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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
quick question, then I gotta go... why is the USA responsible for the citizens of other country's with their own governments, and can we stick a few immigrants on your paycheck since you seem yo be so concerned about them maybe you would like to personally help?
me, personally I accept NO responsibility for other governments.
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We are the dream.
People come to the United States because we are the dream. Nobody suddenly decides "I can make all of my economic dreams come true in Belgium". I've been to Belgium and it's very beautiful there, but it's not the dream hundreds of millions of people around the world.
We are a nation of immigrants - all of us can trace our family line to South America, Asia, Europe, or Africa.
Many years ago when I worked at Lightspeed Cash one of our staff become a US Citizen. I had helped him prepare for the tests - I used to spend my lunches quizzing him. He invited me to his swearing in and frankly it was amazing. One hundred people or so stood up and pledged their allegiance to the United States. Some of them spoke and told amazing stories about how they lived in their homeland, how they came to the US, and their life now.