Tuesday, December 17, 2019

"Guest Blogger: My Wife, Part II"


(As she did on May 16th of this year, my wife Mercedes wrote a BRILLIANT Facebook post that I'm reprinting here, with her permission.)

"Pretty soon being a natural born citizen of the United States of America will prevent those born here from getting services that are granted to ILLEGAL immigrants with no problem.  If Trenton has its way in NJ, ILLEGAL immigrants will be able to get drivers licenses (and convicted felons will will have fewer consequences for their crimes, but I won't get into that now). Of course this will allow ILLEGAL immigrants to vote, among other things. They can just waltz into this country and get health insurance, housing, food stamps and more while Veterans, families with children, and disabled people (especially the mentally ill), are homeless and in need of assistance from our government. These people are being penalized for being American citizens. It's wrong, not fair and in my opinion politically motivated. 

"Look at your home. Would you let your child be hungry and homeless while allowing an ILLEGAL immigrant to live in your home rent free, with food, clothing and shelter provided at your expense? Be honest. Of course not. You wouldn't do that for a United States born Citizen! This country is OUR HOME and government money comes from taxes that WE PAY AND WILL PAY MORE OF!! Nothing is free and believe me, the 1% are not giving up 50 % of their paychecks to make our lives or the lives of ILLEGAL immigrants better. (OUR government is made up of the 1%-2%, by the way. They are not middle class people.) You can't compare 2019 to 50, 60, or 70 years ago or longer.  America was different then. And we didn't have a deficit in the trillions then. 

"And in case you didn't know, "The New Colossus" (""Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, etc) was NEVER a national motto, NEVER an invitation from our government, nor was it a promise to people who illegally cross our borders, not even when it was written.  It was written to raise money for a pedestal for the statue of liberty. It was part of a fundraiser and like ALL fundraisers, was written to tug at peoples' heartstrings to motivate them to donate money. I don't think that the National Park Service and every other historical source that I checked would lie about this. It's not fake news. 


"No other country that I've been to lets people just walk across their borders, welcome them with open arms, and offer to financially support them and their families ahead of their own citizens. They don't give them the same rights and privileges either. Look at your kids, your grandkids and your great grandkids. If given a choice, who are are you going to support first in your home on your dollar, an ILLEGAL immigrant, or your own blood? Whatever your answer is I think that you shouldn't expect our government to treat ILLEGAL immigrants in our homeland no different than you would in your own home. After all, the United States government will take from you and your family via taxes to pay for it and deny those same services to American born Vets, disabled people, families and children at the same time. I believe that it is in the best interest of our nation to take care of our own citizens FIRST before we start letting people just walk across our borders and be given more assistance and privilege than is given to needy American citizens and Veterans"

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