Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Naturalization or emigration

Taxation is a necessary revenue generation function of a government by which they require all citizens under their protection to fiscally aid corporate efforts. Dictionary.com defines a tax as "a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc." (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tax). This would denote that the government is, indeed, rendering support or facilities or services. Somewhere in the definition, I think that all the semantic masterminds left out the word citizen, because it is only fair to tax citizens and provide support, facilities, or services to citizens. A citizen, by definition, is "a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien)" (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/citizen). Given that a citizen has an allegiance to its government and that said government requires a tax for the services provided, by definition, those who are not citizens should not receive the benefits of being a citizen because the government and these individuals have no allegiance to each other. One doesn't rush a fraternity only to say that he refuses to be initiated but still wants to receive the perks of being a brother. One doesn't say he believes that Jesus is the Christ, refuse to get baptised (which is a step of obedience), and expect everyone around him to believe that his faith has really changed his heart and his life. One does not show up to all the practices for a little league team, not pay the fee to play, and still expect to start the first game. In the same way, if one is not a citizen of a country, they have no rights to the amenities granted to citizens. To expect such would be to become the subject in the three aforementioned examples. To see immigrants protesting laws defending those who have rights protected by our Constitution and who were either born here or were naturalized disgusts me. I must turn my head and exhale so as not to regurgitate the delectable morsels my wife prepared for my dinner when I hear about aliens, who are not in the process of naturalization, who were born here by an alien who had no intention of being naturalized, or those who export the majority of the revenue they generate for themselves to their homeland, fighting for "their rights". Though you may be aiding our economy in some part by holding the crutch underneath the right arm of entrepreneurship in the small business sector, my suggestion to you would be to abide by the laws set forth in our country BEFORE YOU WERE BORN or emigrate. It really is your choice. If you'd like to settle here, naturalize yourself. Learn English. I'm not sure if you have somehow overlooked this fact, but American English is our official language. If you can't ask me where the restroom is without using "donde esta", then you don't deserve to receive welfare in any form from my government. If you can't ask me to hand you a hammer without calling it a "de hamer", you need to be working in your mother country.
The simple fact is that, if you would like to enjoy the benefits of citizenship in United State of America, you are going about being involved in our society in an unacceptable fashion. One doesn't fix a radiator by working on the air filter in an automobile, so why should one fight laws that are being passed to defend the age-old laws and native citizens who existed before you swam the Rio Grande, navigated the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, or rode down Niagra in a barrel? Learn from your ancestors. Nobody came to America to stay unless they had plans on becoming an American. If you are not naturalized, you are not an American. Theodore Roosevelt, one of the greatest presidents with whom we have been graced, said it best when he said that the immigrant ought to learn our language and our customs yet not forget whence they came. Do us a favor: move up to citizenship or move out of our country. We don't want you further diluting the society that the liberals are already attempting so hard to destroy.