September 26, 2009
It’s ironic, since the Democrats always oppose any effort to stem the tide of illegal immigration, that President Obama is rapidly putting into place his plan to put an end to the problem.
When Obama was campaigning for president, he was critical (as was I) of George W. Bush for running up budget deficits and increasing the national debt. However, it was apparently not a serious criticism because as soon as he took office, his administration and Congress rapidly put in place policies that quadrupled the deficit, pushed the national debt toward the 12-trillion-dollar, statutory limit, and printed enough money to reduce the value of the dollar by 25%.
Prognosticators, who admittedly are not sympathetic with Obama’s policies, have predicted that the Federal government will have to borrow money just to pay the interest on the debt. Some have said that this may bring about the end of the sterling “Full Faith and Credit of the United States” and our country may find it difficult to borrow any more money.
What does this have to do with illegal immigration? Simple. People come to this country for mostly one reason: our economic opportunity. The combination of free market capitalism and freedom to innovate have, over the short history of our nation, allowed people who started in poverty to become fabulously wealthy by simply providing goods and services people need and are willing to pay for, something you can’t do in many countries of the world.
Obama really hates that.
He has indicated repeatedly that he will do many things to punish the evil capitalists and punish the companies that they have created. He has already nationalized two banks, two auto manufacturers, and hopes to take over the health insurance and industries and the medical profession. This together with the crushing debt he has saddled generations of Americans with during just the first six months of his administration, may effectively end the unique opportunity America has always represented to the oppressed people of the world.
So, when the standard of living and economic opportunity in the United States are no different from Cuba, Mexico, Guatamala, Viet Nam, China, France. etc., those people will have no more reason to come here. Legally or illegally.
Problem solved.
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