ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Senator Cornyn,
My program is:
1. Have a registration day for illegal immigrants. Each registrant pays a minimal fine and receives a guest worker card valid for 90 days. Renewal is based on enrollment in a certified English langauage course, application having been made for U.S. Citizenship, and having proof of employment.
2. Failure to adhere to any of the above, eliminates guest worker status and establishes illegality, for voluntary return to the country of origin.
3. Any illegal immigrant apprehended after registration day, is automatically sentenced to a U.S illegal immigrant detention camp for 6 - 12 months, under condition equivalent to jail in the home country. After serving time, he is returned to his home country.
4. Persons assisting in group immigration practices, preparing and supplying forged documents and or offerinfg employmet to illiegal immigrants are tried as felons.
5. Transfer of U.S funds to a foreign county must be supported by documents certifying U.S. citizenship or guest worker status. U.S. citizens and guest workers assisting illegal immigrants in the transfer of funds will be tried as felons.
While the law will be much more detailed, the above fundamental elements must be included. In addition, proper funding and attitude with respect to enforcing the law will be paramount.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Friday, May 12, 2006
Illegal Immigration - An Open Letter to the U.S. Senate
Dear Senate,
As a U.S. Citizen, I would like to continue living in a country, which operates on the "Rule of Law". Talk about amnesty for illegal immigrants flaunts that principle, since amnesty means to not apply penalties associated with law breaking. It is also a sociological fact that if one can ignore a law and not be penalized, it is then much easier to break the next law.
I have previously suggested a registration day for all illegal immigrants. Those who register are recorded as illegal immigrants with penalties associated with a misdemeanor. However, the penalties associate with the registration are minimal and include paying a fine, attending English class and registering as an applicant for citizenship. Those who do not register and are later apprehended are given jail terms of 6 months to a year in a facility equivalent in quality to that existing in their home country.
My votes for Senators Cornyn and Hutchison in the forthcoming elections will be based on how closely they adhere to the described immigrant registration program. Anything that can be considered amnesty will automatically eliminate my vote for reelection.
Dear Senate,
As a U.S. Citizen, I would like to continue living in a country, which operates on the "Rule of Law". Talk about amnesty for illegal immigrants flaunts that principle, since amnesty means to not apply penalties associated with law breaking. It is also a sociological fact that if one can ignore a law and not be penalized, it is then much easier to break the next law.
I have previously suggested a registration day for all illegal immigrants. Those who register are recorded as illegal immigrants with penalties associated with a misdemeanor. However, the penalties associate with the registration are minimal and include paying a fine, attending English class and registering as an applicant for citizenship. Those who do not register and are later apprehended are given jail terms of 6 months to a year in a facility equivalent in quality to that existing in their home country.
My votes for Senators Cornyn and Hutchison in the forthcoming elections will be based on how closely they adhere to the described immigrant registration program. Anything that can be considered amnesty will automatically eliminate my vote for reelection.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Gasoline prices! Is it price gouging? Your answer depends on whether you are a socialistic thinker or a free enterprise thinker.
Socialistic thinkers would claim that property should be distributed equally among the inhabitants of a society, maybe even among the inhabitants of the world. Therefore, those who control the oil supply, refining operations, and distribution are acting immorally, when they withhold supplies of a product or increase prices beyond what socialistic thinkers believe is reasonable.
Free enterprise thinkers would claim that opportunities should exist for individuals to discover, claim, and develop real and intellectual property for their own benefit. Therefore, they have the right to withhold supply of a product or increase price.
Socialistic thinking is part of human compassion. Free enterprise thinking is part of human greed. A quick consideration of the fate of the Soviet Union and human rights in Cuba and China, show that extreme socialistic thinking has its pitfalls. Early development of our country showed some significant disadvantages in unbridled free enterprise thinking. We now travel the middle road, with coop schools, roads, savings & loans, etc., but we also maintain a society based on private property ownership.
The fact is that if a person has an oil well in the U.S., it is considered his property, and he has the legal right to do with it what he wishes, at least within the limitations of what the EPA says. A socialistic thinker might also say that since that is the case in the U.S., an Arab owning an oil well in an Arabic country also has a similar right.
We can proceed with this argument through the refinery stage. Refineries cost a lot of money to build, and therefore, they usually become the property of a company, which is another form of coop. Since this is private property, should not the owner have the right to say how the refinery is operated? That is, run at full capacity to satisfy the public's desire for production at the risk of damaging its equipment and the health of the employees? Maybe the public thought is that the management of the refinery is doing a poor job, and the operation should be turned over to the government. Before we travel this road, look again at what happened to the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and what is now happening in Cuba and North Korea.
The qustion might then be raised as to whether the public has any rights in a free enterprise society. The answer is an obvious yes. In the short term, the people can choose an alternative product or process and gain release from the control of the free enterpriser. That may require some suffering but can be considered delayed payment for not having the forsight to previously obtain economic independence. For gasoline, it means don't buy it. Walk or use a bicycle. car pool as much as possible. Unfortunately, human nature being what it is, most people find it easier to vocally complain, and hope someone can wave a magic wand to get them out of their difficulty.
Am I being preyed upon through gasoline price gouging?
As a socialistic thinker, the answer is "yes". As a free enterprise thinker, the answer is "no". Maybe we should talk about the present high price of gasoline, why it is that way, and what we can do about. But before we attack that problem, we need clear thinking. Are we bunch of "pie in the sky" socialists or are we a bunch of greedy capitalists out to fleece the poor? Maybe somewhere in between?
Socialistic thinkers would claim that property should be distributed equally among the inhabitants of a society, maybe even among the inhabitants of the world. Therefore, those who control the oil supply, refining operations, and distribution are acting immorally, when they withhold supplies of a product or increase prices beyond what socialistic thinkers believe is reasonable.
Free enterprise thinkers would claim that opportunities should exist for individuals to discover, claim, and develop real and intellectual property for their own benefit. Therefore, they have the right to withhold supply of a product or increase price.
Socialistic thinking is part of human compassion. Free enterprise thinking is part of human greed. A quick consideration of the fate of the Soviet Union and human rights in Cuba and China, show that extreme socialistic thinking has its pitfalls. Early development of our country showed some significant disadvantages in unbridled free enterprise thinking. We now travel the middle road, with coop schools, roads, savings & loans, etc., but we also maintain a society based on private property ownership.
The fact is that if a person has an oil well in the U.S., it is considered his property, and he has the legal right to do with it what he wishes, at least within the limitations of what the EPA says. A socialistic thinker might also say that since that is the case in the U.S., an Arab owning an oil well in an Arabic country also has a similar right.
We can proceed with this argument through the refinery stage. Refineries cost a lot of money to build, and therefore, they usually become the property of a company, which is another form of coop. Since this is private property, should not the owner have the right to say how the refinery is operated? That is, run at full capacity to satisfy the public's desire for production at the risk of damaging its equipment and the health of the employees? Maybe the public thought is that the management of the refinery is doing a poor job, and the operation should be turned over to the government. Before we travel this road, look again at what happened to the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and what is now happening in Cuba and North Korea.
The qustion might then be raised as to whether the public has any rights in a free enterprise society. The answer is an obvious yes. In the short term, the people can choose an alternative product or process and gain release from the control of the free enterpriser. That may require some suffering but can be considered delayed payment for not having the forsight to previously obtain economic independence. For gasoline, it means don't buy it. Walk or use a bicycle. car pool as much as possible. Unfortunately, human nature being what it is, most people find it easier to vocally complain, and hope someone can wave a magic wand to get them out of their difficulty.
Am I being preyed upon through gasoline price gouging?
As a socialistic thinker, the answer is "yes". As a free enterprise thinker, the answer is "no". Maybe we should talk about the present high price of gasoline, why it is that way, and what we can do about. But before we attack that problem, we need clear thinking. Are we bunch of "pie in the sky" socialists or are we a bunch of greedy capitalists out to fleece the poor? Maybe somewhere in between?
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