>I think a lot of people take what comes out of his mouth with too much of a critical lens... Could that be because he is running for the position of leader of

>I think a lot of people take what comes out of his mouth with too much of a critical lens... Could that be because he is running for the position of leader of the most powerful planet with the most powerful military the world has ever known. You can't just say the first thing that pops into your head and think that people are going to give you the benefit of the doubt when you are running for president. >Do you think terrorists would stop to think about your family before blowing themselves up? Think they thought that in Belgium? France? He's saying that they don't play by any rules and thus we can't win unless we really crush them. No I don't, but I also think that terrorists would kill billions of innocent civilians if they could. Does that mean I think it's OK for us to kill billions of innocent civilians to stop them? The terrorists do it too is not a valid defense for anything. >He's saying that they don't play by any rules and thus we can't win unless we really crush them. He's saying "We have to take out their families". There is no other meaning there. He is advocating committing a war crime. >From http://www.fairus.org/publications/the-fiscal-burden-of-ille.. http://www.fairus.org/publications/the-fiscal-burden-of-ille.... (first google search result) Fair is an anti-immigration group. The SPLC even lists them as a hate group. Whether you believe they are actually a hate group, they're definitely not purveyors of unbiased research. But that's what I mean when I said you can't prove conclusively whether illegal immigrants are a net economic benefit or drain. The only people doing research on the issue are biased, and there are too many variables. You can find plenty of studies by pro-immigration groups that say they contribute more to the economy than they take. Just like you can find plenty of studies by anti-immigration groups that say the opposite.