Originally Posted by cgocifer
Well, some of this is just not true. The Government tries very hard to keep illegal drugs off our streets. The fact is, that for every one offender caught, there are 100 more. Maybe parents should spend more time with their children, keep their homes together, and teach kids not to use the darn drugs. See, we keep going back to blaming the government. It's really our (society's) fault. The government shouldn't have to pay for everyone's f***ups, drug addictions, and other messes that we as a people create. Maybe people should stop looking the other way and do something about the problems they see. At least the ball is finally rolling when it comes to closing down our borders to illegal immigrants. Yep, you have to check peoples back grounds now, but maybe you should have all along. Now it's clean up time. Enjoy!
I sense that we are probably on the same side of this argument, but I couldn't disagree with you more.
The government may be trying very hard but I was talking about incompetence, AKA failure.
I live in MO. That is as far from the coasts and our borders north and south as you can reasonably get. The border is over 1,000 miles away, thru many juristictions, Federal, state and local. There is no reason someone, who has no legal right to be here, should be able walk in my door.
If I do background checks on a US citizen, it comes up on my personal computer. And now I know personal info that I personaly believe is none of my business. That invasion of privacy was unheard of just a few short years ago. But you seem to think that's OK. Fine But try calling ICE to report an alien. See how fast they respond.
The government should not have to pay for drug addiction, but it does and we do too because the law or the enforcement of it, blames everyone but the jerk who chose to do the drugs in the first place. So the addicts rob my house, ruin their families and their rewarded with a rehab program, that doesn't work, at my expense. In the end it's my fault cause I didn't spend enough money or time to keep that poor poor devil from doing it in the first place.
Don't even get me started on pedophilia. Or sanctuary cities or cops who pull you over to see if you have a copy of your car insurance but let you go if you can't prove your citizenship status. Not made up. I've been there.
Maybe parents should spend more time with their kids instead of working to pay taxes. Maybe they should be allowed to discipline them without fear of arrest for so called child abuse. And maybe we should let God back in our schools so that the innocent could be protected by their friends and teachers who have learned to value and respect human life.
Since the 1950's the Federal government has made increasingly deeper and deeper inroads into the control of our schools. Sanitising, secularising, quantifying and dumbing down the system.
How's that working out so far?
roadster with a stick.