| Head of Security  Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Cradle of Liberty Gender:  Posts: 10,486 Country:  Points: 55,597, Level: 100 | Level up: 0%, 0 Points needed |  |  Quote: |
Originally Posted by sgtdmski Being a conservative, I like more than others hate governmental intrusion. However, I think that it is a fools errand to demand that the government protect us, and then not to provide the government with the tools necessary to do the job.
I believe that provisions of our this bill provide some of those tools necessary. I also believe that it is a good first step in outlawing the practice of allowing the very government that is meant to protect us from issuing identification to illegal immigrants. Regardless of how you feel over the immigration topic, one thing is very clear, when government rewards criminals, something is wrong.
dmk | But I suspect that with a little more thought and care given to the subject we could find ways that are much better and less intrusive to our people. Granted, this bill in it's current form is not so bad, but you must be able to look down the road and see what it could lead to, then you have to be able to be proactive enough to prevent the bad possibilities. Protection is one thing, infringement on rights is another. I for one will not trade my rights for the illusion of security. |