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Because a country is not a house. The analogy is fundamentally flawed. Our government can provide for immigrants in ways that individuals simply cannot.
by DonaldPShimoda 7y ago
Because a country is not a house. The analogy is fundamentally flawed. Our government can provide for immigrants in ways that individuals simply cannot.
- stale2002 7y ago> Because a country is not a house. Why shouldn't it be treated as such? Your opinions seems pretty immoral, and leads to homeless people sleeping on the street. > Our government can provide for immigrants in ways that individuals simply cannot. So? That does not change the fact that you indeed are still capable of providing for people in need.
- hart_russell 7y agoThe state is product of citizens time and resources. We all contribute. So it's a perfectly apt analogy.
- WillPostForFood 7y agoThis is basically saying: I won't help, but I support the government forcing other people to help (and hopefully it won't affect me).
- fiblye 7y agoGovernments provide nothing. They make someone else provide. If the government needs a couch, they don’t poof a couch into existence and everyone’s happy. They either take your couch or have someone sit down and make one. It’s bizarre though how many people think governments can simply “provide”. America now can’t even provide for all the struggling people who already live there. You could argue that they could redefine their priorities and focus on immigrants, but that comes at a cost of something else, and people affected by those cuts would not be happy.