Saturday, January 30, 2010

We are also "The People"

Embrace the future, America, we're building it with you.

Haven't you seen us? We are there serving you lunch, mowing your yard, building your bridges. We are cleaning your houses, taking care of your kids. The apples that you bought, we picked them up. The chicken for dinner, we cleaned it up for you. We are paying taxes and social security that we never cash back, therefore, in top of all this work we do for you, we are supporting your retirement. You don't complain at all when we do that.

We come here with a positive attitude, ready to work hard. We are not asking for anything free. We just want to work and have a decent life. And because we are building America with you we also want to be called "The People".

Your argument against immigration is that we are braking the law, but laws are evolving instruments that need to be based on reality. At one point women didn't have the right to vote. Was that right? No, so we changed the law. At some point it was legal for parents to send their small children to work on mines. Was that right? No, so we changed the law. Just because some laws are written certain way, that doesn't mean those are the best laws we should have. That's why we have a democratic system where laws can be challenged and changed for the better.

So now, 11 million people in America, working people, paying taxes people, are treated as second class people, with no right to speak, to vote, to obtain the benefits of social security to which they have been contributing for years. They are not even offered a way to get to that point.

Like with women's vote and chlidren's labor, it was people's demonstrations and participation what changed the laws for the better. Now people have found that we are in a crucial moment when unfair laws need to be changed, and we have the right and the duty to participate in that change.

Embrace the future, America, we are changing it with you!

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Nosotros tambien somos "El Pueblo"

Estados Unidos, denle la bienvenida al futuro, nosotros lo estamos construyendo con ustedes.

Nos han visto? Estamos alli, sierviendoles el almuerzo, cortando el pasto, construyendo sus puentes. Estamos limpiando su casa, cuidando sus ninos. Las manzanas que compro, nosotros las recogimos. El pollo de su comida, nosotros lo limpiamos. Nosotros pagamos impuestos y seguro social por los que nunca pedimos nada a cambio, entonces, sobre todo el trabajo que hacemos por ustedes, tambien estamos contribuyendo para su retiro. No les hemos oido quejarse por eso.

Nosotros venimos aqui con una actitud positiva, dispuestos a trabajar duro. Y no pedimos nada gratis. Solo queremos trabajar y tener una vida decente. Y porque tambien estamos construyendo los Estados Unidos con ustedes, tambien queremos que nos llamen "El Pueblo".

Su argumento en contra de los inmigrantes es que estamos rompiendo la ley, pero las leyes son instrumentos que evolucionan y que necesitan basarse en la realidad. Hubo un tiempo en el que las mujeres no tenian derecho a votar. Era eso correcto? No, entonces cambiamos las leyes. Hubo un tiempo en que enviar a los hijos menores a trabajar en las minas era legal. Era eso correcto? No, entonces cambiamos las leyes. Solo porque unas leyes esten escritas de cierta manera no significa que sean las mejores leyes que debemos tener. Por eso es que tenemos un sistema democratico en donde se pueden cuestionar las leyes y cambiarlas por leyes mejores.

Ahora 11 millones de personas en Estados Unidos, gente trabajadora, que paga sus impuestos, son tratadas como personas de segunda clase, sin derecho a opinar, a votar, a obtener los beneficios del seguro social al que han estado contribuyendo por anios. Ni siquiera se les ofrece un camino para llegar alla.

Como con el voto para las mujeres o el trabajo infantil, fueron las demostraciones y la participacion de la gente lo que hizo que cambiaran las leyes por leyes mejores. Ahora la gente se ha dado cuenta que estamos en un momento crucial en el que leyes injustas deben ser cambiadas y tenemos el derecho y el deber de participar en ese cambio.

Denle la bienvenida al futuro, nosotros lo estamos cambiando con ustedes!

3 comments:

  1. First I would like to welcome you to America and say congratulations on your becoming a citizen.

    My comment on Immigration does not say you are braking the law. My comments refer to those who prefer to take the short cut and not file the paperwork, get a work permit or a visa. To those who have done the paperwork, filed the required documents and are paying taxes ... Then welcome to the United States.

    I myself spent 7 Years in Germany working a job for the German Government. I filed the paperwork, got my Visa and Work Permit. I payed my Taxes and assimilated into the society. I lived and worked in the German community, I learned the language.

    If an Immigrant comes to America and becomes a Citizen they have the right to vote. If they choose not to become a Citizen they do not. I did not become a German Citizen and I did not have the right to vote either. That was a decision I made because I did not wish to lose my rights as an American Citizen.

    If non citizens could vote then everyone in lets say China could vote in our elections. Would that be right? Why would we wish to vote in an election in South Africa? The issues are too regional and specific. Our elections are divided into Federal, State, County and even down to School District. If People from again China were to vote on our issues how would that help our communities? How would that help us?

    The laws are there to protect us at home in our communities.

    My ancestors came to this Country and went through the same process. I agree it is long and drawn out but it is there to protect all those who hold our freedom dear.


    K.S.

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  2. Per your request, I am posting why new citizens should support the Libertarian Party.

    What has made America great has been our respect for the Rights of the individual, and the limitations we place on the powers of government at all levels.

    Societies that place The State ahead of Liberty find themselves repressed, impoverished, and longing for a reversal of the supremacy of government over the individual. This is why millions seek to move here; it may be why you, personally, chose to join us.

    The Libertarian Party, more than any other, consistently defends Liberty and urges limits on the authority of politicians and bureaucrats.

    I hope you will join us in that work!


    For Texas and Liberty,


    Jeff Daiell
    www.LP.org
    www.JeffDaiell.com

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  3. Congratulation!!! I like your article We are also the people. For what I read, let say you are a democrat. So don't think to much and vote.

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