Wow, that guy's billboard should read "Make America blonde again"!
Wow, that guy's billboard should read "Make America blonde again"!
Just a simple question. Do you as an individual or country decide to respond to those in desperate need due to war, persecution and risk of annihilation or turn away and deny support based on your and their race, religion etc?
As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
So you're saying that no current senator can be a "of the people" person. After all senators currently get paid $175,000 and a household income of $166,200 puts one in the top 5% of income. I would disagree. Some politicians, our current president notwithstanding, are capable of having empathy for people other than and unlike themselves and actually acting on it.
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A $575K house doesn't mean much these days. Around here, the simplest cottage imaginable goes for that or more. Bernie seems to me to have been the farthest thing from a greedy oligarch all his life; he's been walking the talk for decades.
So, when Bernie asked "How many yachts do billionaires need? How many cars do they need? Give us a break. You can't have it all", the sentiment only applied to others, not himself? It occurs to me that if you preach the evils of greed and excess while maintaining three homes, you're not quite "walking the talk".
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
That's what I believe too. Constantly taking in so many people can bring down the quality of life for those already there. I can see aiding them with money/food (with the help of other nations) to an extent......but when we have so many poor in our country already, why would we want more?
I'm sorry, but to think that we should/can save the world is just not right. It just can't be done.
As far as race/religion.......in these scary times, it's hard to not want groups who have the most terrorists to come . I feel like anyone at this point in time, wants to immigrate here, then they need to be people who will definitely contribute in a positive way to this society, and not be just another burden. And how many more people do we want? Do we want to fill up the west? Do we want to fill up every empty space from sea to shining sea?
If you had a family and some of the children already didn't always have food or clothing, or a good education, would you want to take in all the ones that came knocking at your door? Yes, it might be heartbreaking, but it's just not fair to your own children (as an example).
The world has gotten too small, and we can't keep trying to save everyone everywhere. It's definitely a difficult thing to figure out. And I don't understand when people feel this way (saying no to people who want to come here)........and make us feel like we're just being cold and selfish. You have to think of consequences of every action. I think we are fairly spoiled in this country and don't have a clue what having too many people and too few resources would possibly be like.
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