I belong to a couple of those groups, but I disagree with them. And I live in New Mexico. Judging from the number of Chihuaha registrations in the neighborhood I just moved out of after a year and a half, some fairly substantial portion of the neighborhood was probably illegal, but they were not on welfare; most of them ran small businesses. I think that such groups operate on a substantial amount of xenophobia, and the more I read their stuff the more I believe this.
And yes, a hundred years ago my people were in steerage. Hell, fifty years ago my *father* was the emigrant to Canada, though not in steerage. He never graduated from high school by the way, but retired a respected news reporter. Yes, it's possible. I don't know if I would totally eliminate the safety net, but I do dislike the Canadian model of government as nanny. Dana > I was recently involved in a 'free borders' discussion where some ignorant > fool was talking about how we shouldn't allow any new immigration, how they > were sapping our economy and the like. Well in some states he is partially > right. However look at the huge Irish and Italian immigration numbers over > the last two hundred years and look where those two races are today. Tell > me again how people cannot lift themselves out of poverty without big > brother lifting them from the gutter Larry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163591 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
