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Old 10-06-2007, 02:50 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Great article....

I Tend to disagree with some of the legal practices on Immigration myself. Just to make sure we are on the same page - I LOVE my Country & none of this should be construed otherwise, I simply have personal issues with a few minor practices within the governing parties.

About 5 blocks from my house is a Mini-Mart owned by a family of Indian Migrants from India. They went through all the proper processes & received citizenship in America 100% legally.

Now heres where my personal conflict comes into play - While I think Omar (The store Owner) & his family are Great people, I find that the way they got into business was a little disturbing.

Because of their nationality The U.S. Government Granted them a Small Business Grant (A Grant never has to be paid back, just so you know) along with Tax Exemption status for 2 years (Meaning they don't have to pay any sales taxes on their business for that amount of time).

Their 3 children received Free Educational Grants so they can all go to collage, also due to their nationality.

The thing that troubles me the most is the concept of a Minority in my own country. A Minority is basically any Non-Caucasian Human being Male or Female - an added kicker is that the Caucasian female is also listed as a minority. Once you subtract all that from the equation it leaves only one - the Caucasian Male -

There are Free grants for ALL minority groups / Classifications - Yet the Caucasian Male has None (Unless of course they qualify through a % of native heritage).

I suppose I have to ask the question I have been leading up to know...

Shouldn't an Immigrant Have to work just as hard as a Born & Raised national in order to start a business & go to college - Or is it truly ethical to ONLY make the Born & Raised Nationals Pay while the Immigrants get a free ride & special favors?

Again, I Love My country, This is just an area I find questionable. What are your thoughts?
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