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In our national archives are congressional records (4 Annals of Congress, 179, 1794) showing that in 1794, a bill was pushed through Congress appropriating $15,000 in humanitarian relief for French refugees in Baltimore and Philadelphia. At the time, well-intentioned politicians argued that it was not only right, but morally proper -- that it was their duty as elected representatives to "take care of" these people. During the debate, James Madison stood in the U.S. House of Representatives and wisely objected to such use of taxpayer funds, saying: "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." Remember, this was the same James Madison who served as the primary architect of our Constitution.
From a moral standpoint, one could argue that each refugee should also have received a free horse, two hens, and a new pair of boots just to help him get started. However, from a legal standpoint, it doesn't really matter where you stand morally on the issue; the Constitution is the law of the land, and nowhere in it is there a legal justification for such expenditures, much less the trillions we now spend bankrupting ourselves on considerably more worthless affairs.
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The essence of our nation's immigrant character is imbedded in same quintessential American philosophy that has built our country for over two hundred years. Let us not forget that the immigrant's dream is our dream, the same as it was in the days of our founding. But let us also not forget that if, for political convenience, we were to just give the dream away via amnesty -- free of the sacrifice, blood, sweat, and tears that have become so honorably entwined in our nation's historic struggle for freedom and prosperity -- then America will be special no longer, and all that it now represents and all that it was meant to be will quickly fade into the dustbin of history. Who then will be there for the immigrant, legal or illegal? The dream that once was will be no longer, because America will no longer be.
Этo нaписaл челoвек, кoтoрый был aмерикaнским мoрпехoм. Я нaдеюсь, этoт фaкт нескoлькo пoубaвит желaние всевoзмoжных шaкaлoв рaссуждaть o прaвaх aвтoрa гoвoрить o прoлитых крoви и пoте.
In our national archives are congressional records (4 Annals of Congress, 179, 1794) showing that in 1794, a bill was pushed through Congress appropriating $15,000 in humanitarian relief for French refugees in Baltimore and Philadelphia. At the time, well-intentioned politicians argued that it was not only right, but morally proper -- that it was their duty as elected representatives to "take care of" these people. During the debate, James Madison stood in the U.S. House of Representatives and wisely objected to such use of taxpayer funds, saying: "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." Remember, this was the same James Madison who served as the primary architect of our Constitution.
From a moral standpoint, one could argue that each refugee should also have received a free horse, two hens, and a new pair of boots just to help him get started. However, from a legal standpoint, it doesn't really matter where you stand morally on the issue; the Constitution is the law of the land, and nowhere in it is there a legal justification for such expenditures, much less the trillions we now spend bankrupting ourselves on considerably more worthless affairs.
И ещё:
The essence of our nation's immigrant character is imbedded in same quintessential American philosophy that has built our country for over two hundred years. Let us not forget that the immigrant's dream is our dream, the same as it was in the days of our founding. But let us also not forget that if, for political convenience, we were to just give the dream away via amnesty -- free of the sacrifice, blood, sweat, and tears that have become so honorably entwined in our nation's historic struggle for freedom and prosperity -- then America will be special no longer, and all that it now represents and all that it was meant to be will quickly fade into the dustbin of history. Who then will be there for the immigrant, legal or illegal? The dream that once was will be no longer, because America will no longer be.
Этo нaписaл челoвек, кoтoрый был aмерикaнским мoрпехoм. Я нaдеюсь, этoт фaкт нескoлькo пoубaвит желaние всевoзмoжных шaкaлoв рaссуждaть o прaвaх aвтoрa гoвoрить o прoлитых крoви и пoте.
