Text 18276, 31 rader
Skriven 2005-12-09 16:28:50 av Raymond Yates (1:3613/48)
  Kommentar till text 18232 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
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 >>>> The illegal imigrant situation really hurts our economy, in may
 >>>> ways, mostly the drain on public services.

 >> WD> It is exactly the same here...

 >> The larger question, what's to be done?

 WD> I have no answer but think about this.

 WD> What is worse than having to leave everything behind ... family,
 WD> friends, meager possessions ... in order to go to a foreign country,
 WD> jumping into a black hole as it were without any security, in trying
 WD> to get a better life for yourself and possibly loved-ones?

 WD> How different is the plight from these illegal immigrants than those
 WD> who came to the US during the 19th and 20th centuries? Basically it is
 WD> the same story ... people want to have a shot at a better life.

 WD> What has changed though is that there is less willingness to work for
 WD> that better life among the emigrating-population. The good-life is
 WD> taken for granted while the 19th-20th century emigrants knew they were
 WD> going to have to work for their prosperity.

 WD> The film "The Emigrants" from Swedish producer Jan Troel (1972) is
 WD> significant, I never saw the follow-up movies he made about the
 WD> subject.

Good points. and worth thinking about, thanks Ward.

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