Immigration

Indeed, if the government had devoted more and enough time and money , including honest manpower to this illegal immigration issue before now, the result would have shown a decrease in number of illegal immigrants into the United States. For a truth, Arizona’s new immigration law passed recently was a wake up call for the government. Congress and the White House now felt a greater urgency to act on border security after Arizona passed a law directing it’s law enforcement officers to be more aggressive in seeking out illegal immigrants. I commend the government for realizing the need for urgent action.


I also think that in the course of approving this $600 million for more agents and surveillance drones on Mexican border, the government should also make sure that this new 1500 agents are not corrupt officials or agents. This is because, from the way I see it, before now, the government has been beefing up the security at the various border and yet, there appear to be increase in the number of illegal immigrants into the country on daily basis. Which means that something is not right some where, it appears that the agents at the border patrol might be corrupt. So, as the government is gearing up to tighten up Mexican border, it should also tighten up corrupt agents border, in order to achieve the goal of decreasing the number of illegal immigrants in the country.

Alexendra Jackson (classmate blog 7) US GOVERNMENT in this editorial said “Racism is now becoming more and more of an issue between the government and the public”, yes I agree with him, but also between the government and the states, as in the case of Arizona v. U.S Justice Department. On the issue of racism, I do not blame the Census Bureau of Manhattan in screening out applicants with previous arrest records or minor offenses. This is because we all know or have heard about the type of violence going on in the streets of Mexico, and it is this same people who migrate mostly illegally into U.S. They did not leave their violent nature behind in Mexico, I believe they came in with it. And in no time violence and crime rate will increase due to these illegal immigrants, especially in the Southern States.

Our View on retirement income: Afriad Social Security won't be there for you? It will.

Every American who funds social security deserves to collect the benefits of prior year funding. In this editorial, by Veronica Salazar, in USA TODAY, she tried to calm the fears of those who think that social security might be on it's way out.

Socail Security is a safety net that keeps millions of our elderly out of poverty, and the young people today, in the next 20 years will not be so young anymore, so the decisions of today will surely affect the events of tomorrow. She said "Social Security is still a moral and political obligation with few paralles in American Society, it's no joke that it has been called the "third rail of American Politics (touch it and die)". Yes, I agree with her, that every worker who have dutifully worked and had Social Security taking off their paycheque every payroll period  for decades has every right to expect the government to live up to it's end of deal and provide retirement income when the time arrives

From my understanding, the last time in 1983 when social security had problem, congress stepped in and fixed the problem, that is really part of their job, if social secuity is running at a deficit recently, that is because the federal government is owing the trust fund, and has not paid the money it is owing. I also know that all current year taxes are used for current year benefits. which means, if the social security is dipping into the red right now, the government has an urgent task to rescue it just like they did before in 1983, for it is their job to do so. i believe that social security is going to be around for a long time, it is not going anywhere yet, not even in the next 27 years.

"The Silicon Valley of Pot"

To comment on this editorial wirtten by Jill Mangham from the blog Read My Lips. She talked about the legalization of Marijuana in the state of California. She appeared to be against the legalization of marijuana due to the ill effect it has on our society. Yes I agree that the negative effect will be more on our growing youth, but that is a far cry, because marijuana is sold at every street corner in this country, government's effort to stop illegal use of marijuana is not making any impact on the users.


Anyone who's been on a college campus or to a Phish Concert can tell you that Marijuana is readily available to just about anyone who wants to seek it out. From this fact, it means that the infrastructure for the illegal cultivation and sale of marijuana is already firmly in place. So, in my opinion, I would say that if legallizing Marijuana in California will help boost their dying budget,by taxing the producers and sellers which will yeild huge revenue for the government, it is worth a try.

I had this experience sometime in 2007, here in Austin, I was getting gas in a gas station, when some guy walked up to me and asked if I wanted "Weed", I was lost with the question, because I had no idea of what he was talking about, I've never smoked a cigaret before in my life, so when I asked him what he meant by "Weed", he walked a way causing me behind his breath. When I got home, I narrated the incident to my husband, he told me that the guy meant Marijuana. My point being that we should keep the moral aspect aside, Marijuana is out there any time of the day and night, it also comes to you even when you did not solicit for it.

So if legalizing it will become a major source of tax revenue and jobs, I suggest that California State government should go for it, because it will only make a difference in their budget by increasing it, rather than in the number or age of people taking Marijuana, it is already out there.