So fuck you for thinking your better than the next because I know where my place is in this world, unlike the typical American! Well thank you very much! I guess you wouldn't mind living in a mud hut and eating grubs. The civilization that you propose to destroy by opening borders has taken over 200 years to build from sod shacks on the prarie to mansions in the hills, and some of those garish abodes could use some wealth distribution I believe. I agree with one of your tenets, the rest of the world needs to be brought up to our standards, but we cannot do that by opening our borders. The corporations would love this as then they would have third world wages right in their own backyards. And you will have to admit, if that were to happen, most Americans would lose their jobs to the people who would work for peanuts. So now what would happen to all those mortgages that are now being paid at 800-2500 per Mo., they would all be forclosed on and the banks would fold. This would spell disaster for all Americans, let alone the congestion that would ensue. If you think it's crowded on the freeway now, think about 2 billion people showing up on our shores to better themselves, for that would be about how many would come.The corporations would love to see a world economy as the average wage would be somewhere around 5 bucks a day. The lifestyle of the workers would hit the bottom, while the owners of the society would be rich beyond all belief! Are you ready for 5 bucks a day, or are you an owner of a corporation., It's not as simple as you seem to think! So what is the answer, I don't know. Yes I have compassion for all the people living in poverty all over the world. I don't have the solution, I just know I dont want to live in a mud hut and eat grubs. If this makes me a selfish dickhead in your estimation, I can't help it. Just think about putting your family in the mud hut scenario and then you make the call, I'll bet you would rather have what you have now! WE (US Citizens) are not God, we cannot solve the worlds problems. I will agree the US government in general makes the situation worse with their foriegn policies, but as a citizen, the only thing I can do to change that is Vote my conscience. So think about what I've said here, and get back to me!

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I'm thinking that we may be doing the Mexican and South American people a great favor if we close the southern border, raid and fine employers who hire illegals, cut off all government benefits to illegals (except dire emergency treatment at hospitals) and then deport the illegals back across the border. Why a favor? Because our open southern border is nothing more than a pressure relief valve, protecting the southern, totalitarian and corrupt governments. Once we have the borders shut down tight, the employers free of illegals and all the illegals back below the border, Mexico will have an uprising the likes that have never been seen there. A revolution is what Mexico needs to convert itself into a true representative government with a free market economy.

Vi

PS: Med ... yer using my color again. Bah!

A song comes to mind...."baby, im an anrchist..." lol

i love all of you! hahaha

Color or no (I was being subservient), I'll agree with you on this one. The Mexicans need to correct their own mess. If the employers were forced to pay a livable wage, Americans would do all those jobs,except maybe field work, we could import Bangladeshians for that, that would really piss off bigBaloon. He thinks we should open the borders and let everyone in, Jihadists and all, then the dollar a day scenario would be in full play. I swear, some people....................."Are you happy, color"

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Closing the boarder is not a workable plan either. You people are the one's who are sparking the violence with your ideology. The reason Jihads hate America is because of this thinking. Yet everyone thinks the problem is going to go away through war. World violence is on the rise and all you can think about is your pocket book and what you can buy with making sure you have a job that pays you way to much and so the corporations can claim that the products and services they provide cost that much to produce. Your the reason why some people kill them selfs because they cant afford the to put a roof over their head all because you deserve $200.00 a day working 8 hours . People in other countries do make $5.00 a day working 12 to 18 hr days why because they are driven to because of self motivation. Yet you deserve to have a job that pays you more than the next person because they were born somewhere else? Your an idiot for thinking that away. All people deserve the same opportunities as you and you know it.
You don't think new laws could be enacted to keep employers from illegally hiring people at a cheaper wage?
Some type of system that would require employers to have local Government offices check employee's on-site to make sure that they are paying taxes and there wage reflects the current markets wages.
No one wants to address this issue because they know it can be done and are scared of losing their $20.00 an hour job.
Times change people change and travel has changed it is time for our policies toward other countries change as well.
All people can work together toward a common goal and you all have obviously lost sight of it, LIVING and preserving the Earth for future generations!

Well bigBallin, why don't you start by telling your employer you will take no more than 5.00 per day, and then invite a couple a hundred Mexicans to come and share your house. I think when you are put to the sacrifice you will certainly see the errors of your hypothesis. In Fact why don't you explain how you propose to implement this grand experiment you have in mind. Do you actually think Corporations will pay one penny more than they have to for labor. If you open a world labor market I think you'll find: Instead of wages going up around the world, they will certainly come down, to the bottom. BTW, what was your solution to the housing market again, you know the 100-500K houses that the banks now hold mortgages on?

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Bigballin ...

We, as Americans, are not keeping those who live in third-world countries down. They are held down because of a lot of reasons, like caste systems for example. But ... the main reason is because of their governmental systems.

Vi

Geeze, you agree with me, or as you would say, I agree with you (must allow for the superior tude)!

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Hmmm ... interesting, Med. I wouldn't think you would agree with my last post. I thought in your mind, the "rich, greedy bastards" were holding everyone down.

Vi

Well Yeahhhh, They are for sure, but America does not have a patent an rich greedy bastards, Sadam was an exceptional one,and I'm sure every country has a few. America, though, is responsible for the welfare of quite a few of these rich greedy bastards, I'll have to admit that! Wait maybe I disagree, I'm so confused. ~LOL~

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