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"No trabajo, no dinero."

Neal Boortz is, quite frankly, the smartest man that I know. He just gets it.

Is he the nicest person in the world? Who knows? Maybe. Maybe not. I have only met him in person a few times, and my experience with him was positive.

But when it comes to politics and economics, he is brilliant. Too brilliant to be a politician, too honest to be a politician, and too interested in doing the right thing to be a politician. How he was a lawyer, I will never know.

His views on taxation are right on the mark. If I could give a Nobel Prize for economics to someone who wasn't anti-American, (the current system requires anti-American views to be considered, which is why Jimmy Carter has one) he would be my choice.

His views on illegal aliens is also right on the mark. And, for the record, I'm not talking about Mexicans. I'm talking about illegal aliens. I don't care where they come from - just get them to leave.

We can't put them on buses or airplanes. Besides, why should the taxpayers bear additional costs of transporting these law-breakers? Just make them want to go.

How do you do that? Neal has the answer - give them incentives. Rather, stop the incentives. They come here for a reason - take those reasons away.

1) Make any child here born to an illegal also an illegal. Stop citizenship for illegals' babies. That will make a HUGE difference.

2) Stop giving them benefits that many Americans are not entitled to. No more WIC, no more Welfare, no more Section-8 Housing, no more FREE healthcare (Tenncare is among the worst at that). Take away the "bennies". If you get shot, we'll patch you up - and send you a bill. You get sick, oh well.

3) Make is so painful to hire these people that no employer would touch them. Make it easier to hire legal residents. If it was a Federal felony to hire an illegal with a 25-yr prison term, would you hire one to fold linens? If they took your business too, would you hire one?

4) Erect the Great Wall of Mexico - I'd like to see cutting-lasers and motion sensors, but "laser beams" are only allowed in movies, apparently.

5) Neal hits this one on the head - tax the SHIT out of any money sent overseas or outside the border. Can you believe $30,000,000,000.00 heads out of this Country every year just to Mexico? And why should we stop there? Any person sending money overseas should get taxed. How much goes to China? Levy a 30% duty on money sent overseas or out of the country. We can use that money to defer the cost that we incur from illegals.

Why do I hate illegals so much? Let me make a list:

1) By their very nature, they are not law-abiding people - they broke the law by coming here, they continue to break it by staying.

2) Many of them are intent upon changing OUR land to suit THEIR wants. They want us to learn Spanish. They want to create their OWN nation out of OUR Country. Fuck them. We kicked their ass once, let's do it again!

3) They bring diseases with them. Notice you never hear that Mexico leads the world in immunizations? There's a reason. They bring tuberculosis - something we'd gotten under control. The latest mumps epidemic? Probably also came with some wetbacks. How much money do we spend fighting illnesses that they brought with them? Do you enjoy the high cost of health insurance? Maybe good doctors will stay in the profession when they don't have to worry about treating illegals. Hell, let's just reform medicine in general to limit frivilous lawsuits. Of course, how will John Edwards make his millions then?

4) Gangs (and crime in general). The MS-13 gang is just one of the Mexican imports. They are now in every state. Ever had your car stollen? Know someone who has? Are you concerned about drugs in your neighborhood or schools? Who so you think transports them there? Do you like graffitti?

5) Auto insurance costs a lot. Do you ever wonder why? Do you think people who break our laws by coming here waste their precious money on insurance? Why, when they can use it to buy stereos? Every time I hear of someone getting hit by an illegal, they never have insurance, and they move / change their name / etc. to avoid paying for the accident. The result? You get to pay for it out of YOUR insurance. Uninsured/underinsured Motorist coverage is a tax on us to pay for illegals who don't get insurance. Many of them don't have licenses - those that do have them because they got them in Spanish. Too bad they couldn't read the sign that said "Yield". I also heard that they take the tests in the DMV offices in teams. One will test an answer, and if it is right, they communicate it to the others in Spanish, then move on. That way, they almost assure the group passes. Too bad they don't learn the rules in the process.

6) Schooling - class sizes too big? Get rid of the illegals, and class sizes go down. Also, crime goes down, drugs decrease, and you have more teachers to teach things other than ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). Maybe they can put down the books on "Grief Counseling" long enough to teach Johnny how to add numbers or read? Maybe Johnny will learn one day about Biology or what the Constitution means?

So, what happens when these illegals leave?

1) Crime goes down. Enough said.

2) Traffic decreases. Do you enjoy your commute?

3) Employment for everyone. Someone has to do these jobs. Maybe wages will go up.

4) Housing will get better quality. Materials are the same, but the people doing the work will do it better. Rent should go down to attract people to fill the vacant properties.

5) Healthcare will be cheaper and more available. No more waiting behind an illegal to get your ultrasound. Medicaid will be able to help truly unfortunate people (like those who are disabled and/or unable to care for themselves).

6) Costs in general should go down - less theft (illegals steal, too) and transportation costs (see the next item).

7) GAS PRICES WILL GO DOWN. Fewer cars on the road = less demand = lower prices. If we can't refine more gas, we can use less of it.

See a trend? Now go out there and deport a few illegals!

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