[Vision2020] Who Killed California?

Donovan Arnold donovanarnold@hotmail.com
Tue, 05 Aug 2003 15:48:07 -0700


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<P>I was not advocating the old "Love it&nbsp;or Leave it" philosophy. I was advocating the old "don't be a hypocrite" philosophy.</P></DIV>
<P>I understand that Pat Buchanan was not directly blaming the Mexicans for the destroyed economy. I know Buchanan would never give Mexicans enough intelligence to do it themselves. He more or less treats them like the sheep that graze the fields to the roots destroying the grass permenintly and the rich white guys as the farmers that let them onto the field. Sorry, don't buy it.</P>
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<P>None-Indians and none-Mexicans are now nearly&nbsp;two out of three people in California. I find them the immigration hazard that destroyed California. If 2/3 people got out of California it would be just fine and you can't disagree with that. </P>
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<P>The fact is Mexicans that immigrate to the United States are doing far more for the country than most others. And certainly less damage to the economy than other legal immigrants. Did you know that the United States imports highly trained Europeans that work for half the wages of their American counterparts. These are real jobs. The Mexican immigrations are not taking jobs that pay $100,000 a year&nbsp;for just $45,000. They are taking the jobs nobody will do for $5.25 an hour. If illegal immigrants stopped coming into the country then two things would happen. First, millions of Hispanics would be starving in Mexico. These immigrates live here for about 6 months and then go back to feed their families. Second, the food prices would more then double, making it cheaper to import food, which would be done, and farmers would go bankrupt. The only changes I would like to make is that the immigrants are given decent places to stay and healthy food and water.</P>
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<P>You are incorrect about the freebies. Illegal immigrates are given medical treatment only incases of emergency. To advocate otherwise would say that we should just let them die in the streets, I think that would be horrible. Food banks are given to everyone, and are usually donated by private citizens.</P>
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<P>You are correct that free trade does destroy businesses. But it also helps others. In fact, 1/3 of US business is done overseas. Even more important istariffs% of all new business is conducted with foreign countries. So image what type of impact creating tarrifs would make on US Businesses. If we raise our tarrifs, they raise theirs, and all profit is sucked out of the system and goes to the governments of the countries and not the businesses that earned the profit, which prevents growth and job prosperity. I would stick with taxing the companies on profits only.</P>
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<P>I would be pretty angry is I&nbsp;owned stock in a company that did $10 billion &nbsp;in sales with China and the US Government slapped a tarriff on China and they did the same back and my business had to give 1/2 the profit to the Chinese government, wouldn't you be.</P>
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<P>No, Buchanan's idea doesn't work unless you have a monopoly on almost all products. Every time the US Government has put tarrifs on imports then inflation goes way up and it ends up hurting the world economy.</P>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Tim Lohrmann <TIMLOHR@YAHOO.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: Donovan Arnold <DONOVANARNOLD@HOTMAIL.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Who Killed California? 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 09:14:10 -0700 (PDT) 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Donovan, 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; I was a little surprised to see you advocating 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;the old "America--Love It of Leave It" philosophy. Is 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;it a retro thing? That WAS big in the late '60s and 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;early '70s I understand. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; Oh well. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; I also disagree that Pat is attacking a weaker 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;group of people. The US Government as run by both Bush 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; And that's who he blames this mess on the 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;government. He's not blaming the illegal immigrants 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;themselves---just the governmental policies that 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;caused this mess. That's clear from the column. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; It's amazing when people who are breaking the law 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;by coming into this country suddenly have access to 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;free health care, education, food etc. etc. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; Is this a reward for their crime? 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; Many illegal immigrants have visited informational 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;offices in their own countries that show them in 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;advance exactly which offices to go to in order to 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;take advantage of all the freebies. Who can blame them 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;for coming here and taking advantage of it? I'm sure 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; But can you imagine the effect on Medi-Cal, the 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;state education budget, law enforcement and etc.? 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; And what about the effect of the people of 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;California's faith in the democratic process when they 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;are not allowed to stop these goings on as much as 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;they try? 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; You're absolutely correct that there are other 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;factors than the one mentioned in the column(9/11 etc) 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;that have had an effect on consumer spending. But its 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;undeniable that Free Trade and unrestricted/illegal 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;immigration have had a huge negative effect on 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;California and many other states. The effect on wages 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;isn't confined to the agricultural sector at all. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; In CA and many other states a huge percentage of 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;construction labor is done by illegal immigrants. That 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;used to be a field where people could make a good 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;living in this country. They could start as laborers, 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;learn skills and work their way up, but that's denied 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;to American workers in many areas. This is but one 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;example of the suppression of wages by illegal 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;immigration. And of course one of the major negative 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;effects is, as mentioned above, on the social service, 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;education, law enforcement, and penal budgets. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; And if you don't believe that unfair and so-called 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;"Free Trade" hasn't had a devastating impact on the 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;areas mentioned in the article, you're simply ignoring 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;reality. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; And here's a question for you. How much 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;immigration would be enough? 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; There are currently 1 million LEGAL immigrants 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;allowed into this country every year. To put that in 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;perspective, the 2002 Census estimate for the 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;population of Seattle was 570,000. So, in other words 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;LEGAL IMMIGRATION--each year, every year--equals very 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;TWICE the city of Seattle. EVERY YEAR! Been to Seattle 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;lately? Pretty crowded place, huh? 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; Of course no one knows how many ILLEGAL immigrants 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;come in each year. I've seen estimates ranging from 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;2-5 million illegals per year. Some stay and some come 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;back and forth. In any event there are millions upon 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;millions of illegals here in the country right now. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; And anyone questioning immigration and illegal 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;immigration is xenophobic? 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; I don't think so. No, it's nothing like a phobia. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; It's a simple realization that this country can't 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;keep going on supporting this huge influx of people 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;indefinitely. California is finding that out for all 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;--- Donovan Arnold <DONOVANARNOLD@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote: 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Tim, 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Oh, he is not my cup of tea alright. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Pat Hitler, I mean, Pat Buchanan, (why I mix the two 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;He is right it not the fault of Gov. Davis, he is 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;right it is the fault of US Government, and the fault 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;of Immigration. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;But he has the wrong immigration of people mixed up. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;It was not the influx of Mexicans that is the problem. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;It is the fault of an influx of Europeans. Ya see 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;m'kay, Mexicans and Native American Indians had 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;California for about 10-16,000 years before the 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;immigrants of Europeans came over. The land and 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;economy was just fine for that amount of time. Then 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;other people came into California, and less than 150 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;years of occupation the soil, environment, and economy 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;has gone to sh*t. Now, I tend to think the Mexicans 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Now I know that the Mexicans had the audacity to do 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;and California economy. Mexicans picking oranges in 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;electricity, they didn't write the budget or tax code. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;They didn't even withdraw their millions from the 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;of immigration and free trade. It was the 
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