Thread: What is wrong with America

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Than reinstate the Bracero program we had in Kali in the 50s,We provide 80% of the Vegis in this country, You want to pay a white boy to cut lettuce and pay $8 a head, or pay 99 cents.

If you don't want to pay for honest workers, quit bitching about illegals. The current system is benefiting someone or it wouldn't continue and there would be legal means for the workers to get to the job.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

A very sad situation for sure,They do not work, they suck money out of the system, they do not pay taxes,GET RID OF THEM

Some do, some don't But the drought in CA will have more that don't

I feel like I am in a car spinning out of control on an icy winter road. I know I am going to smash into the wall . Its only a matter of how many pirouettes are left till impact. There is no way this is going to end well.
Greed
Corruption
Lies
Impostors
GMO, BGH, and the endless list goes on.

Tuesday's elections were a step in the right direction.

Lots of problems that need to be fixed but Tuesday's election wasn't a step in the right direction. No election in the last 70 years has helped. It is the same people, with the same belief's with a few new added mouth pieces. There are enough laws on the books already to curb 99.9% of the problems, but no one with the guts to enforce them. Let's face it, no one is really offering true change, and that is what America really needs. No offence to any other county, but I find it sad when I hear about how well off and the freedoms they have in other countries compared to the here the land of the free and home of brave. As for the return of our troops, there are lots of reasons this has fail so miserably. First and foremost, as with any middle east country, they are built on religion practiced by nomads. The fighting has gone on since before Biblical times and at best you can only try to control it. If we wish to intervene again, it will only be controlled for a short time and it will have to be faced again.

I worked in Immigration for 30 years and all the issues discussed here have been going on since day one on the job. Nothing has changed.

When the original INS was created it was done by Congress to be a weak ineffective agency unable to do it's job. That's how they wanted it.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I just read we are spending 6 Bil to send more troops to Iraq,Why?
Are almost 700,000 Homeless veterans Living on the street,Why?
Are 100,000 Homeless and hungry Children in the U.S,why?
The infrastucture of the U.S is falling apart (our Bridges and roads) Why?
Are millions of Illegal Aliens sucking money away from the federal Govt,(foodstamps, med, care etc) why?
End of Rant,am just getting pissed at what is going on.

But at least the US is paying millions to provide a hefty pension for retired NAZI camp guards so that has to count for something, no?

Originally Posted by Geezer

Some do, some don't But the drought in CA will have more that don't

Yes Richard,The Drought is having a major Impact,The Illegals are leaving the state and moving east.
I do not begrudge these people,they serve a purpose for Calif (cheap Labor) but they need to pay taxes like we all do.
They need to be forced to spend Money they make in America,in America instead of sending to Mexico.
In my youth I worked side by side with Braceros,Sacked Potatoes in Shafter calif,Cut grapes in Kermin Ca. Harvested all manner of fruit and Vegis in what is now silicone valley,my family followed the crops.
The Braceros were not Illeagals,they were bused into Calif,Housed and paid a fair wage,Than after harvest season, they were bused back to Mexico.
The system worked well.

Originally Posted by Bruno

But at least the US is paying millions to provide a hefty pension for retired NAZI camp guards so that has to count for something, no?

Read about that last week,I guess even Ex Nazis have to eat is the American way to provide for those in Need

They are no longer "illegal aliens" ........ they are 'undocumented workers'. Bush 2 used to say, "They are doing jobs no one else wants to do." Before the flood of these people I guess he didn't notice who did those jobs ....... but someone did. I know, because when I was a young grammar school dropout I was one of them. Anyway ....... the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Wall Street is doing alright, if inflated dollars are any measure.