tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667758136428430114.post5868260085873483933..comments2023-05-27T06:59:49.394-05:00Comments on Freedom Is the Solution: A Side Note on ImmigrationBrian Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01072759016620084338noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667758136428430114.post-8543044336898796872010-01-25T21:20:24.206-06:002010-01-25T21:20:24.206-06:00jbcobb,
The money is often times exaggerated, but...jbcobb,<br /><br />The money is often times exaggerated, but you have a valid point on resentment. It's not always the reality of injustice, but the perception.Brian Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072759016620084338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667758136428430114.post-13693548093277805382010-01-25T09:08:38.378-06:002010-01-25T09:08:38.378-06:00Isn't there a bigger issue here, addressed man...Isn't there a bigger issue here, addressed many times by Dr. Ron Paul, regarding the principles held by our republic? While the idea of open borders was sane in years gone by, we have mutated into a large centralized socialist state which provides incentives for illegal immigration...free health care, money for the unemployed and under-employed, and a myriad of other social programs. As people flood in, to work or to live off our manna from hell, our governmental resources are sapped and budgets are placed under severe stress. This, of course, creates resentment of certain groups.<br /><br />We should profess a desire for open trade and limited and reasonable immigration, but not until leviathan has been slain.<br /><br />jbcobb.comjbcobbhttp://jbcobb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667758136428430114.post-67577020389346679292009-12-11T08:26:13.986-06:002009-12-11T08:26:13.986-06:00There were numerous aspects of the Constitution th...There were numerous aspects of the Constitution that actually violated individual rights. Slavery is the most obvious. The right to regulate commerce is another. We really need an amendment that prohibits laws that interfere with economic freedom.<br /><br />But even a perfect document would not and could not stand up to philosophic corruption.Brian Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604845862020723068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667758136428430114.post-40879765430785825372009-12-08T18:06:28.479-06:002009-12-08T18:06:28.479-06:00I'll agree that our constitution and its delin...I'll agree that our constitution and its delineation of rights has definitely slowed the growth of the state, I do think that immigration has had a small effect. Over the years the interpretation and enforcement of those rights has changed and been watered down.<br /><br />In what way was our constitution inadequate to protect individual rights?Brian Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072759016620084338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667758136428430114.post-16473366209338641772009-12-08T09:44:45.658-06:002009-12-08T09:44:45.658-06:00The real issue isn't the principles held by th...The real issue isn't the principles held by the immigrants, but the principles held by the nation to which they immigrate.<br /><br />Consider a group of rapid totalitarians immigrating to a nation that explicitly respects and protects individual rights. The totalitarians will not have the means to implement their ideas. They can't do it with ballots--individual rights prohibit anyone, including government, from initiating force. They can't do it with force, because they then become criminals who will be thrown in jail.<br /><br />In short, if a nation respected and protected individual rights, the ideas of the immigrants are irrelevant.Brian Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604845862020723068noreply@blogger.com