As they say, we are a country of immigrants. Yes, the
immigrants of today are different racially and culturally as compared to the
immigrants of yesteryear. However, there is another factor to be considered, and
it might be the most significant factor of all: our country today is not the
same country that it was years ago.
Immigrants coming to our country years ago had to have skin in the game in order to survive. They asked for nothing; they were given nothing. The country operated by the rule of law, not by the rule of men.
Now, not only the illegal immigrants but also the elites who invite them in survive rather nicely on government largesse, obtained by fleecing productive, taxpaying citizens like you and me.
US Federal Budget Percent of GDP 1789: 2%
US Federal Budget Percent of GDP 2023: 37%
Average Federal Outlays Per Capita 1789: $34
Average Federal Outlays Per Capital 2023: >$25,000
US Executive Departments 1789: STATE, TREASURY, WAR
US Executive Departments 2024: STATE, TREASURY, DEFENSE,
INTERIOR, AGRICULTURE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE, LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, EDUCATION, VETERANS
AFFAIRS, HOMELAND SECURITY
What's wrong with this picture? It's not fixable by changing the names of the bureaucrats in charge of the Washington power structure. Restore the rule of law, then eliminate the problem at its source. Cut the federal government back to what it was years ago, and the immigration problem will take care of itself.
