Georgia On My Mind

A friend of mine contacted me today regarding the new Georgia immigration laws. Apparently her brother lives south of the Mason Dixon line and had mentioned something about the farmers' lack of farmhands since the new laws have been enacted. Coincidentally  I had just finished reading an article about some Georgia colleges closing their doors to illegal immigrants.

Both of these problems create issues that are uniquely American.

First of all, unless you are one of the few full blooded Native Americans, you are an immigrant or the product of immigrants somewhere down the line. But are you the product of illegal immigrants?

Let me be very clear about this: the U.S. government does not want to stop illegal immigration. 

That stupid, overpriced wall down on the Mexico border? That's just a bullshit show to throw people into the debate of illegal immigration while the government goes about fucking us all for something else. It's sleight of hand....like Penn and Teller....except Obama can't pull a rabbit out of a hat and W couldn't pull his head out of his ass.

Why don't they want to stop it? Because illegal immigrants are good for the economy. That food you're eating? Harvested and processed by illegal immigrants.

The farmers hire illegal immigrants for one simple reason: because you'll never find my ass picking fuckin' apples in Yakima. And I won't find yours doing that either. Don't bullshit me: you've never picked apples or any other agricultural crop to feed your family.

You may have had some shitty jobs, as have I, but you've never done THAT.

Illegal immigrants are good for farmers. They work cheaply and you can pay them in cash.

It helps avoid payroll taxes.

And yes, if I owned a farm I'd hire illegals. In fact, in a previous life, unbeknownst to me, I employed about a dozen of them. They were great people.

But here's where the conundrum lies: why not immigrate legally?
And honestly, I don't have the answer to that. I've heard the arguments and I don't agree with any of them.
Anyway...back to the conundrum. The government doesn't want to stop it. If they did, they'd shoot people trying to come in illegally. But they don't.

Say what you want about the previous statement, but if people knew that they'd get shot trying to sneak into this country, the illegal immigration would drop dramatically.

But they don't want to stop it so they don't shoot them and so it doesn't stop.
OK.
Whatever.
If you want to let them in and hire them, pay them under the table, fine.
On the other side of that, these people do not deserve to have the same rights as American citizens.

Yet they do.
If they get caught committing a crime, they get a lawyer and a trial just like you and I. Their kids get to attend schools and universities. They get free medical care.

I don't get free fucking medical care and I bet you don't either.

Should we let them die in the streets? Maybe.
I don't have a lack of compassion for people, but I have a lack of money and patience to pay for other's people's shit.

Believe me when I say this: if I have to pay for your hospital bills and you are not a friend of mine or a family member, I'll drive my fat ass down to the hospital and shoot you myself.

It's cheaper that way.

Think about it this way: if you commit a crime in another country, you get caned. If you get sick in another country, you may or may not get help. It's a gamble.

People come to this country to try and make a better life for their family and I can't fault them for that. But I can fault our own country for reaching out to be the world's saviors without taking the time to take care of its own people.

I pay taxes. I pay exorbitant health care premiums because I have a shitty health care provider and can't afford to switch. I get fucked by the system every day....and so do you.

I say let's all renounce our citizenship, move to a foreign land, sneak back in and get those gallbladders removed, get those broken bones set properly, commit a crime, go to jail and get yourself an MBA compliments of the U.S. government.