Excellent, thought provoking, intelligent writing.
Read this article on Orban and the American conservative movement at your peril: it will stoke and upset the part of you that yearns for justice and real democracy in these troubled times.
Democracy is rooted in Christianity. As for immigration, it's linked to inflation actually. Inflation is too much money chasing too few goods and when that happens, the economy is no good and it worsens inequality actually cos asset prices go up and the bottom half just gets crushed. That's how immigration is. Bringing too many people in, at the same time when the system can barely afford to take care of them is terrible. Law and order, Equality and Justice can never breed in such environment. Diversity of thought and everything is what makes America such a great country but the core is being ripped apart. Too much immigration over a short period of time strips away at the core and then everything becomes de anchored and you have chaos. That's why crime rates in America is so high and America isn't an happy place again. The core is being ripped apart cos there are hardly and shared values and convictions again. You are misleading when you say white Christianity. Have you heard of black people of the same idealogy being disenfranchised? Too much immigration over a short period of time will not solve inequality, I will worsen it and America will be worse for it. I will remind you that when "virtuous", know it all Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan last year, it was cheered and Republicans were called racist and all kinda names, what happened afterwards, historic inflation numbers and the people the plan was meant to uplift got absolutely crushed by inflation. Tread wisely
I would suggest doing the research regarding the contributions of immigrants to the economy. There are far more positive benefits than negative consequences. This is true for all levels of immigrants' education. Please make sure prior to writing a comment that the information you provide is credible and not only your opinion or something you read on FB.
I am a pro immigrant American. Immigrants built the country we live in and now there are millions of job vacancies that immigrants would be more than willing to do. Medical professions and teachers are in dire straits. What do you think will happen to the economy and overall society when these jobs are staffed with unqualified persons or left infilled? Do some research on what immigrants bring to the country before you vilify them and decide how bad they are with your opinion because that is all you have to offer — an opinion which is your entitlement but it is not a fact.
I am 100 percent pro immigrant. 💯%. I honestly was just making a case for how a broken system is very unfair to immigrants. It's not just about the southern border being very porous but immigrants actually having a fair chance when they arrive to grow and live the American dream, and not get crushed by inflation, crime, depleted Public schools and services. You keep begging more immigrants to come into an imperfect system., Eventually the system collapses and crushes them. Ofcos that would have a ripple effect and affect everyone. I am 100 percent pro immigration. I am just railing against a broken system that enables and bless Child Traffickers, Drug Peddlers, Terrorists more. I mean whear stories of how people are raided and raped during the treacherous journey up to the border. By the time they get to America, they are already more broken people than before they left their homes.. I am just calling for a fairer system that enables good immigrants rather than those who look to do them harm and take advantage of them, the coyotes etc . America has been good to me, trust me .
And by the way, don't degrade people on Facebook. Hilary Clinton would have been the 45th President of the United States if she didn't classify half the country as deplorables and other rubbish, derogatory terms she went on to say. Stop degrading people. I am hardly ever on Facebook. I am a CNBC guy by the way but I would defend People on Facebook anyday. Don't look down on people. It could easily cost you
America is the greatest country on Earth because of immigration which brings diversity. It's so beautiful. America is the land of opportunities. In Senator Tim Scott's family , a republican by the way, his family went from cotton to Congress In one generation. America is a great country because of immigrants. You guys did not read my comments well at all. South Africa is a perfect example of the many things that can go wrong if the system cannot adequately absorb immigrants. Inequality happens. I am in tears as I stress out I am pro immigration. But having an open border is very dangerous. BAD PEOPLE are taking advantage of people who are looking to get to America for hope. Terrorists, Traffickers , ,Drug Dealers, Iran sent Assassins. Even China sends Phentanyl through the borders to destroy the bright, prestigious American Youth internally. You guys read wrong. Immigration is good but it has to be common sense so that down the line, the promise of immigration can actually be fulfilled. People actually get opportunities to actually move up the socioeconomic ladder.
WE DO NOT HAVE OPEN BORDERS! You have been listening and reading LIES AND PROPAGANDA. I live on the border. They are NOT open. Do some research or better yet, go to the border and see for yourself what is happening. It’s a mess to be sure, but the borders are NOT open. Congress is at fault because for years the immigration system has been stressed and they collectively have taken zero action to formulate a workable plan, instead politicizing and using racism to bait their base to cast all problems this country has at the feet of these poor people. They are human beings simply looking for safety and a better way of life. It is the corrupt political system, and mostly Republicans, that are creating these lies to get their racist base riled up so that they can stay in power.
"They are human beings simply looking for safety and a better way of life". Yes. Let them keep coming. Very soon, the whole world will be camped at the southern border. I wonder what the point is of border security. Just keep them coming since everyone coming through is "poor". Your argument is naïve. Human Traffickers and Drug Peddlers are having a field day at the border. They are really benefiting from the chaos. By the way, there is a ripple effect when these sort of people are flush with cash. They become very dangerous cartels.
I will also add that if you really believe that America is the greatest country on earth, you haven’t traveled much. It is a great country full of opportunity, but it is NOT the greatest country on earth, especially right now.
This is a country of immigrants. All Americans can trace there lineage to somewhere else, but for the indigenous peoples who were decimated by the diseases we brought to this continent, then by a series of extermination campaigns, forced migrations, theft of property and destruction of culture that today would be classified as genocide. Our treatment of our native populations was taken as a road map by Hitler. Our system and principle of birthright citizen ship has done a remarkable job of taking people from all over the world and turning them into Americans. Nothing indicates that this is not happening today. Latinos and Asians that are second and third generation are as Americans as the Jones and Smiths whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower. Except that they may be harder working and don't have an attitude of entitlement. There are many causes of inflation, which is largely a problem of balancing supply and demand. The pandemic crippled our supply and distribution changes , while our consumers shifted their demand from services ( restaurants, travel, trainers) to goods ( home offices, new kitchens). A l part of price increases in housing has to do with our depleted stock of construction workers. I've built two homes in Houston and I can tell you that but for the architect and general contractor, everyone of the workers were first or second generation immigrants from Mexico. My grandfather came to the US in 1917 and got a job installling wooden floors for $1 a day. He learned a skill and in six months was promoted to hanging doors, $2 a day and not working on his knees. He sent money home for a decade. In 1927, he had investments worth $50K and brought his wife and two sons here. His offspring in the US include artists, lawyers, investment advisers and other productive citizens . The areas of the country that have higher immigration rates have higher worker productivity and are more prosperous than those places where very few immigrants can be found. California, Texas and NYC are areas of high immigration and also our most productive. Walk down the street on a Friday night run Palo Alto , the center of Silicon Valley , and see people from South Asia, China, Latin America and North America enjoying themselves after a long week creating the future that we will all inhabit. As to crime rates, it has been a longstanding trend that native Americans have a higher incident of crime than those who are immigrants. Nothing speaks of family values than a couple who leaves their home country, makes a perilous journey to the border and asks for asylum because they want their children to have a better life. It's a myth that we had common values and all were singing kumbaya in the past. Our history includes slavery, Jim Crow, anti-Asian immigration acts, anti-semitism, and demonization and criminalization of LGBTQ individuals. We have had a terroristic campaign against Black people that allowed for lynchings in over 800 counties in seven decades,. We violently suppressed unionization. America has rarely been unified and at peace with itself and its varied populations. Even in WWII, Black soldiers had to change trains in DC when going home after their tour of duty had ended. As to inflation, I lived through the 80s. The interest rates on my first mortgage was in excess of 16%. Our current situation will be handled by the Fed Reserve and natural functioning of the markets. If you are crushed by gasoline prices, perhaps you shouldn't have bought such a beast of a vehicle.
Your arguments are so full of flawed thinking it isn’t worth time or space to go into them. Your “book” I imagine is more of the same opinion with no cited evidence. Your ideology is at its core, racist.
Thanks. You know u won an argument when the other side resorts to slander and insults. Completely shocking coming from someone like you but I guess it's part of the trend with Democrats, Il-lebral.
You sound like an Autocrat. Keep it all, Know it All. There is nothing racist about what I said. No wonder Africans and many parts of the world are actually tending towards Very Awful Russia than the Leadership in America right now. You keep looking down on people and see where it gets you. Just because you are right doesn't mean evey thing you do in the name of goodness is good. America was built on diversity of thought. My book is mostly about how we shouldn't let Putin blackmail the World's supply chain
Then what does it have to do with US immigration? 50
% of the billion dollar unicorns , our vanguard industries, were founded by immigrants. The world's most valuable corporations , Apple and Tesla, wouldn't exist if not for Steve Jobs' Syrian father emigrating to the US and Musk doing the same for himself. Putin runs a gas station with nukes. If you want to take away his leverage, then convert as quickly as possible to a renewable energy future and dig a deep grave for the fossil fuels that Russia produces. Other than oil and gas and some smart people who tend to emigrate there is nothing that Russia makes that the world wants to take.
Immigration is considered disinflationary but it's not disinflationary in and of itself. There are many other cogs in that machine. It has to be refined to get that sweet bonny oil. America worked because America's immigration system was a real beauty. Now, I mean please read the news. The Phentanyl crisis ks enough for you guys to pause and think oh my God, what is going on
Wow. I love this comment. Best I have seen. You're so thoughtful. But you're wrong about renewable energy. I want Renewable energy for everyone today but that's not realistic. Even Germany knows that. I mean they are even going back to firing up coal plants these days. How sad, Green Germany. Can you imagine? Actually. I could argue with u but no need. Let's just take the example of Biden who went to Saudi to tell them to pump more oil. Why didn't he go there to evangelize divesting from Fossil fuels and moving to renewables as soon as possible to curtail Russia. . What I dslike the most about Biden Administration is they are not aligned. You're smart though. If you had a book, I will read it cos u talk with respect. Some people here think cos they are smarter than me, they can just talk with disrespect. No! With my book, I have arrived but I will never look or talk down on anyone
Excellent, thought provoking, intelligent writing.
Read this article on Orban and the American conservative movement at your peril: it will stoke and upset the part of you that yearns for justice and real democracy in these troubled times.
David - Welcome to Perilous Times and I appreciate your comment.
Democracy is rooted in Christianity. As for immigration, it's linked to inflation actually. Inflation is too much money chasing too few goods and when that happens, the economy is no good and it worsens inequality actually cos asset prices go up and the bottom half just gets crushed. That's how immigration is. Bringing too many people in, at the same time when the system can barely afford to take care of them is terrible. Law and order, Equality and Justice can never breed in such environment. Diversity of thought and everything is what makes America such a great country but the core is being ripped apart. Too much immigration over a short period of time strips away at the core and then everything becomes de anchored and you have chaos. That's why crime rates in America is so high and America isn't an happy place again. The core is being ripped apart cos there are hardly and shared values and convictions again. You are misleading when you say white Christianity. Have you heard of black people of the same idealogy being disenfranchised? Too much immigration over a short period of time will not solve inequality, I will worsen it and America will be worse for it. I will remind you that when "virtuous", know it all Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan last year, it was cheered and Republicans were called racist and all kinda names, what happened afterwards, historic inflation numbers and the people the plan was meant to uplift got absolutely crushed by inflation. Tread wisely
My book is out on Amazon kdp. Putin chose this war. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B5NNYHNQ
I would suggest doing the research regarding the contributions of immigrants to the economy. There are far more positive benefits than negative consequences. This is true for all levels of immigrants' education. Please make sure prior to writing a comment that the information you provide is credible and not only your opinion or something you read on FB.
I am a pro immigrant American. Immigrants built the country we live in and now there are millions of job vacancies that immigrants would be more than willing to do. Medical professions and teachers are in dire straits. What do you think will happen to the economy and overall society when these jobs are staffed with unqualified persons or left infilled? Do some research on what immigrants bring to the country before you vilify them and decide how bad they are with your opinion because that is all you have to offer — an opinion which is your entitlement but it is not a fact.
I am 100 percent pro immigrant. 💯%. I honestly was just making a case for how a broken system is very unfair to immigrants. It's not just about the southern border being very porous but immigrants actually having a fair chance when they arrive to grow and live the American dream, and not get crushed by inflation, crime, depleted Public schools and services. You keep begging more immigrants to come into an imperfect system., Eventually the system collapses and crushes them. Ofcos that would have a ripple effect and affect everyone. I am 100 percent pro immigration. I am just railing against a broken system that enables and bless Child Traffickers, Drug Peddlers, Terrorists more. I mean whear stories of how people are raided and raped during the treacherous journey up to the border. By the time they get to America, they are already more broken people than before they left their homes.. I am just calling for a fairer system that enables good immigrants rather than those who look to do them harm and take advantage of them, the coyotes etc . America has been good to me, trust me .
And by the way, don't degrade people on Facebook. Hilary Clinton would have been the 45th President of the United States if she didn't classify half the country as deplorables and other rubbish, derogatory terms she went on to say. Stop degrading people. I am hardly ever on Facebook. I am a CNBC guy by the way but I would defend People on Facebook anyday. Don't look down on people. It could easily cost you
America is the greatest country on Earth because of immigration which brings diversity. It's so beautiful. America is the land of opportunities. In Senator Tim Scott's family , a republican by the way, his family went from cotton to Congress In one generation. America is a great country because of immigrants. You guys did not read my comments well at all. South Africa is a perfect example of the many things that can go wrong if the system cannot adequately absorb immigrants. Inequality happens. I am in tears as I stress out I am pro immigration. But having an open border is very dangerous. BAD PEOPLE are taking advantage of people who are looking to get to America for hope. Terrorists, Traffickers , ,Drug Dealers, Iran sent Assassins. Even China sends Phentanyl through the borders to destroy the bright, prestigious American Youth internally. You guys read wrong. Immigration is good but it has to be common sense so that down the line, the promise of immigration can actually be fulfilled. People actually get opportunities to actually move up the socioeconomic ladder.
WE DO NOT HAVE OPEN BORDERS! You have been listening and reading LIES AND PROPAGANDA. I live on the border. They are NOT open. Do some research or better yet, go to the border and see for yourself what is happening. It’s a mess to be sure, but the borders are NOT open. Congress is at fault because for years the immigration system has been stressed and they collectively have taken zero action to formulate a workable plan, instead politicizing and using racism to bait their base to cast all problems this country has at the feet of these poor people. They are human beings simply looking for safety and a better way of life. It is the corrupt political system, and mostly Republicans, that are creating these lies to get their racist base riled up so that they can stay in power.
"They are human beings simply looking for safety and a better way of life". Yes. Let them keep coming. Very soon, the whole world will be camped at the southern border. I wonder what the point is of border security. Just keep them coming since everyone coming through is "poor". Your argument is naïve. Human Traffickers and Drug Peddlers are having a field day at the border. They are really benefiting from the chaos. By the way, there is a ripple effect when these sort of people are flush with cash. They become very dangerous cartels.
I will also add that if you really believe that America is the greatest country on earth, you haven’t traveled much. It is a great country full of opportunity, but it is NOT the greatest country on earth, especially right now.
This is a country of immigrants. All Americans can trace there lineage to somewhere else, but for the indigenous peoples who were decimated by the diseases we brought to this continent, then by a series of extermination campaigns, forced migrations, theft of property and destruction of culture that today would be classified as genocide. Our treatment of our native populations was taken as a road map by Hitler. Our system and principle of birthright citizen ship has done a remarkable job of taking people from all over the world and turning them into Americans. Nothing indicates that this is not happening today. Latinos and Asians that are second and third generation are as Americans as the Jones and Smiths whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower. Except that they may be harder working and don't have an attitude of entitlement. There are many causes of inflation, which is largely a problem of balancing supply and demand. The pandemic crippled our supply and distribution changes , while our consumers shifted their demand from services ( restaurants, travel, trainers) to goods ( home offices, new kitchens). A l part of price increases in housing has to do with our depleted stock of construction workers. I've built two homes in Houston and I can tell you that but for the architect and general contractor, everyone of the workers were first or second generation immigrants from Mexico. My grandfather came to the US in 1917 and got a job installling wooden floors for $1 a day. He learned a skill and in six months was promoted to hanging doors, $2 a day and not working on his knees. He sent money home for a decade. In 1927, he had investments worth $50K and brought his wife and two sons here. His offspring in the US include artists, lawyers, investment advisers and other productive citizens . The areas of the country that have higher immigration rates have higher worker productivity and are more prosperous than those places where very few immigrants can be found. California, Texas and NYC are areas of high immigration and also our most productive. Walk down the street on a Friday night run Palo Alto , the center of Silicon Valley , and see people from South Asia, China, Latin America and North America enjoying themselves after a long week creating the future that we will all inhabit. As to crime rates, it has been a longstanding trend that native Americans have a higher incident of crime than those who are immigrants. Nothing speaks of family values than a couple who leaves their home country, makes a perilous journey to the border and asks for asylum because they want their children to have a better life. It's a myth that we had common values and all were singing kumbaya in the past. Our history includes slavery, Jim Crow, anti-Asian immigration acts, anti-semitism, and demonization and criminalization of LGBTQ individuals. We have had a terroristic campaign against Black people that allowed for lynchings in over 800 counties in seven decades,. We violently suppressed unionization. America has rarely been unified and at peace with itself and its varied populations. Even in WWII, Black soldiers had to change trains in DC when going home after their tour of duty had ended. As to inflation, I lived through the 80s. The interest rates on my first mortgage was in excess of 16%. Our current situation will be handled by the Fed Reserve and natural functioning of the markets. If you are crushed by gasoline prices, perhaps you shouldn't have bought such a beast of a vehicle.
Your arguments are so full of flawed thinking it isn’t worth time or space to go into them. Your “book” I imagine is more of the same opinion with no cited evidence. Your ideology is at its core, racist.
Referring to my column or the Comment from Ms. Bamiro? If the Comment, I agree with your thoughts about wasted time and space.
Thanks. You know u won an argument when the other side resorts to slander and insults. Completely shocking coming from someone like you but I guess it's part of the trend with Democrats, Il-lebral.
You sound like an Autocrat. Keep it all, Know it All. There is nothing racist about what I said. No wonder Africans and many parts of the world are actually tending towards Very Awful Russia than the Leadership in America right now. You keep looking down on people and see where it gets you. Just because you are right doesn't mean evey thing you do in the name of goodness is good. America was built on diversity of thought. My book is mostly about how we shouldn't let Putin blackmail the World's supply chain
Then what does it have to do with US immigration? 50
% of the billion dollar unicorns , our vanguard industries, were founded by immigrants. The world's most valuable corporations , Apple and Tesla, wouldn't exist if not for Steve Jobs' Syrian father emigrating to the US and Musk doing the same for himself. Putin runs a gas station with nukes. If you want to take away his leverage, then convert as quickly as possible to a renewable energy future and dig a deep grave for the fossil fuels that Russia produces. Other than oil and gas and some smart people who tend to emigrate there is nothing that Russia makes that the world wants to take.
Immigration is considered disinflationary but it's not disinflationary in and of itself. There are many other cogs in that machine. It has to be refined to get that sweet bonny oil. America worked because America's immigration system was a real beauty. Now, I mean please read the news. The Phentanyl crisis ks enough for you guys to pause and think oh my God, what is going on
Wow. I love this comment. Best I have seen. You're so thoughtful. But you're wrong about renewable energy. I want Renewable energy for everyone today but that's not realistic. Even Germany knows that. I mean they are even going back to firing up coal plants these days. How sad, Green Germany. Can you imagine? Actually. I could argue with u but no need. Let's just take the example of Biden who went to Saudi to tell them to pump more oil. Why didn't he go there to evangelize divesting from Fossil fuels and moving to renewables as soon as possible to curtail Russia. . What I dslike the most about Biden Administration is they are not aligned. You're smart though. If you had a book, I will read it cos u talk with respect. Some people here think cos they are smarter than me, they can just talk with disrespect. No! With my book, I have arrived but I will never look or talk down on anyone