| �Guest Workers�
explained
� Author unknown. � Since hearing the plan for treating illegal immigrants as "guest" workers, I now have undergone a complete reversal in my understanding of the proper meaning of�words. I stupidly believed the definition of "guest" is one who is invited. Now I'm told this is no longer correct. For instance, if a burglar breaks into my home, he really becomes a guest who is only looking for a better life.�Because he broke in for that reason, I must accept the obligation to provide him with living quarters, health care, education, and�transportation. He has as much "right" to my house as I do, but I have to pay taxes he doesn't; because the government doesn't really know he is a "guest" in my house and I am not allowed to turn him in. He will get preferential treatment� because he is a "guest" in my house, yet I can not say anything against him. If�I do vocalize my feelings, I must attend "sensitivity" training, because I just don't understand how to accept my "guest "and his customs/religion/culture, etc. I am also required to learn his language so that we may communicate. It is not�necessary for him to learn mine because he is a "guest" in my house. I am not allowed to wave my flag, but he may fly or wave his flag anywhere he chooses, because he is my "guest." I am required to subsidize his family and provide for his family's needs. When I get paid, I must give a portion of it to him in the�form of welfare and food stamps so he can get his food and supplies free and at�reduced prices. Because any money he makes is all his, he can buy the luxuries for his family that I can not afford for my family, but I have to be OK with that, because he is now a resident in my house. I feel SO much better -- now that I understand! � |
