She said what ??? !!!

They deserve our help because they're people, just like you, you fucking moron.

They don't DESERVE anything just because they are people. Even before we had our own natural disasters to deal with, we had people starving to death in every state in this great country, so what do we do? We send 50 million dollars and quite a few military helicopters to Pakistan to deal with their loss. How about using that 50 million to build homes for Americans who don't have them? Or spending it to armor Humvees? Or a dozen other things that could be done here at home to help us before we go helping others.
We wouldn't have to wonder whether or not we could feed these illegal immigrants and whether or not we should deport them rather than house them IF our borders were tighter, IF we deported people who snuck into the country, IF IF IF. If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. I am not saying that we shouldn't give them food, water, a tent, etc... I am just saying that we should pack that food, and water, and tent into a backpack and let them take it with them when we ship their ass back to wherever they belong.

Wow, that statement, if anything else, sharply defines the Republican Party. Why don't you people just call yourselves the Compassionless, Rampant Apathy Party--I'd love your new acronym--CRAP. Much better ring than GOP.

We have people starving to death in in this country long before these natural disasters, so what do we do? We slash taxes for the wealthy, run up a huge deficit, slash social programs for the underprivileged, and then--as an ultimate coup-de grôis--slather over a hundred billion dollars over an unprovoked war based completely on lies, and then turn around and give the no-bid rebuilding contracts to über-corporations formerly led by administration members. That's what we do.

We can't send these people back. We need them to pay state and local taxes because the Republicans keep slashing taxes for the wealthy. If we're ever going to pay down this unbelievable debt we're in, we need every nickel in the tax base we can get.

Compassionless, Rampant Apathy Party?

Since a majority of illegal immigrants get paid "under the table" by their employers, they really can't pay much in the way of taxes (with the exception of sales tax), and i honestly don't know how much that contributes to the deficit.

What really bothers me is that both parties are always so eager to point out how the other side has really fucked up and ruined our country. But, let's remember that BOTH sides have had their time to shine and as a result created two senseless, bloody wars and a huge national deficit. The Democrats are just as bad at running the country as the Republicans.

And I say this as a registered Republican.

Re: Compassionless, Rampant Apathy Party?

Crap! I forgot to log in. That last post was all me.

I also love how my comments didn't make it into your journal pages.

I always let you say whatever the hell you want in mine, I policy I shall not reconsider, despite yours.

Which comment didn't make it in? Perhaps whatever problem you had with LJ mirrors the problem I had this morning where LJ tried to post me anonynmously.