Even if your not from the US, you may have heard about our current, ongoing, inability to agree on damn near anything; politically that is!
The situation is clearly complicated but, it seems to be more of a way for political pundits to vie for favor instead of an issue that people are actually trying to solve.
I would be very happy if we could start a conversation, on steemit, regarding possible solutions. For instance:
What would be the issue with taking those persons who come across the border illegally, and processing them as Immigrants. Issue them a "green card" and tax ID and put them to work. I understand people being frustrated by paying taxes while some other group doesn't pay taxes and still receives the benefits of government programs. So make them pay taxes.
The current state of the US economy is such that we have more jobs than can be filled and the best unemployment rate in years. Would it help or would it hurt us? I don't know. I could wages in the US going up since we have too many jobs. Maybe by letting the Illegal aliens become legal so they can take the excess jobs that increase in wages would be stifled?
What is the penalty for someone who goes down to the local Home Depot or Lowe's and picks up the undocumented workers so they can save money by being able to pay them "under the table" and not have to worry about them filing taxes and screwing up the "good thing" they have going.
If someone needs clarification about the situation, I have no problem with discussions to clarify but, I would really appreciate other perspectives regarding something that might help the situation; maybe get us moving in a direction instead of just spinning our political wheels. I know that my house/office can't be the only place in the US where people talk about alternative solutions to the problems that the government seems wholly incapable of solving. What have you come up with over coffee or tea or whatever?
Those of you from other countries/continents; what are your thoughts? I feel like the world has been moving toward a global economy for years now but global discourse doesn't really seem all that prevalent. Facebook seems to be for talking to your friends; people who already (probably) think like you.
