Imagine you are the host of a holiday party. Which “holiday” is not important and is certainly a subject for another blog. For your holiday party, you decide to invite 100 people. Since it is a friendly party in your home, you want it informal and ask each invitee to bring a bottle of wine and a snack of some sort.
As a good host, you go ahead and jumpstart your party with a few bottles of wine, some beer and sodas, as well as a few appetizers — knowing that a couple of people may “forget” to bring something.
Your guests begin to arrive early in the evening. Once you hit 100 people, you realize about 20 of them didn’t bring a beverage, a food item, or both. That is OK. It seems to be working out since 80 others did and you had “jumpstarted” the party.
However, now things take a different turn…
Another 25 people show up to the party. They didn’t actually get an invitation directly; they had just heard from someone you were having a party. Only a few actually bring anything. As the evening progresses, you see signs that you are running out of food and beverages. The 25 extra people who showed up have since called family members and friends and told them to come over to this great holiday party with free food and drinks. Alas, another 30 people show up; you are now out of food, out of beverages, and the party is over.
You really only have two choices to avoid such a scenario…
1. Don’t have a party. 2. Put security at the door and only allow those in with invites (or with food and beverages in hand).
America is certainly a melting pot, and I feel that we should continue to open our doors to those who wish to contribute and benefit (in that order) from everything this great country has to offer…but it should always be a two-way street. To be a part of this great country, you should contribute to its growth and prosperity.
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We need at BIG fence. Or, at the very least, make sure people have a reason for coming here and will contribute.
What if they had to do some community service their first two years in the country? Then we would get something out of it. They could also learn to speak English!
Speaking English is not a contribution nor should it be a requirement. Some of the hardest working people I ever worked with did not speak english. How about we all learn another language, since you make it sound so simple, and then we can point fingers. Anyone who has tried to learn another language knows how difficult it can be. I hate pressing the english button when I go to an ATM too, but, its a small sacrifice compared to what some people have made to try and make a better life for their family.
As far as the article, I think it spawns an interesting viewpoint and is a good analogy. I hate parties like that. Thats why soapy water ends up finding its way into a few beer bottles. That tends to keep the vultures away.