Sunday, June 22, 2014

BloggeRhythms

New’s Corp.'s founder, Rupert Murdoch wrote an article appearing in the Wall Street Journal on June 18th, strongly supporting immigration reform in the U.S.
 
He noted that he “chose to come to America and become a citizen because America was—and remains—the most free and entrepreneurial nation in the world. Our history is defined by people whose character and culture have been shaped by ambition, imagination and hard work, bound together by a dream of a better life.” 
 
He continued, “Is the idea of immigration reform complicated by the fact that some immigrants went outside the legal system to be here? Yes. It is complicated even more by the fear some Americans have, quite naturally, of how changing populations might also change our culture, communities and economic circumstances. 
 
Well, of course immigration means change. Immigrants enrich our culture and add to our economic prosperity.”

Now, as a successful immigrant himself, his opinion’s certainly understandable. Especially regarding his mention of ambition, imagination and hard work as being driving forces of those individuals. However, what he’s leaving out is that the vast majority arriving illegally via Mexico haven’t those qualities at all. Instead, they’re adding to the already heavy tax burden of tax-paying Americans. 

Furthermore, many of the communities these illegals attempt to build here retain their natural culture, shunning American customs, laws, taxes and frequently using their own languages, rather than even using English if they can avoid it.  

Mr. Murdoch then asked another question: “Do Americans really wish Google, eBay, Pfizer, or Home Depot were headquartered in Eastern Europe or China instead of America? Whether it's a high-profile tech company or a small business employing just 10 people, 28% of all new American businesses started in 2011 were founded by immigrants. Those are entrepreneurial people we want to continue to attract to our economy.”

Well, while it might be true that a quarter of businesses' were started by immigrants, most are small, local retail establishments catering to others from the very same particular cultures.

And, as far as corporate headquarters are concerned, it’s doubtful most citizens would even know where they were located, nor would they care so long as the products and services were available when needed. What’s more, the way tax laws are trending here, head offices may very soon be headed overseas in droves.

So, in conclusion, there are plenty of people entering the nation legally now and laws are in place that apply to them. Thus, if Mr. Murdoch wants to revamp the system to permit larger numbers of immigrants, what he should be pushing for is closing the borders, prohibiting illegal entry altogether and returning all illegals to where they came from. And then, as soon as that’s accomplished, I think he’ll be surprised to find that most objection to immigration will dissipate completely.

Which brings me to today's observation regarding Bill Clinton’s wife, whose book has now fallen to 13th on the Amazon list and is sinking fast. First place is held by a novel The Fault in Our Stars from 2012, which according to Wikimedia, “is narrated by a sixteen-year-old cancer patient named Hazel, who is forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she subsequently meets and falls in love with the seventeen-year-old Augustus Waters, an ex-basketball player and amputee. "

Consequently, it seems that the book-reading public prefers to read fiction books that have interesting and heart-warming stories to tell instead of those designed to present fabricated facades for author's self-serving purposes.

That’s it for today folks.

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