bucs90
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Mexico being a craphole and us not being a craphole caused illegal immigration. Why we haven't sealed the border is a combination of special interests and politics.
BUT I'll say this: Illegal immigration is a PERFECT example of how to back up my original premise.
A Mexican sees an American in poverty as "rich" compared to being in Mexican poverty. A Mexican who flees here is CHOOSING to attempt to no longer be poor in Mexico. It's risky, but he is CHOOSING to stop being a poor Mexican, and CHOOSING to attempt to be a poor American (which is rich in comparison to a poor Mexican). And when our "poor" choose to stop being poor in America, they too will take drastic measures to improve their lot.
But right now, being poor in America is too comfortable for that.
I see where you are going with this...make our poor as bad as Mexico's poor and illegal immigration stops. Ah Ha!
Nah, I'd say make our poor as "motivated" as Mexican immigrants are, and our nation would thrive beyond our wildest dreams.
But we have an army of welfare queens sucking at the system. Until our poor get motivated, they'll never thrive. And they'll never CHOOSE to get motivated if we keep making poverty more comfortable for them.
I know, I know, the reality of that sucks. But it's true.