Confession. Have a long term off again, on again, relationship with a lady who is a flaming, left wing, liberal. What is the attraction? Well, she is female and I am male - enough said.
We recently had a heated conversation about illegal immigrants. She was gushing over how hard they work, how they are striving to better their lot in life, etc. with the implication those qualities are lacking in our countrymen.
So I related the saga of the “Tamale Queen”.
For several years, the Tamale Queen positioned herself near the entrance to our local post office with a cooler of “homemade” tamales soliciting sales from the postal patrons for a couple of hours each morning. This went on for around four years. Usually, she had one or more children with her. At the start, her clothing was “thrift store/yard sale” quality. Her POS vehicle was parked a block away. As time passed, her attire improved and her vehicle improved. The parking spot improved until she was parking her three year old vehicle in the handicapped space.
My lady friend’s response was, “what a wonderful story”. She was horrified when I told her the Tamale Queen is, and was, a parasite.
She was taking sales dollars from local businesses who were required to have food handler permits, business licenses, owned or leased a property, collected and paid taxes, were subject to health inspectors, and all the other expenses and regulations for being in business. She may have been a hard working parasite but a parasite none the less. I hold the position she, and her fellow illegal’s, are parasites.
So my lady friend I and will continue to disagree. I will continue to believe the combination of additional burdens on our social systems combined with the remittances sent out of country are major contributors to our economic woes.
My total scorn is reserved for my fellow citizens who exploit immigrants. Your mileage may differ.
1 comment:
Yep,'our' parasite is 'their' success story... sigh
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