Illegal Immigration? Here's what we should really be mad about.

[Fridays Child]

This is a classic example of competition for limited resources. When our government siphons tax revenues for its obscene oil wars, gives corporations and wealthy benefactors huge tax breaks, rewards companies for moving jobs away from our shores, and so on, what does that leave us with?

Scraps.

That's really what this is all about: who gets the scraps. And, as long as we are distracted by this fight over the scraps, they'll be able to continue to cut funding for health care, education, and the other basic services that our hard earned tax dollars should be subsidizing for all of us.

We need to keep our collective eye on the ball and not let the neocon robber barons define what it is that we should be angry about. I don't even want to consider arguments for or against guest worker programs, amnesty, fences, militarized borders, or any other solutions to the so-called problem of illegal immigration until AFTER we've held our government to account for the crimes of outright theft that they are committing against US.

There's plenty for all of us, if tax revenues are properly administered and other resources, such as jobs, are safeguarded. And I suspect that, while the issue of illegal immigration may stay on the radar, it won't seem nearly so terrible, once we are assured that our own basic needs are being met and the future is secure for our children.

[spindrifter]

1. This is so true.

This is a message that has been crafted by the Rovians to get us off the real message that we need to focus on. It is quite masterful, because immigration is not a simple message. It has labyrinths that lead all over the place and none of us finds the same path to a conclusion. So let's keep their noses on the really big messages--protection of our civil rights, the end of foreign policy by oil, basic services for those who need them.

[Fridays Child]

2. "Masterful" is exactly right.

And we need to stop falling for their crap.

[stillcool]

3. Fear....that

.. the pie is not big enough... you won't get what you need....you won't be able to keep what you have.......Mr. Jones has more than me....What will people think?

X is coming, X is coming.... Go get insurance against X. Get a shot, take a pill, X is coming. If you're worried about X...get Y! Y will kill X! Let's all get X!

[Fridays Child]

4. Well put. The art of the hard sell.

[Fridays Child]

5. kick

[mzmolly]

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