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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: bentway who wrote (209880)11/29/2012 2:28:38 PM
From: cosmicforce1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 543262
 
I don't think wanting some controls on immigration means one is NECESSARILY a crypto-racist or xenophobe. I'm neither and want it. What we have is unsustainable and to include even more people at the bottom of the food chain simply lowers wages for the large number of marginally skilled people we already have. Illegals and criminals both potentially have better access to health care than the working poor, though often avoid it out of fear and then, when the condition worsens, show up at the ER - the most expensive way to deliver care. It is all crazy and needs to be fixed.

When a country has a large number of illegals, it increases the number of people who prey upon them, and simultaneously puts downward pressures on wages. If there is a minimum wage, illegals can't qualify so industries like gardening or housekeeping are filled with wage slaves. I'm against people paying into social security and not being able to collect, but neither do I want people to move here to be on the dole when they are no longer able to support themselves.

As a person with a conscience, I am conflicted but as I detailed in my other post to Sam [link], there is NO country that is permissive as we are already. Uncontrolled immigration ironically helps those that would be exploiters and harms social programs that are aimed at the substantial number of people that are already in need.
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