1. What any individual does in terms of having children or not is their choice. Full Stop.
2. We agree on the importance of children. This country needs to commit to feed, educate, care and support every child , no exceptions.
It’s basic math, economics and morality, that the healthier and better educated every child in this country is the more positive their impact on the economy and more importantly, on society and future generations
3. Which leads to the question of hate.
Maybe I’m wrong , but if one of those children is born to an illegal immigrant, my understanding is that you do not want to help them and you want to deport them ?
IMO that is not what a civilized society does. That is hateful.
4. Does that mean I believe our current approach to immigration is the right one? No I don’t.
This country needs immigrants, our birth rate is declining (yes I see the irony) but we play ridiculous, political games to determine who we allow or don’t.
Using Asylum as the foundation for entry makes it harder to keep the criminals out
There are communities and businesses across the country that want and need immigrants to relocate there and fill open jobs and start businesses, or just to grow the community so it can survive and thrive. We need to make it easy for them to welcome immigrants
Our current system makes that far more difficult than it could be.
5. Using the term “elites” is divisive. No matter who uses it.
It’s one more example of generalizing and trying to set people against each other.
I speak for one person. Me.
In the interests of time I will respond with two points:
1. No society can succeed where the constant message from our elites leaders is do whatever the hell you want and don’t worry about children. Children are simply the most important thing in the whole world and the foundation of civilization and all human flourishing.
2. Could you be more specific with your crass (and, I think you would acknowledge, unprovoked) smear on point 5? The issue/work with which I’m arguably most associated, stopping human smuggling and trafficking, is quite literally about saving human lives.