One great thing about American freedom is
the freedom of the people to make changes to meet continually changing
circumstances. Build the wall. If after a decade or so it has proven
ineffective, install gates and utilize it in other ways. The wall will not be a useless endeavor. If Speaker Pelosi, et. al, do not find the
time extension for DACA people adequate, extending it beyond three years or even doing away with it can be voted upon
after ensuring the extension is already in place for the next three years. This is a huge opportunity. Accepting President Trump’s offer as of
January 23rd should be accepted now, allowing the government to
fully run again and eliminating some the worries of residents already living in
the US.
Taking on more than we can chew to the
point everyone loses quality and perhaps even access to or availability of the
very things that improve or maintain quality of life is dangerous. We are not doing favors by exceeding the yearly limit of immigrants already
established as healthy and maintainable in accordance with what we have to
offer. Unlike any time in the past, we are now facing an upcoming tsunami
of elderly people in this country who are going to use up a lot of resources
like we've never experienced before. Allowing open borders sets us up to
going right back to having the elites and lower and poverty classes just when
we are finally building back up the middle class.
We are not able to care for people in
our own communities adequately. It makes no sense, then, to ensure their
lives cannot improve because we over-extend our resources and
capabilities. Generosity has a limit before things deteriorate
for everyone. This isn't about closing the borders to people in
need. This is about opening doors to people already here who are in need
and then, when possible, helping others in need directly in their own countries
so they can strengthen and improve themselves.
Copyright © January 2019 by Maeke Ermarth
Cheyenne, WY
