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To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (237249)	3/13/2002 9:31:31 AM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 769667

Good post -- a reminder of what we often take for granted as a birthright but are very lucky to have.

To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (237249)	3/13/2002 1:38:10 PM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 769667

>> Ever stop to be thankful for how cheap and plentiful the food supply is in this country?..... << it has to be cheap, the government confiscates most of my earnings and i have so little left after they are done picking my pocket! ever stop to think that if our government went back to funding itself from tariffs and stopped stealing the fruits of people's labor, we would have more money in our pocket to afford these higher prices? so we come to yet another reason why i am in favor of tariffs. restoring tariffs to their proper role is a way to free all of us slaves from the chains of income taxes. >> Ever have a school system fail to report student truancy due to getting funds based on attendance records?...Ever see a 14 year old that did not know how many quarters were in a dollar and still passing in her wonderful school district?..... << this is a whole separate issue. i'm not only in favor of abolishing the income tax, i am also in favor of abolishing the education dept. the federal government has no business interfering in education. it is entirely a state and local matter, and there was no provision put forth in the constitution permitting the federal government to interfere. >> Ever live under a tarp spread over the limbs of a big tree and was thankful if you found enough food to make one meal a day? Ever known what mind set it would take to get on a 40 year old sailboat built for 3 with many other people and little supplies with the faint hopes you might be able to find Florida's shore over a 1000 miles of sea... << i don't see what any of this tangential stuff has to do with the topic at hand. >> I am not for illegal immigration and never have been .... << gee, neither is the rest of america! polls show the vast majority of americans want the government to do something about illegal immigration, but somehow it never gets addressed, now does it? do you think that it is just a coincidence that our elected representatives are not representing the wishes of the people? of course not. there are powerful special interest groups that benefit from illegal immigrants breaking into our country. so they line the pockets of politicians and nothing gets done. mexican-americans are the swing votes in many elections and worthless republicans cave in, displaying a pathetic abandonment of their principles. liberals love all the immigrants coming in, it expands their power base. >> but i am far from fool enough not to understand that people will always try to get into this country because of hopes of a better life << only because stinking liberals have destroyed what this country is all about. immigrants might think twice about breaking into our country if they knew they weren't going to get free social services. what a deal! break into our country illegally and we will help you get a driver's license, offer you reduced tuition, you can get free pre-natal care before you pop out a kid who automatically becomes a citizen upon birth, and you can get a job working under the table where you pay no taxes, and we will even print everything in spanish to make leeching off americans easier for you! who wouldn't want to come to america with that kind of a deal? liberals always try to say that they aren't for illegal immigration any more than conservatives, yet they are the ones who seek to dole out all the party favors which serve as an invitation to the freeloaders to come here in the first place. >> ....i know i was lucky being born here ....do you? << now we get to the heart of liberalism--one massive guilt trip. i can appreciate having the good fortune to be born in this country without feeling guilty like liberals would have it. i am smart enough to realize that the best way to make the world more fortunate for everyone to be born into is not through liberalism's twisted and despotic notions of egalitarianism and social engineering.