Today's Soapbox

This weekend is all about our Country's Working People. Thank you all for working hard, contributing to Society, keeping the economy going, and paying the taxes on the wages you make. These taxes keep our Country running. . They keep the illegal immigrants in healthcare, roads for them to drive illegally on, schools for thier children to illegally attend. I wonder how "good" these things would be if they weren't overcrowded, abused, or overused by those who did not respect our County enough to follow OUR LAWS to come here. I feel for the children. . . and I feel for those who saved and planned and hopped thru the hoops to be here legally. . . and I've got nothing at all against the hard workers wanting better for thier families. . . and I've got nothing against immigration. . but I've got a whole lot against illegal. I do something illegal - I pay a fine, go to jail, pay higher insurance, etc. ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL . . as in NOT LEGAL.

This thought is prompted by the idea that our government has decided to allow the Mexican Businesses to even compete with our trucking and transportation systems. This is wrong!! In effect, our government is exporting more jobs - the truck drivers jobs!! And how "lawfully" will this take place? We already know that in San Diego - "drivers" with illegal cargo (usually people) drive the wrong way on freeways with their lights out to be unseen. Lawful? Now they will be able to do it by the truckloads. . and not just 20 miles (as the law stands now). . . all over the USA!!!!

Now, to my way of thinkin'~ there may be a way. . . let the Mexican Government hire American Workers to build thier own roads - and they can only use the roads that THIER taxpayers paid for. . . ya think that might slow things down? Or make it a provision that the Mexican Drivers have to be paid equal to American Drivers with a hefty road use tax on top of it. Something to make it profitable for the American PEOPLE (not corportations) instead of kissing a bunch more jobs goodbye!!