> With regards to Prop 187, you insinuate that it is racist. Although I'm
> sure they are some in California that are motivated by this, the root of
> the movement is financial concerns.
True. In California's case it is a good time (politically) to bring up this
issue, as well as it is a good time to chop down some of the laws that give
more opportunities to minorities. I think that Pete Wilson's motivations are
both political, and economical. However, I don't think prop 187 is the best
solution, not because I am Peruvian, ergo a foreigener, but because it might
cost me more money. For instance, if the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
refuses to give a driving license to an illegal immigrant he won't be able
to buy insurance for his car. Since he still needs to provide for his family,
he will drive to work anyway. God forgive, but should he have an accident he
will not have insurance, and the other party has liability only, the latter
loses big time. If the other party has full-cover insurance, then his insurance
company covers the cost of repairing his car, but would eventually raise the
premiums. Results: we all californians end up paying higher insurance premiums,
and the illegal alien is still driving uninsured...
A second example will be the kid who does get any type of vaccination. Should he get sick, other family members may catch the same illness, and before long it may
start spreading and becoming a major health problem.
> It strikes a chord here in Florida because we are about to see the same thing
> proposed her due to the increasing rising cost of caring for illegal
> immigrants. In Miami, for example, it has been estimated that over 80,000
> people in Dade County are illegal, some who originally came on a tourist visa
> and never returned to their country. The public hospitals are overflowing
> with a large percentage of those being illegals.
> I feel for the plight of these people who only seek something better, just as
> my Irish great-grandfather did so many years ago.
Most of the people who come from Europe during last century were poor people.
Most of the people who came from Mexico or other countries are people who see
no future in their homeland, and sell everything they own to come here. Those
people cannot afford to go back, for they have nothing to go back to. I know a
guy he even thought was working ilegally, paid taxes during the year and never
filed for a return, thus he contributed to California's economy as a consumer
and as the taxpayer the every state wants: the one who does not apply for a
refund.
Desde California, waiting for the Big One...
Luis
ETAK, home of the Happy Digger...
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Ca 94557
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The opinions in this message are Luis's only. By no means they reflect ETAK's
views whatsoever. As a matter of fact, there's no view from ETAK.
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As Susan Smith's trial is about to begin in North Carolina I can't think of
nothing more appropiate to quote than:
The quote of the month:
"Forget that once you loved them,
that of your body they were born.
for one shot day, forget your children;
afterwards weep. Though you killed them,
they were your beloved sons..."
Euripedes, Medea