I Love America--When the Economy is Good!

A couple of years ago illegal and legal immigrants marched the streets demanding that they have a right to stay in America--even if they broke the law. Signs read in Orlando, Miami, Chicago and New York, "Who are you calling illegal, Anglo?" "You stole America from my father!" and "I'll go back to Mexico, when you go back to Europe," and several other like slogans. Millions argued that they paid taxes, America was built on the backs of immigrants and that they love the United States of America.

Well, with the drop in construction, the purchase of homes and the overall bad state of the economy these "I love America" immigrants have made a fast dash back to their homes in Mexico, Brazil, Ghana, India and a host of other nations. It appears that they only love America when the economy is good. Thus, they love Uncle Sam when they can exploit his goodwill and generous attitude of giving to the "oppressed, downtrodden, and neglected."

According to the Census Bureau and the Brookings Institute less than a half million people immigrated to the United States last year. The number is down from 1.8 million of the previous year. In addition, of the 38 million immigrants counted last year almost 3 million packed their bags and headed back to the land of their birth. It seems that they found the strength, courage and the backbone to use their finely toned American skills to build the economy and governments of their homelands.

The real issue is that true Americans confront and challenge the issues that threatens to negate our way of life. We accept that the United States of America, for good or bad, is our homeland, government and destiny and that we will find ways to heal the wounds that are currently oozing with blood and puss. Real Americans are not running to our ancestral homelands in Europe and Africa--but rather are staying the course for change and opportunity.

Sadly, new age immigrants, the you owe me something America immigrant; don't have the strength and love for the existence and growth of our society and culture. Thus, after we fix the economic mess that is running through America like raw sewage; lets seriously overhaul our immigration policies. The one positive element of this economic collapse is that the United States will never again be the economic lottery for the world's population. Remember and I said it--"You only love America when the economy is good!"