PUBLIC VIEWPOINT Repeal Rule Of Automatic Citizenship

By BARBARA KOSSIECK

Posted: November 28, 2009 at 3:12 a.m.

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Once upon a time there was a little town in Arkansas, the natural state. The residents were a contented bunch, working industriously, happily taking care of business and expanding those businesses.

Companies grew and some of the larger ones decided they needed more economical labor so they went outside of the US borders, recruited cheaper labor, transported them and put them to work. Some of them would study, learn English and become citizens. These new people moved here legally, with jobs waiting. This worked out well and they were welcome.

However, soon their relatives and neighbors decided the United States streets were paved with gold. Some moved in legally with jobs waiting, still fine and some illegally, not so fine. They didn’t bother to learn English, had no jobs waiting and couldn’t find work. With no jobs and more family on the way … what could they do?

The “do-gooders” said, “These unfortunate people need our help. It doesn’t matter they areillegal, don’t speak English and can’t get jobs; they need welfare.” Welfare made life so much easier for the illegal, the charitable people decided more should be done. Anyone who thought it was getting to be too much was made to feel guilty and labeled selfish. Before long they were settled in eagerly accepting all the free gifts. Then the same generous people decided the invaders should also have free medical care and social security.

“It doesn’t matter they haven’t contributed, we’ll just make the legal, working residents pay for everything. So what if we bankrupt Social Security and Medicare, we’ll worry about that later.”

They’ve given the illegal money to live and bestowed unearned retirement. After paying their hospital bills, they decided to increase the taxes the lawful citizens pay in order to subsidize those expenses and build more schools to teach the new offspring. “We’ll increase the legal citizen’s taxes and everything will be fine. There is no need for the illegal to be a burden to their families.” They’ll just be a burdento everyone else.

It’s not going to get better. This is such an opportunity. There will be additional immigration and they will have more children all expecting the same handouts.

Increase the penalty for hiring illegal immigrants. Stop all the free welfare and free medical.

You might end up with enough funds to give health care and welfare to the legal citizens that really need it AND have paid into it.

Repeal the rule of automatic citizenship to all born here, unless the parents are citizens.

Make it retroactive. I don’t want more taxes. We’ve worked all our lives for a comfortable retirement. I have children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren I’d rather “donate” to.

Enter the U.S. legally, speak English, have a job, pay taxes, become a citizen. THEN and only then should their children born here be citizens. Antiquated laws should be rescinded. What part of illegal don’t the new people and the “do-gooders” understand?

BARBARA KOSSIECK

Opinion, Pages 5 on 11/28/2009

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