Immigration - Legal and Illegal

Even since the 1930s the Democratic party was against illegal immigration and even sought to restrict legal immigration. Watch these two videos.

So, what changed? Well, the Democratic party abandoned the working class and unions lost their power.

Lets talk about how the narrative has changed in the media. As long as we have had immigration laws, we referred to people that broke those laws as illegal aliens; but, now that is considered offensive. The new speak was undocumented workers, which of course assumes they all work. Yet the newest talking point is to refer to anyone who came here from a foreign country as immigrants regardless of how they got here. Again, what changed? Are all immigrants the same? Nope.

There are requirements to come here legally. People that come here legally either come with skills, come to go to college or come with money. Most legal immigrants speak English, that is just a fact. Once here they can usually get work visas. It can easily take a year or two to become a citizen, just marrying an American is no longer a guarantee of citizenship. How do I know this, my cousin married a woman from Panama and she became a citizen. I have worked with Philippines, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Ethiopian, Mexicans and many others that came here legally.

Now let us look at the average illegal immigrant. Most have little education, many do not speak English and most do not have many skills. In fact most work as unskilled labor. How do I dare say this, I was a preacher to a church of mostly illegal aliens seeking asylum because they were gay and faced real life threats in their countries. They were true asylum seekers. They are the exception to the rule, most people coming illegally are economic immigrants. Whether that is a valid reason or not, whether we should allow it or not are valid points for conversation; but, it is not a legal one. I think we can all understand their wish to come here; but, is it to the advantage of the working or middle classes? Probably not.

So, why the push now? Why did the Democrats change their policies? Who does it benefit? According to Bernie Sanders it lowers wages for working class people. I would also say that it allows businesses that hire them to treat them as slaves.

Here is a question that deeply disturbs me. We provide almost no services to the homeless; but, many are seeking to help the illegal immigrants. Hmmm. Once a foster child turns 18 they are provided almost no services and often end up homeless. Why are we seeking to treat illegal immigrants better than our own poor and needy? Why is this issue almost discussed by mainstream media or the politicians for that matter? What changed. Why if we cannot provide universal healthcare for Americans why are their calls to provide healthcare for illegal aliens? What changed?

If I enter Mexico illegally, I can go to jail and probably will if caught. Canada signed the UN Migration Pact; but, requires me to have a passport to enter their country as does Mexico. If one is an ex-felon they are required to immediately notify local authorities if they move to another state even if not on parole or probation. That does not apply to illegal aliens.

When is the last time someone went to jail for knowingly hiring illegal aliens? I don't remember either. How many people went to jail for the housing crash, the stock market crash or rigging the markets? I don't remember any either. Certainly not the people who benefited the most. Hillary Clinton gave a speech to bankers calling for open borders and they liked her speech, paid her lots of money for it. Hundreds of thousands of dollars for one speech. Why did the bankers like the idea of open borders?

If you want to understand why something is done in politics, you have understand who in power it benefits. What is the effect in Europe of bringing in millions of immigrants from the middle east? Well, it creates division and causes people to focus on their neighborhoods and their safety rather than how their economies are working against them and their social programs are becoming impossible to fund due to too rapid expansion of those who can receive benefits and have not paid in. Nothing happens by accident in government.

Let us assume that the .1% really care about illegal immigrants then we should assume that they would be willing to have a tax increase to provide them services. If we were to tax business and the wealthy an additional 1% of their income for every million illegal immigrants, I bet they would suddenly want to end illegal immigration and build a wall which was staffed. Tell me I am wrong. If we were to increase the business tax on all companies that send jobs overseas, I bet they would send less jobs overseas too.

Walls are not useless; but, they are not a complete solution. Jailing people that hire illegal immigrants is a solution. Bill Clinton pushed a bill to punish companies that hired illegal aliens. I guess he forgot that as did his wife. What changed? Global monopolies came to power and they love open borders because it keeps wages down and distracts people from paying attention to how the powerful control the government and their lives.

Taking some time off

Well kiddies, Pimpernel is taking some time off. A week or two unless something really worth discussing happens. Hope you have a great New Year.

Beef Bourguignon

Beef Bourguignon is what I am making for Christmas. Instead of chuck roast, I am using New York steak. I was going to get a dinner from Denny's but thought, what the heck, I have the ingredients and thyme. Pun intended. Hope you enjoy your dinner as well.

Merry Christmas 2018

Jeff Foxworthy Redneck 12 Days of Christmas

What if we had a military draft that only applied to the children of the wealthy.

Some wealthy moron in England recently said that if you made under $50,000 a year you shouldn't be allowed to vote. There are people in this country that feel the same way, remember the billionaire who said that your vote should be based on your income a few years back. How bout this, we should have a military draft; but, if you make under $100,000 a year neither you nor your children can be drafted. What if only the children of the wealthy were drafted? Bet we would be in fewer wars, what do you think?

The Brexit Deal Explained by Groucho Marx

What Are France and the Yellow Jackets About

Paris is burning. Paris and France as a whole are facing protests across the nation, some have resulted in violent behavior; but, most have been completely peaceful. The protestors are primarily people who live outside of the major cities, working class people and farmers who have seen their lifestyle collapse and their jobs replaced by migrants. Many live outside the cities and drive in for work. Macron and the French government decided to reduce the taxes on the wealthy and increase the gas tax, while also reducing benefits for its citizens. The increase in the gas tax was a "carbon tax", it was claimed to be needed to offset carbon emissions. Apparently France thought the working class should be the ones to bear the burden for climate change and not the wealthy who benefit from industry.

Let me ask a question. Who benefits from increasing greenhouse gasses? Does the working class benefit from it? I think not, not in the west, they lost their jobs in manufacturing and those jobs went to India, Mexico and China where greenhouse gasses have been increasing far beyond those of the west where they are actually reducing. Does shipping manufacturing to countries that do not have environmental controls increase or decrease CO2? Who benefits? Not workers in the west, they lost their jobs. Apple benefits, the biggest multi-nationals benefits; but, not workers in the west, yet, they are expected to pay for it. That is what the French Yellow Jackets are complaining about, not paying more for gas alone. How do we know this, well, France agreed to implement the tax and the riots continue.

The Paris Climate Accord did not ask countries to pay or tax based on CO2 emissions. The Paris Climate Accord had countries agree to reduce emissions based on their highest year and neither India, Mexico or China have agreed that this year is their highest year, they all plan on increasing their emissions for 30 years and then hitting their peak. Apparently, the west is to reduce their emissions to make up for transferring manufacturing to these countries which use coal burning plants.