If you got friends or family who are immigrants either documented or undocumented it is not just a "party issue" the unlibertarian and unconstitutional immigration laws is messing with their lives and property and i'm going to fight ( in a nonviolent way) those people who mess with my friends.--- In [email protected], "Thomas L. Knapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoth Steven Linnaberry: > > > I am a bit disgusted with the LP's lack of involvement with the > recent pro > > immigration demonstrations. > > I think the LP is in a curious and uncomfortable place with respect to > the issue. > > On the one hand, the current administration is actually trying to move > things in the right direction, and opposition parties generally don't > like (for good reasons) to give their opponents credit, especially if > the move is incremental rather than total. > > On the other hand, the LP has a fairly vocal anti-immigration minority > and immigration is one of those issues where we've "agreed to > disagree" for long enough that there's probably a hesitancy to piss > that minority off by jumping in on the right side with both feet. > > And, finally, it's sort of a moot point. Immigrants have been coming > to the US for two centuries and they'll keep coming for as long as > they feel like coming. As they have since the beginning, immigrants > pay more in taxes, consume less in "social benefits," and commit fewer > crimes than "natives," effectively subsidizing our pretensions to > national greatness and carrying us on their economic backs. There will > always be yahoos who want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg, > but they'll never prevail. The only question is how much taxpayer > money will be wasted making the yahoos feel like they're in control > and more "special" than the "wetbacks." > > Tom Knapp >
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