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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Robert Walton wrote:

> There are probably business related things that the United States can do to
> help it's neighbors.  Economic things that would help create jobs, but those
> things ultimately will benefit the rich.

We can't create jobs in our own country! <g>
And things always seem to benefit the rich.



> We are not going to change the world.

Darn.  Part of me still dreams that we can.



> There are two sorts of illegal immigrants. Those that want to come here to
> live and raise families and become Americans and those that want to come
> here to work until they get enough money to do what they want at home (a
> business, a home, land, money to live on).
>
> You separate out those people while they are in their home country. The
> workers need to show that they have skills and jobs when they get here. You
> create a VISA for them with a closed end.
>
> The people that want to become Americans, need to show that they have the
> ability to work, maybe family to sponsor them financially, some
> understanding of the English language and American customs. You give them a
> VISA that lets them emigrate and can lead to citizenship. If they don't
> become productive citizens in a certain time, you send them home.
>
> You establish dynamic quotas, depending on the job market here and on the
> numbers that this country can absorb. I have some people there that I'd
> sponsor immediately. I'd be financially responsible for them until they have
> time to get on their feet.


I like all of the above.






> We live in a country of people that think that they are underprivlged if
> they don't have a dish washer and TV in every room. Funny that a lot of
> these people's great-grandparents were immigrants who were not very welcome
> here when they came over.

I think of that quite often.

B

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