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Uncommon Knowledge: Mark Krikorian

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Chase Avatar
Chase
Posts: 9
Posted: 02.23.09, 09:52 PM
How does every problem get twisted into a left vs. right antagonism? Who cares about your petty party loyalties?

There were people espousing these same insular nationalist ideals a century ago, when the Irish were coming to America en masse (oh no!).
It's childish, and frankly a little dangerous. The real issue here is the pervasiveness of entitlement programs.
If we had anything resembling a free society and market, those who came to our country and were successful would have a financial incentive to stay, while those who were not would have a reason to leave. We would not have to fund an immigration patrol and talk about locking down our borders.
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heybd
Posts: 60
Posted: 02.23.09, 10:54 AM
turbobrain: well, yeah, illegal immigration is a problem. But this guy wants to go even further and stop, or at least limit, legal immigration. As for Democrats and their massive spending, I don't think Republicans show much more restraint in that area, and at least Democrats try to fund their spending with tax revenue rather than borrowing us into catastrophic debt with no concern as to how we might eventually pay it back.
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turbobrain
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Posted: 02.23.09, 01:15 AM
Immigration is a huge problem in the US precisely because of economic problems we are facing. I suspect that if the US was doing well, this wouldn't be much of an issue. Illegal immigration simply must be stopped. Perhaps it would be best if we stopped the war on drugs and funded a "war" on illegal immigration. Unless of course, Americans are willing to reform welfare (aka. get rid of it). Democrats are their massive spending are what is wrong with this country. But the immigrants love it. Wake up America, we are imploding from the inside.
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heybd
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Posted: 02.20.09, 11:05 AM
I love how the number one negative consequence of immigration is that states begin to trend Democratic. God forbid! Seems like evidence that Republicans are still unaware they are imploding from the inside. It's hard not to read a bit of xenophobia into this argument, even though I believe that is unintended.
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