[clue-talk] Immigration Gumballs

[Angelo Bertolli]

Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> Nate Duehr wrote:
>> Angelo Bertolli wrote:
>>
>>> So then you have to ask yourself, why is it we have this "problem" 
>>> on one of our borders but not on the other?  I think the answer to 
>>> this problem that people often overlook because they're too busy 
>>> getting scared of the individuals crossing over is that we do not 
>>> have sovereign reign over other countries, and when Mexico plays 
>>> "unfairly" we stand to lose.  
>>
>> I love your theory.
>>
>> Since there's no way they'd ever attack/invade us, we can just play 
>> "unfairly" with Canada and deport illegal immigrants from Mexico at 
>> the Canadian border!
>>
>> :-)
> Well "we" wouldn't want that.  The average person in Mexico doesn't 
> benefit from this arrangement...
By the way... I don't know, maybe I just sound crazy to everyone, but... 
what I mean by "play unfairly" is that Mexico doesn't take care of its 
citizens and promotes an environment of corruption and disparity between 
classes of people.  (Something I hope never happens here.)  By keeping 
their people in that state, they encourage them to seek money 
elsewhere.  And of course, it's a nice thing that they always want to 
"send money back home" but I don't blame them for that.

I'd also like to point out that culture plays some role in what kind of 
government works for us.  Yeah, I know I might say things like "look at 
France and their health care system."  But it really doesn't mean we 
should just do exactly what France does.  It's the same reason why I 
think Japan does fine with huge conglomerates, whereas I think we need 
to pay more attention to trust-busting.  There is a definite culture 
difference in the US of individuality.  People here really feel free to 
act how they want to without nearly as much as societal or cultural 
pressure to act a certain way.

Angelo