On Mexico.
It's not that I really give a crap about illegal immigrants. I'm just sick and tired of explaining the whole thing to people who think in the slow lane. I explained it to my kids and received a resounding "duh." Why can't the Repubs get it?
I know, this isn't my political blog (christophergarlington.blogspot.com) but you need to know what's happening in radioville.
The way I see it, these poor border crossing desperate folks are risking their lives because their conditions blow chunks like a frat boy on Friday night. It's not their fault they have to run away to make enough money to keep their kids alive. And the GOP has done everything short of nuking Texas to stop the problem. It's not their fault we own the world. (Actually, it is). So who's fault it is that our borders are like Christmas at the Mall? It's the Mexican government's fault. And they don't care. They just sit around smoking cigars and looking for gold in the Sierra Madre without no steenking batches and letting their country go to hell in a handbasket (except for Curacas, Porta Villarta, laPlaya, Acapulco, and all those other killer destination beaches which might as well be in California) and allowing so many people to be dirt poor and scared and actually distributing flyers that teach people how to cross the border, allowing "role playing" tourist businesses which "re-enact" a border crossing never realizing all the tourists are from Oaxaca.
During the Halloween season when you think costumes you'll probably first think of kids costumes. In the weeks and months after Halloween the Santa suit is probably more important, as Santa costumes are not only useful for family photos but a Santa Claus suit can be useful for some kinds of Christmas parties.
So we go to war with them. Not for the sake of the people, though it would be nice if the average Jose in Mexico could afford his own home and a car and send his kids to a nice school. That would be a cool effect. No we go to war so the freaking republican hand-wringers will SHUT THE HALE UP and I can get back to having a nice conversation about tequila and Dominican Oscuros without getting into a fistfight with a right-winging nimrod who's had one too many MGDs.
I actually studied some economics, once, and I have to tell you: Yes. That is correct. Remove the economic incentive for them to cross the border, and they'll stop coming.
ReplyDeleteI think that the anti-immigrant league knows this. They continue to scream about the illegals so that they will _remain_ illegals, so that they can continue to get their cheap lawn maintenance.
So, what we _really_ need is (1) to make Mexico nice and shiny, and (2) TO keep the lawn maintenance costs in this country low.
Because there is an economic incentive for the immigrant-haters to keep the immigrants illegal.
Aha, but there is another way! It is exceptionally stupid, but here it is:
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. and Mexico have hugely different economies. And loads of illegal immigrants.
Australia and Indonesia, despite being economically similar to the U.S. and Mexico respectively, have almost no illegal immigrant flow.
What's the difference? Simple: the US and Mexico share a land border, while Australia and Indonesia are separated by water.
The solution here is obvious. Obliterate the land border and create a huge moat between the two countries, and hey presto! No more illegal immigrants.
Yes its a raving loony idea, but it would work. Write your local member of Congress now!