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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody ⎊✹  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Justice for Laken Riley
Date: 11/21/24 9:31 AM
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Fox trades in stories about the venality of big government, criminal activity by immigrants (real or imagined),


I remember when the GFC hit, FOX News had a continuous loop of illegals climbing up a very steep area and getting around obstacles. It would play over and over again for a little bit in the background of each news slot. There was a half black, half-Samoan guy who lost everything where I lived who was very upset about illegals. After making an attempt to start a business, her abandoned his Sting Ray boat and headed back West to work in RVs again. Up till then I hadn't really felt a resentment around me about illegals, but it continued. What was interesting was the during the GFC, a lot of the illegals headed home. The data showed it. If they were up north they would just let themselves be caught and get a free plane ride to the border.

I mentioned that to the Samoan/Black and he got very angry and intimidating. He apologized later. And since then there's been a huge resentment about illegals. I read recently that Biden was under the influence of Latino Activists when he took office and initially took down a lot of the Trump immigration barriers. The plan was to get the Latino vote and it failed. If so, we are seeing part of the product of that failed policy. I'd like the flow stemmed, but I want to be humane and I'd like the restrictions to not be contrived and if we need to reinterpret the Geneva convention, let's get an agreement on a reinterpretation.
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