Screwing the environment again

The law is nothing but rich folks telling poor folks they have to stay poor or they'll be put in cages. Everything the Nazis did was legal, under German law, at the time. On the other hand, in India under the Brits it was illegal for poor people to make their own salt from sea water. They were supposed to buy it from rich people. And in the U.S. not so long ago it was illegal for black folks to drink from a public drinking fountain in many states.

"When the law is just, obey it. When the law is unjust, break it."
-- The Gospel of Hiram

 

That would only be if the wall actually kept Mexicans out. It won't. U.S. employers (hotels, farm corporations, construction, private citizens looking for a maid, etc.) want cheap labor, and will bring Mexicans into the country. The wall won't stop anyone. It will just change the entry routes, and may make it more expensive for immigrants and put more money into the pockets of the smugglers of people.

Just as drug laws do nothing but create drug cartels which destabilize the governments of the drug-producing countries, so the wall will do nothing but strengthen the cartels which smuggle people into the country. If we're really lucky, people will climb the wall or make holes in it and it won't even do that.

If you really want to keep foreign workers out, pass a living wage law and enforce draconian punishments against employers who pay less than that wage, with immunity from deportation for undocumented workers who report violations. As long as there's a market for cheap labor, workers will come.

 

I know you folks love to talk about drinking, and talking won't hurt anyone. But I've seen people near and dear to me destroy themselves with alcohol, so I hope the talk is just that and in real life you limit yourselves to a beer or two. My first step-father was married three times (my mom was his second) and they all divorced him because of his drinking, and he died relatively young of alcohol-related problems. My second step-father was a jolly drunk, so we never realized he was an alcoholic until it was too late. When his lifestyle switched from very active to sedentary, he gained a mountain of weight, and his alcoholism prevented him from being able to deal with his weight, and he died quite young of a heart attack. And I watched a good friend put his fist through a glass window in a drunken stupor and land in the hospital emergency room. Fortunately, he managed to sober up a few years later.

A couple of beers won't hurt anyone as long as you don't drive. But heavy drinking is a recipe for tragedy that destroys lives and leaves your loved ones mourning.

Not to mention impaired driving. A car is a deadly machine, and even a "legal" amount of alcohol in your blood makes you a less alert driver.

So, back to all the drinking jokes, but I hope they're just jokes.

Have fun...

 

Glad to hear it!