Thursday, January 8, 2009

Not From Here, Part 2

So my travels frequently take me through the 5 boroughs of New York. Today I was in Queens as I got off the BQE at 69th Street something was different. You see when you get off that exit along both sides of the street are swarms of migrant workers. Usually standing in groups of 10-15 trying to get your attention to pick them up for work. Today though they were in a nice neat line that stretched for a whole block and turned the corner of 37th Ave. I figured great someone finally got around to organizing this blight. But alas as I crossed over 37th Ave. and looked they were standing in line for a mobile soup kitchen. Seriously these people cannot even walk to a soup kitchen to eat, they have to have it brought to them. Actually think about it, what a great concept be a piece of shit do nothing loser in your home country but you are starving so come to America get free food, free health care and free education for the little American kids you make here but still can't speak a word of English. Is America ever going to wake up to this problem? I am not saying to shoot people trying to cross the border and hang the bodies on the fence as a warning. I am not, not saying that either. But for God's Sake can we please do a better job of enforcing the laws we have on the books.

Now this is not just a Queens problem because in my own neighborhood here there was a hospital closing because it could not pay the bills. A for profit hospital as apposed to a not-for-profit hospital which I believe is called a charity. You see here in northern New Jersey we have had an influx of South/Central Americans because no one around here can cut there own fucking grass or clean their own fucking houses. Well these uninsured illegal immigrants went to the hospital for any and all ailments and child birth but couldn't pay for it so when the hospital continued to provide services for free eventually they went bankrupt and now there is no hospital anymore. These days there are signs everywhere to "Re-Open the Hospital" and "People Before Profits," Hey assholes it does not work that way No profit No hospital. One college business class and you would have known that. The purpose of a business ANY business is to maximize shareholder wealth. Day one class one Finance 101 any college. Yes there are County hospitals these people should go to but don't. But you and I wind up paying for those too. So as usual in America the working man get fucked by the government, which is of course it's main function. So hate the player (illegal immigrants) or the Game (government)? When is enough going to be enough of entitlements in this country; especially those that are not even citizens.

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