Arizona's New Immigration Law

SS33, read your post, read mine and then read the first paragraph of the article you posted.



You can bash the gov for the lack of regulation and oversight and I won't defend that but I can not accept "pressure/programs" line. Never!You may not want to accept it, but it was a contributing factor. And I certainly do NOT believe, nor asserted, it was "Tyrone's and Julio's" mortgages that caused the economic meltdown. I live in suburbia in VB, I'm well aware of the foreclosure and for sale signs everywhere.

What I was responding to particularly was jtf's comment about "free marketism failed miserably", which I disagree with.

I would have thought someone would have started a thread about this but I guess I will. What's the point of this law? I don't get it.

It is political grandstanding by the GOP plain and simple. The Teapartiers have them worried so they have to come out like they are against illegal immigration like gangbusters. Thing is, stuff like this is going to lead to "Your papers please!!!!" It is rather sad. Russia and E Europe have thrown off the yoke of totalitarianism, yet our govt starting to embrace it.

Maybe if we had all the illegal immigrants write essays.

Maybe if we had all the illegal immigrants write essays.
were you just watching south park too? haha

You may not want to accept it, but it was a contributing factor. And I certainly do NOT believe, nor asserted, it was "Tyrone's and Julio's" mortgages that caused the economic meltdown. I live is suburbia in VB, I'm well aware of the foreclosure and for sale signs everywhere.

What I was responding to particularly was jtf's comment about "free marketism failed miserably", which I disagree with.

We agree to disagree. Now we know where we stand. What do we agree on. It seems like people are agreeing on anything anymore. Which leads me to this question. What are your perceptions of America. Is America an English/European Christian empire or something new created by the founding fathers.

SS33, read your post, read mine and then read the first paragraph of the article you posted.



You can bash the gov for the lack of regulation and oversight and I won't defend that but I can not accept "pressure/programs" line. Never!


The pressure came from the punch drunk builders. Building houses creates wealth. They built too many houses and tried to stave off the inevitable housing price decline by trying their best to put warm bodies in those houses. Banks who had invested in the over build mode had to try to get people in those houses. The crisis was caused by over bulding. Banks were throwing out cash to builders left and right. All these 500,000 dollar condos sitting empty. Don't sound like government hand out loans to me, or socialism. See this is the problem with the free marlet religion. They used to have a mantra "housing prices will always increase", and they believed this to be fact. So, if housing prices will always increase, then keep building. All the other mistakes else are just false conslusions derived from this false premise. Like always, the conservative tactic is to blame someone else stick the blame to someone. I made a mistake but it wasn't my mistake you didn't listen to me, totally. Totally submit to my philosophy next time and I won't make those mistakes.

The pressure came from the punch drunk builders. Building houses creates wealth. They built too many houses and tried to stave off the inevitable housing price decline by trying their best to put warm bodies in those houses. Banks who had invested in the over build mode had to try to get people in those houses. The crisis was caused by over bulding. Banks were throwing out cash to builders left and right. All these 500,000 dollar condos sitting empty. Don't sound like government hand out loans to me, or socialism. See this is the problem with the free marlet religion. They used to have a mantra "housing prices will always increase", and they believed this to be fact. So, if housing prices will always increase, then keep building. All the other mistakes else are just false conslusions derived from this false premise. Like always, the conservative tactic is to blame someone else stick the blame to someone. I made a mistake but it wasn't my mistake you didn't listen to me, totally. Totally submit to my philosophy next time and I won't make those mistakes.

It's been said before and will be said again. Wow. Just wow.

Way to over simplify in order to validate your pre-existing biases. You clearly read just enough to be stupid.

It's been said before and will be said again. Wow. Just wow.

Way to over simplify in order to validate your pre-existing biases. You clearly read just enough to be stupid.

Typical know everything conservative. They have all the answers. Talk about opver simplify "cut taxes" is the way to Nirvana.

And I certainly do NOT believe, nor asserted, it was "Tyrone's and Julio's" mortgages that caused the economic meltdown.

my apologies if that quip was in repsonse to your post, i should have clarified.... i have heard (first hand in person as well as from "the media") plenty of people say that the housing crisis and subsequent economic collapse was caused/mostly the fault of "giving mortgages" to "minorities." my bad for implying that YOU said that or believe that. but it's been asserted.

Typical know everything conservative. They have all the answers. Talk about opver simplify "cut taxes" is the way to Nirvana.

1. Did I assert that cutting taxes is the way to Nirvana?

2. Did I assert that I know everything?

3. Did I make sweeping general statements about complex financial relationships?

4. Did I make generic assumptions about large groups of people with points of view different then mine?

Did you do any of the above?

I would put you on ignore, but I find your semi-informed, over simplifications morbidly fascinating.