Amen. I concur.
I have not seen anyone here stating that infants shouldn’t be cared for, but it shouldn’t be made conducive for them to flood here and expect to be taken care of on our taxpayers dime. That is bullshit.
Countries with no borders will not be countries for long.
This is why all countries have borders - they aren’t just imaginary lines. The US has a VERY generous immigration policy comparatively to the rest of the world. These are not immigrants - they are illegal immigrants. Use the legal process the correct way. There are people in other countries that have been on the immigration list for years and years waiting their turn. I am sorry but we can’t save everyone or anyone when we can’t even save our own citizens.
I’m asking this in total seriousness. Why should I care? Am I even capable of caring? As said above, we cannot care for all the several billion people on this earth, only the ones we actually deal with and love. Of course I have empathy for people in bad situations but resources are finite and I can’t care for them.
As said elsewhere, like millions of middle class Americans, I have a finite amount of money, my own problems, expenses, children, aging parents, neighbors, co-workers, etc. Just what am I supposed to do after my material and emotional resources are spent on them?
That’s not the only difference, and although there is no actual line, there is a border, an actual thing. Even if we are luckier, what am I rightly supposed to feel about this?
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Sounds like you’re looking at the shit ways your government provides for you and blaming it on people who your government provides less to. Happened over here with Brexit too. Can’t get a school place for your kid/ a hospital appointment/ a job, because the government has slashed every public budget? There’s an immigrant we can blame for that!
If you have to go to a detention centre to get formula, you could probably do with a better welfare system. There’s plenty of resources to go around. The media/ government’s best trick was convincing you it’s you or them. But, after all, if you’d rather trade places with them, I’m sure they’d happy to let you in to the detention centre…
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You do know that “once a Marine, always a Marine”
There would be Marines on both sides, don’t you think.
I don’t need the government to provide for me. As taxpayers - we provide for the government.
Nobody is blaming immigrants here for anything. It has all been directed at our government that I have seen for causing the problem in the first place.
A better welfare system for who? Only illegal immigrants are in detention centers. A welfare system is for CITIZENS of that country. There is not plenty of resources to go around. Who taught you that nonsense? Government doesn’t create anything - including resources. It does nothing but take.
You entire reply was full of nonsense.
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This and I will always care more for fellow Americans than random people from other countries not following our laws and expecting to be taken care of on our dime.
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This isn’t happening because the left is not reporting it…its fake news from the right
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I agree, it doesn’t create resources. It takes… and, crucially, redistributes. In capitalism, it’s the only means of redistribution, beyond what wages (far below labour value to the capital owners) does. And in the US, if not the world, there are plenty of resources to go around.
And imo it is the government’s job to provide, if not directly then the conditions for necessities to be accessible and affordable. That’s the whole point of paying taxes.
We will just have to agree to disagree here.
I think it’s probable that if the countries that do have resources and a decent standard of living make immigration easier, that the not so nice countries will improve. They don’t want to lose their citizens (or at least I don’t think they do).
I’m not advocating open borders, but it’s been proposed that if there were no borders, that disparities between different countries would shrink over time. The incentives for everyone to go to a few select countries would diminish.
Of course this hasn’t been tried, so it’s all hypothesis.
They don’t want to lose what were considered citizens throughout most of history, but it’s advantageous to pawn off your scum on other countries.
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How in the world did you come up with the summary? What a bunch of misdirection. This is literally about the govt providing to illegals before their own tax paying citizens. I promise @Bauber is not looking for the government to provide for him as you stated. From what I’ve seen alone he is likely wealthy. Hell, I’m pissed about it too and guess what I don’t want a damn thing from the government materially. I paid a shit ton in personal taxes let year alone. You think I care about getting “mine”? I just want them to stop spending my taxes on this kind of BS.
Another request, I would personally like to stick the bleeding hearts in a national draft to house, clothe, and feed a single immigrant a piece. Shouldn’t be a problem right?
By bringing down quality of life in the better countries, not by lifting up the other countries.
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I actually have a 5 year old who my wife breastfed entirely; never once made a bottle of formula.
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Congratulations. Some infants dont take to it readily, especially premature ones.
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My daughter was actually 2 months premature, but yeah - its a struggle sometimes. You know what the solution is? To keep the kid on the tit longer… eventually they WILL eat.
My wife became a lactation consultant over the course of her time breastfeeding; that solution is usually given at the cost of $75/hr… craziness.
Yeah…?
Sure. Although most on here state that the majority of the military is conservative. That’s probably true. At least, I could see that being the case. I have no idea myself though.
One of the problems with immigration is brain drain, where the most talented don’t stay in their own countries.
Yeah, there would likely be less disparities because we’d be all dragged down into misery and strife.
To think masses of people can just go anywhere is a dangerous idea.
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People can’t even feed their dogs correctly anymore.
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