I've mentioned this statistic before, but here it is again; there are 11 million i*****l i*******ts. Personally, I object to calling them "immigrants", but that's another story. For this post, that magic number "11 million" is the focus. A respected Republican operative mentioned that number again last night. For at least 10 years in a row, there have been exactly 11 million i******s running around. How in the hell are they able to keep their numbers stable with i******s rushing across the border daily?
It isn't at all reasonable to assume that the 11 million people today, are the same 11 million that were here 10 years ago - unless we're deporting the same folks over and over, and no new folks make it across. The thing is, if this number has remained stable for a decade, why are we so damned concerned about it? It can't be crime, since the ratio of violent crimes committed by citizens to those committed by i******s is 34:1. We'd be trying to deport natural born Americans if crime was the motivation. It can't be jobs either, as very few ( if any ) i******s take jobs Americans would lower themselves to do. It isn't disease or threats of terrorists either, so what IS the reason we are so concerned about i******s, to the extent that we pay a higher priority to them at the rate of 100:1, with the "1" being Citizens?
The simple answer is: it's easier to solve a non problem, than it is to solve a real problem. That's great, for e******n purposes, but what then? What happens when all i******s are gone? How will politicians explain crime and jobless rates that don't change? Well, they'll simply blame it on another population that isn't the problem, and move the focus there. Out of a population of 320 million or so, we spend an inordinate amount of energy and treasure on these i******s, making them more important than our own citizens. Not counting Medicare and Social Security, which is our own money, we spend an average of $2 more per illegal, than we do on our own citizens. What f&cking sense does THAT make?
Since the i******s are good at self limiting their population, being able to maintain it at 11 million, it seems we could divert more resources to caring for our own folks. Let's try to reduce violent crime among citizens, you know, bring it down to at least 20:1 or something. Let's try to create more jobs, jobs Americans will actually show up for, and let i******s continue to enrich business people with cheap labor. Let's stop letting politicians use i******s as a scapegoats for their inability to solve real problems, and force them to do some real work. Let's see if we can create some jobs other than wall building, you know, some jobs that won't be taking money out of OUR pockets.
Of course, if hype and rhetoric could be bottled and sold, politicians would be rich............wait a minute............politicians ARE rich............I guess they DID bottle that crap after all - and WE bought it.