This is the first time I agree with Craig (for the most part). Perhaps if immigration weren't illegal... On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 06:43 -0700, JD Austin wrote: > > > > I was waiting to see how long until racism was called :) > > It is a fact that illegal immigration is costing Az and Ca plenty and > > pointing that out doesn't make him hate filled or racist. I don't > > blame them for coming here... If I were them I'd do it too. We need > > to remove the 'free' incentives that we can no longer afford to > > provide. They're not the only demographic freeloading services; > > plenty of Americans game the system (generations!) to get a free ride > > too. > ---- > first off, the topic of racism, state budgetary issues have no purpose > for this list > > secondly, this was blatant scapegoating...blaming the economic problems > on a particular issue - if you are not smart enough to deduce that the > issues the state is currently facing on budgetary shortfalls has nothing > to do with undocumented residents then there really isn't any point in a > debate on any other list as well and it obviously isn't worth debating > here. There's no reason whatsoever to debate the > worthiness/unworthiness, the reasons or the issues of Mexicans in this > country on this list. > > I didn't suggest racism...I suggested narrow political commentary being > offered as fact. > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Eric Cope http://cope-et-al.com