| Congressional Representative Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Gender:  Posts: 2,366 Country:  Points: 13,185, Level: 74 | Level up: 84%, 65 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by tadpole256  Why are we so willing to spend huge amounts of money to go half way around the globe, and kill people and devastate their country, but so opposed to spending a small amount of money to help our neighbors? | Very true.
Nothing has addressed the real reason these people come to our country in the first place. It's because of the dire living conditions in their own country (exactly the reason our ancestors came here, BTW).
It seems that deporting, enforcing the laws, etc, is only putting a bandaid on the cut, and isn't curing the underlying problem.
Just like fighting crime, wouldn't it be more cost effective in the long run to for us to get these countries and their people on their feet? |