Why is it better for U.S. citizens to benefit than for an immigrant
to benefit? Are U.S. citizens somehow more deserving? Does their
increased wealth count more?
alypius skinner wrote (9/05):
Because *we,* the citizens of America, are hiring and paying the US
government to act in *our* best
I seem to remember Bart and Lisa Simpson arguing over whether or not two
wrongs make a right. BTW, Homer agrees with you. ;-) Call me naive, but
I'm on Lisa's side.
I guess that's where I'd ultimately disagree with Magneto, too.
on 9/5/03 3:19 PM, Aschwin de Wolf at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would only pay the kid so far as he forced me to pay, and even then I
would find a way to pay as little as possible. But I wouldn't deny my
neighbor's right to own and maintain a lawn at his own expense.
on 9/5/03 2:14 PM, alypius skinner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Because *we,* the
Perhaps even more fundamentally, if the Americans who pay the immigrants
didn't benefit by paying the immigrants the Americans wouldn't pay them.
Obviously both parties--American and immigrant--benefit from the exchange
of money for
labor.
Sure *some* Americans benefit--just like some
