I’m Not The Only One

In this new era in which our decades-long inflated economy is now deflating and abruptly readjusting to the realities of the free market, one bubble seems to be bursting after another.  The first bubble to burst was that of subprime mortgages with millions of Americans who couldn’t afford home loans were suddenly losing their homes after defaulting on said mortgages.

With more and more college graduates entering the work force deep in student loan debt and facing very limited job opportunities, some are speculating that Sallie Mae will be the next bubble to burst.  I used to agree with this prediction, but after learning that 2,600 families in New York City are losing their Section 8 vouchers, I’ve changed my mind. (more…)

Yeah, I figured that headline would catch your attention.

How does legalizing drugs keep Mexicans from  illegally crossing our borders, or even encourage those already in the U.S. to go back where they came from?  To answer that  question, we first have to understand why they’re leaving, and it isn’t just because of a lack of economic opportunity.

Mexicans are leaving their country in droves because of the Mexican Drug War, which is in reality the United States imposing its will on Mexico to find and capture producers and traffickers of illegal drugs.   Our neighbor to the south is literally engaged in a civil war between the Mexican government and Mexican drug cartels. In 2005 the Pew Hispanic Center, a division of the Pew Research Center, released the results of a poll which indicated that 40% of Mexicans stated they would come to the United States if they had the means and opportunity to do so, and 20% said they would come to the U.S. illegally.  I’ve heard this poll quoted over and over in news stories regarding immigration (almost all immigration stories involve Mexicans, as if all illegal aliens were from Mexico).  Has anyone ever asked why so many people are tempted to leave their homeland?  Has anyone ever asked what the hell is going on in Mexico that so many Mexicans feel this way? (more…)