Forgive me if I
use this blog as an emotional outlet. Some things are hard to just keep inside.
Watching the news sometimes seems like slow torture. Yes, I watch too much.
What is
happening to our country? This question is overly generalized and rhetorical I
suppose – some might consider it an old man’s statement and… here it comes… are 'America’s best days behind us?'
For
example: undocumented immigrants
streaming across our southern border.
And Biden and his administration seem to ignore the harmful, even
disastrous, implications. While common
sense tells us that the situation, if unchecked, will degrade, potentially destroy
our country. So, what is going on? What is the sense of it? What is the
justification? Is Biden so impaired he fails to see that this tide of
immigrants will undermine the quality of life for US citizens? Cannot he see
the cost of the services required to assimilate these illegals; as well as potentially criminal elements? Does
he care about current citizens? The answer of course is probably not… he does
not really care. But why…
Let us see:
1)
Many
major players in the US economy will benefit from the open borders and the
hoped for ‘cheap’ labor. Such as the giant agriculture operations, processing
plants and product distributors. The service industry, the hotel / motel
business is a good example – again cheap labor. And, we can include construction
jobs that normally are hard to fill involving difficult, sometimes dangerous
jobs; and exist under very competitive labor cost situations. They are jobs that most Americans are
unwilling to do – too hard, too dangerous, too low paid.
2)
Other
than the above corporate / business profit makers (assuredly the big political
doners); what is in it for the Biden Administration? Well, they of course are
counting on the immigrants being steadfast Democrats – which is the ultimate
game. To be a politician, inherently, their first priority is: What’s in it for me? Have you ever wondered
how many politicians become multi-millionaires on a government paycheck?
Relevant (I am
not sure) but I would like to relate some of my experience:
For two years,
in the military, I lived in the Philippines (Angeles City) right outside Clark
AFB. Being a junior officer, my wife and I were required to live
‘off-base.’ What was that like: Well, on the positive side (at least for us),
we had a live-in housekeeper / maid. We had a ‘yard boy’ that kept our home
exterior in pristine condition. How did we afford such things on a Lieutenant’s
salary? Well, that was because the maid’s normal living conditions were so
abysmal, that she preferred living with us in an extra room. We paid her the normal
rates that were better than the employment she could find elsewhere. The ‘yard
boy,’ who was not a boy, but a young man trying to survive, was very
appreciative of the job and what we paid. Did my wife and I feel a little
guilty? Yes, of course we did. We both came from very middle-class homes. But
this was the Philippines.
OK, what was
the neighborhood you lived in like? It was kind of nice. However, it was
totally surrounded by a 10’ wall with (literally) broken glass imbedded in the
top of the wall. We had armed guards that patrolled the complex 24 hours a day.
And the gate to the community, had two guards (armed with shotguns) that
checked everyone in and out of the complex. I could go on. But, you get the picture.
And, about now
you are asking: What is the relevance?
My point is
that, potentially, this is what our country can and will become unless we have
secure borders. It will become the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots.’ The ‘haves’ will live in gated communities
with guards.
And, what about
the ‘have-nots,’ that are most Americans. They will be discriminated against, victimized,
and forgotten. Think about it folks before it is too late to go back. The
United States of America is the greatest country the world has ever known. Please,
please, let us try and keep it.
True Nelson
“Let not anyone pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than those good men should look on and do nothing.
He is not a good man who, without a protest,
allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to
supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.”
John Stuart Mill / 1867
