I suppose everything in America, these days, has a price. Now it would seem, that US citizenship has a price. American economist, Edward Lazear, has sent a new immigration proposal to the White House. Lazear suggest, that those who wish to obtain citizenship need only pay a mere 50000.00 dollars. If a person who desires US citizenship does not have 50000.00 dollars just laying around somewhere handy then an individual wishing to obtain US citizenship may borrow 50000.00 dollars from Uncle Sam and pay it back over time this would be similar one would suppose to a student loan or a home mortgage.
Call me crazy, but if one is an immigrant from Mexico, why would they want to borrow 50000.00 dollars from the US government to buy their citizenship over time when this same person can sneak across America;s all to open and inadequately protected boarders? Even if they are caught, they may still be forgiven and protected under Obama's Dream Act, and thus be able to live here for nothing! Even if this proposal could work, should it be done? I'm sure many who may read these words, will remember the words of Patrick Henry, who said give me liberty or give me death. Now it seems one may not need to die for freedom and liberty one need only have enough money to buy it.
Think about it, freedom is an idea that good men and women have fought and died for, just as one could not buy back a human life once it had been given in the battle for American freedom, should freedom and liberty be purchased for 50000.00 dollars? Well, that is cheaper I suppose than having to die for it. I suppose I just can't deal with the concept of buying US citizenship and American, freedom, with mere money when their have been countless others who fought and died for freedom and thus it would seem to me that they paid the ultimate price. As always, my friends, these thoughts remain, just some words to think on.
The economist want to attract Job Creators, the USA already currently has a similar program called EB5 with a higher dollar amount, so lowering the dollar amount would give more job opportunities for our job creators.
ReplyDeleteAmerica can raise revenue through its visa program, it is one of the options the government has since we are governed by two incompetent political parties. There are over a million visa applicants in Mexico City for example, charge a $1,000 per visa approval and raise a billion dollars. I think it would be more simpler to develop the Green River Oil Shale instead, it has proven reserves worth $60 Trillion and with current technology we can recover $30 trillion of it. Enough to pay off the nations debt, the states debts, student loans,credit cards and the like.
Rich politicians don't tend to think of things like oil or gold as money though, they tend to think of stocks or bonds or derivatives as true money. So until Americans change the fools on the hill things won't change much for us,bill