I don't recall mentioning "apocalypse" but I thought you might like to know what's going on from the true cultural firing line. My view is that we have a huge problem with ILLEGAL immigration and that our growing aversion to assimilation will inevitably fragment the nation and produce serious social strife. When things get bad enough I plan to move to Tennessee and hang out with Rabbi.
OK. And the way to stop illegal immigration is to legalize it. End of problem. Of course I suspect you won't see it that way.
And if you want to hang with seriously white people, try Idaho. We have plenty of hard-working Hispanics here in Nashville.
Rabbi, you might have a point if you were talking to someone in the Midwest. longeyes lives in California, arguably the most multicultural diverse state in the Union. You can come here with nothing, completely unable to speak English, and the state will provide you with food, clothing and shelter, and in your own language. Espanol? no problemo. Korean, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chinese, Tagalog, you name it, whatever we got it. And we've got plenty of
illegal'hard working Hispanics', too. 'Hard working' doesn't mean 'self sufficient'. They're still tapping food stamps, WIC, free medical, and a host of other freebies provided by the generous people of the State of California.
And you do know why those
illegal 'hard working Hispanics' are working, don't you? Because they work
cheap and can be manipulated by unscrupulous employers, who know very well they're hiring illegals and breaking the law doing it. (They've nothing to fear, there won't be any enforcement, especially under the Bush admin). These wonderful 'free market' bloodsuckers can hire
illegals cheap. They don't have to pay those burdensome benefits Americans might require. And the other legal requirements of payroll taxes and worker's compensation insurance? They pocket those and undercut the competition. Of course, these 'entrepreneurs' withhold $$ under the pretense of 'taxes', but they don't report. They pocket it instead. And if their
illegal employees get out of line, there's always the threat of 'La Migra' to bring them back to compliance.
Go sell your "I'm not anti-enforcement, I'm pro freedom" bs to someone who'll buy it. It's really about indenturing these people to one step above slavery in order to make an illegal buck.