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originally posted by: intrepid
No problem Canada is wide open. We welcome immigrants.
originally posted by: whyamIhere
a reply to: FlyersFan
With existing law you are correct...We could not afford it.
We can't afford hearing after hearing for every child.
We would have to streamline the adoption process.
These parents have forfeited their Rights.
When the child turns 18. They are free to return where they came from.
With at least some education. This is not a Free Pass for the entire clan to move here.
originally posted by: whyamIhere
These parents have forfeited their Rights.
originally posted by: whyamIhere
I am talking about a bunch of abandoned children.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: whyamIhere
I am talking about a bunch of abandoned children.
I am talking about tens of thousands of children who were 'sent ahead' and not abandoned. The birth families WILL be showing up. There is no question about it.
originally posted by: desertguy
a reply to: whyamIhere
Why dont we just make mexico part of the USA God what a mess that would be....
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: Spiro
But you can afford to go to war with every country you meet and you can afford to pay billions to recruit terrorism?
I already said we can't afford it because money is wasted ... like Obama just this past week sending $500 million to Syrian rebels.
Bottom line - we can't afford it.
In the United States, the IRS estimate of the 2001 tax gap was $345 billion.[7] For 2006, the tax gap is estimated to be $450 billion.[8]
A more recent study estimates the 2008 tax gap in the range of $450 to $500 billion, and unreported income to be approximately $2 trillion.[9] Thus, 18 to 19 percent of total reportable income is not properly reported to the IRS.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: ketsuko
Why should we treat them any different from US citizens?
Because they aren't US citizens.
They are a different culture.
And the intent isn't abandonment.
We'll be having hundreds of thousands of people on the border demanding to be with their children. The US gov't won't say 'no you can't have your kids back'. And they won't just hand them over to parents without a court process determining if the kids can be released. So what happens is that those hundreds of thousands will be housed here in the USA while they await word on their children.
Bottom line - We can't afford it.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
a reply to: intrepid
Cheat Sheet Near Mexican Border
That's the way it works. An 'anchor' family member is here. Then the rest of the family makes claims to come in.
The greatest problem we have is misinformation. People simply do not comprehend why and how the economic policies of the post-war era are imploding. This whole agenda of socialism has sold a Utopian idea that the State is there for the people yet it is run by lawyers following their own self-interest. The pensions created for those in government drive the cost of government up exponentially with time. The political forces blame the rich and this merely creates a class warfare with no resolution for the future. Even confiscating all the wealth of the so-called rich will not sustain the system. Consequently, we just have to crash and burn and start all over again.
The solutions from politics will always be the same – grab more power. We are in a downward spiral of liberty and how far we go down this path to the future will be determined by the people and if they at least wise up and see this is not class warfare, it is the people against government.
This is not going to end pretty. The question is when does society wake up? Just how high will this price be that we have to pay? They will blame the rich and the idiots will cheer – get them. What will happen when there is no more wealth to hunt? We end up with a communist state by default – no wealth, just career politicians who blame everyone but themselves.