Coming to America
Saturday, November 15th, 2008I’ve lived in many countries over the past 10 years and enjoyed just about every minute. Because of this, I feel I can voice my opinion on people going from one country to another. Many US citizens detest the idea of Mexicans, Cubans, Dominicans or Puerto Rican’s trying to live in the US. Now granted, some enjoy the government footing the bill…but isn’t that an American way of life? American’s who don’t work still eat, still enjoy living in their homes and still enjoy free medical care. However, in Mexico, for example, if you don’t work you don’t eat. Mexico wants their people to work and because their country doesn’t foot the bill - they have to work. Why does the US foot the food bill for Americans? Makes no sense to me. If you don’t work - you don’t eat.
Now, as far as Mexicans or Haitians or Cuban’s “coming to American”…who cares? The US has lots and lots of land that is still undeveloped, unlike China, right? It’s not like the people that come illegally do so to hurt the US…but to help the US in whatever small way they can. These people actually LOVE the United States. These immigrants come to the US and are willing to do work for less than any greedy American I know. When was the last time you asked an out-of-work American to clean the toilets for less than $10 an hour? It’s a toilet for God’s sake. It has less germs than the keyboard of your computer!!! Yet, most Americans of any race consider themselves too good for the job and refuse to do the job for less than $10 an hour.
Now, I have lived in the Dominican Republic. This same situation occurs there as well, so the US is singled out only as being a very large and prosperous country. If you are Dominican and you see a Haitian (Haiti shares the same island as the DR), that has worked very hard to get into the DR, you shun them, walk on the other side of the street or worse, hurt them. Do you know that there are grain trucks that carry rice throughout the Dominican Republic that have Haitians (because they work for less than 25 cents a day) scoop the rice with buckets? Sometimes they work too hard and die or they get hit by a car. Know what the Dominican truck owner does? They simply throw the body into the field and hire another Haitian. No big deal. Their mindset is that the people from Haiti are no better, or worse, than a bug you would squash for getting in your way.
People! We are talking about human lives here? Why is one life valued at less than another? Why does it ask your race on many applications? (unless your race is a marathon in NYC) Why does race come into any conversation other than finding out a way to solve this problem? And, why can Mexicans not come to the US to do the jobs that Americans are to darn lazy to do or “think” they are too good for? Instead, they’d rather sit on their butts and collect government money - because their too good for ANY job.
Lord knows these immigrants would never apply for government money because their illegal; most aren’t a part of some drug cartel or gang - like the ones that exist in the US started by US citizens…so why are American’s so shallow and selfish to share their country with others? Isn’t that a part of what America is all about? Sharing??? Please, help me understand.
