts of power over illegal immigrants, and the only way to change that is to say that those workers should be entitled to live here under the same conditions as everyone else.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>If one, monopolistic, objective, governance will not be that apparatus justice demands then chaotic substitutes will ensue. <BR/><BR/>This is what gave Al Capone his power in the alcohol prohibition and it's what give drug thugs their modern power today. Same forces are at work in the labour market.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06315796390662297759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1143439882425147352006-03-27T18:11:00.000+12:002006-03-27T18:11:00.000+12:00don't you find it a little Ironic that that one pr...don't you find it a little Ironic that that one protest march had more people than the combined total worldwide that marched to protest the third anniversary of the Iraq war?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1143419016627526212006-03-27T12:23:00.000+12:002006-03-27T12:23:00.000+12:00> Employers have huge amounts of power over illega...> Employers have huge amounts of power over illegal immigrants, and the only way to change that is to say that those workers should be entitled to live here under the same conditions as everyone else.<BR/><BR/>you are wrong - possibly you dont know many illegal immigrants.<BR/><BR/>1) have you ever thought of actually having decent punishments for the employers?<BR/>2) the immigrants are ALREADY protected (for example a friend of mine was illegaly working in australia and used the law to extract the difference between what she was paid and the minimum wage from the employer). the vast majority dont use this protection because the employers have them under their thumbs. <BR/><BR/>You have to get a couple of these illegal employers and really rip them apart (take all their money, throw them in jail for slave trading or somthing etc) so everyone sees what happens to a person who does these sorts of things. And then set up a system where you will catch a lot of the rest.<BR/><BR/>right now they seem to just make hundreds of thousand dolars even when they are caught!Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624496692217466430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1143398785708969992006-03-27T06:46:00.000+12:002006-03-27T06:46:00.000+12:00There comes a point where good fences really don't...There comes a point where good fences really don't make good neighbors. Even if you aren't pissed about the immigration bullshit on a humanitarian level, the notion of building a big wall all around the border is really, really stupid; and so obviously symbolic rather than pragmatic on any real level. And, too: where's the money for this supposed to come from, exactly? And this will make lives better for whom, and how, again?belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.com