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Trump is complicated. He doesn't neatly fit into the boxes that our politicians usually fit in. He's neither fully right nor fully left. As I have said elsew
by _mlbt 1y ago
Trump is complicated. He doesn't neatly fit into the boxes that our politicians usually fit in. He's neither fully right nor fully left. As I have said elsewhere, I think the left versus right wing distinction is no longer suitable for talking about the current political climate. The traditional politicians from both parties despise him. The Republican rank and file have only accepted him because of his massive popularity. For example, his stimulus checks are definitely a left-wing idea. If I had to label him I would say that he is a right-wing populist.
I'm not sure why you scare quoted illegals. I refuse to use the Orwellian Newspeak that is "undocumented." They have "documents." Just not ones that give them any right to legally be in our country, hence why illegal is the correct term.
The Biden administration encouraged mass illegal immigration into our country on unprecedented scale and it has resulted in a lot of very serious problems, so yes extreme deportation measures are absolutely justified. There are several cases of people who have been violently assaulted or even murdered by violent gang members and criminals who came here illegally. There are people who have suffered horrifically for this and people who would still be alive today if our immigration laws had been properly enforced. Even many of the illegal immigrants themselves are suffering as victims of sex trafficking, poverty wages, indentured servitude, or dying of heat exhaustion in false panels of vehicles that are smuggling them into the country packed like sardines.
Adding to that, they are a costly strain upon our infrastructure and social support systems. Car insurance premiums rose due to the massive rise in uninsured motorists. They have exacerbated already sky high housing costs because they need to live somewhere. When they get sick they go to the emergency room because they lack health insurance. Some of you will say, well that's why you should just have socialized medicine, but it ignores the point that we do not have socialized medicine, which means that someone has to foot the bill for their ER visits for non-emergency medical care. Many of them turn to crime because their opportunities for legal employment are non-existent. They are also a burden on our already struggling public education system, particularly since so many of them do not speak fluent English. They also depress wages. There is a myth that they perform jobs that Americans don't want to do. The truth is that they perform jobs for cheaper than Americans are willing to do them.
- ethbr1 1y agoI'll bite, on chance this is a product of the media streams you've been watching instead of innate racism. > There are several cases of people who have been violently assaulted or even murdered by violent gang members and criminals who came here illegally. There are also many times the number of cases of illegal immigrants living normal, productive lives and contributing to their communities, if we're going to tie the things we mention to statistical reality. > they are a costly strain upon our infrastructure and social support systems. They power the bulk of American construction, agricultural, service, and landscaping industries. > They have exacerbated already sky high housing costs because they need to live somewhere. Illegal immigration is a drop in the bucket compared to private equity snapping up homes and rent price-fixing via RealPage et al. > When they get sick they go to the emergency room because they lack health insurance. As do many US citizen, thankfully all protected by EMTALA. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_... > Many of them turn to crime because their opportunities for legal employment are non-existent. I'm guessing you haven't worked too many blue collar jobs in your life...? I.e. kitchen, construction, or landscaping? > They are also a burden on our already struggling public education system, particularly since so many of them do not speak fluent English. Or, having to go through hell to get here, they're more motivated than their citizen by birth peers. > They also depress wages. You just said above they can't find jobs. Which is it? They're getting too few jobs or too many? > There is a myth that they perform jobs that Americans don't want to do. The truth is that they perform jobs for cheaper than Americans are willing to do them. You really don't seem like you've ever talked to a farmer. Ask one about hiring hardworking labor sometime?
- int_19h 1y ago> neither fully right nor fully left. There's a reason why fascists and Nazis broadly refer to themselves as the "third position".
- alganet 1y agoWhat is the reason?
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