Badnarirk and Hans Hoope I have a great deal of respect for but they
have gone way off the reservation on this issue and I don't
understand why they are pushing for more power for the central
government. This push works against their other works and everything
they stand for. Someone really needs to sit down and talk some sense
into these guys heads.--- In [email protected], Cory Nott
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Up until this point:
>
> Peaceful immigrants should be allowed to enter the US at
conveniently
> > located Customs and Immigration stations, subject only to brief
vetting to
> > ensure that they are not terrorists or criminals, and reasonable
> > consideration of the nation's ability to assimilate them.
Unreasonable
> > restrictions and quotas should not leave potential productive
citizens
> > with no options other than to remain destitute elsewhere or to
place their
> > lives at risk by attempting to cross the border at remote and
dangerous
> > locations; this, often under the guidance of ruthless "coyotes"
who are as
> > likely to leave them to die as to get them safely across, and
then only to
> > lead embarrassingly criminal lives of fear of detection,
detention and
> > deportation.
>
> It all sounds very good. I want to know why it is that we should
support a central planning system that determines whether we
can "assimilate" immigrants. How are we to determine if the immigrant
is coming for a few weeks to work, or for a lifetime (along with
family and so on.) What happens when government determines we can't
assimilate more immigrants, but there's still a strong demand for
their labor - which is exactly the problem we have now?
>
> Badnarik, like so many, falls into the standard socialist
thinking that the society of the US is somehow greater than the sum
of it's individuals. That somehow "it" can determine how much "it"
needs when it comes to immigration.
>
> I can agree with most of his proposal, but we must remove all
restrictions on peaceful activities of foreigners in the United
States. If they want to come for 2 weeks or 6 years, if they want to
enjoy property they own, or get a job or spend their trust fund, it's
not the job of government to restrict that.
>
>
>
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