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Darkbender423 · 10-06-2006, 08:52 PM

First of all I agree with the statements that anyone who is a citizen of this country should be allowed to vote. Everyone should have a voice in the things that happen here that effect their life and their nation. Yet we must have proof of citizenship which does require some form of ID. This insures that people who are voting actually have the right to do so and it does keep people from voting more than once and brining unbalance to the election process. What I'd like to see is more candidates worth voting for.

As far as the building of the fence. I have mixed thoughts on this one. I hate the thought of have this physical barrier put into place, it seems a little fascist to me. I don't agree with Capt. Sternns comment on it being built to "keep people in" that is simply absured. Illegal mirgaration to this country is a major problem in many areas. People come here and they don't pay taxes and they take jobs away that could be done by Americans. I am sympethetic to the need of these people to make higher wages and support their families. Most of them are hard working and simply seeking a better way. However there are legal ways to become a citizen of this country that cannot be ignored. My ancestors went through the process as did many of the millions of other Americans who live here. It is only fair that others follow the same guidelines. I do think we should make more of an effort to find ways to help boost the economies of some of these countries so that the need to seek a better way becomes less important. Of course we have to do this wihtout taking away from our own people. It seems like there should be a simple solution to this problem that could benifit everyone and make things better for our people and for theirs. I think that in most cases these people don't really have an interest in becoming citizens, they just want to make more money so that they can better support and take care of their families. I respect and understand that. It just seems to me that if our governments would work more closely together we could help one another and the issue would be a mute point.

10-06-2006, 08:52 PM	#8
Darkbender423 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sarasota Florida Posts: 120	First of all I agree with the statements that anyone who is a citizen of this country should be allowed to vote. Everyone should have a voice in the things that happen here that effect their life and their nation. Yet we must have proof of citizenship which does require some form of ID. This insures that people who are voting actually have the right to do so and it does keep people from voting more than once and brining unbalance to the election process. What I'd like to see is more candidates worth voting for. As far as the building of the fence. I have mixed thoughts on this one. I hate the thought of have this physical barrier put into place, it seems a little fascist to me. I don't agree with Capt. Sternns comment on it being built to "keep people in" that is simply absured. Illegal mirgaration to this country is a major problem in many areas. People come here and they don't pay taxes and they take jobs away that could be done by Americans. I am sympethetic to the need of these people to make higher wages and support their families. Most of them are hard working and simply seeking a better way. However there are legal ways to become a citizen of this country that cannot be ignored. My ancestors went through the process as did many of the millions of other Americans who live here. It is only fair that others follow the same guidelines. I do think we should make more of an effort to find ways to help boost the economies of some of these countries so that the need to seek a better way becomes less important. Of course we have to do this wihtout taking away from our own people. It seems like there should be a simple solution to this problem that could benifit everyone and make things better for our people and for theirs. I think that in most cases these people don't really have an interest in becoming citizens, they just want to make more money so that they can better support and take care of their families. I respect and understand that. It just seems to me that if our governments would work more closely together we could help one another and the issue would be a mute point.