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Originally Posted by FightThisPatent
i have traveled outside the US, and I do know that people want to come to the US... because we have opportunities here, the ability to choose what you want to do.
I hear people bitching about americans lazy this, america government that, but they are still here because they do have opportunities, and more freedoms to choose to do things.
You have a greater chance of opening up a pizza shop as in immigrant and make a good living than in a person's home country.
Why else are green card lotteries in demand? Why do people want to immigrate here? because we do have freedoms,choices , and opportunities that aren't as prevalent in their homeland..
BUT, we do have issues.. we do have some laws that are slanted.. we don't have a perfect system and we are not a perfect society....you can't pick and choose the good from the bad.
Fight the no vacancies!
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you are comparing the third world to the first world. just because pakistanis or ethiopians want to move here "for a better life and opportunity" doesn't mean the US is somehow a leader in freedom and opportunity. in fact, the USA ranks very poorly by almost any standard from quality of living, to education to infant mortality or any other measurement used to rate countries.
not only that, you position assumes that people aren't also trying to immigrate to all first
world countries for the same reasons. so anyone could be asking the same rhetorical questions as to why people risk their lives to immigrate to european countries or australia or new zealand or anywhere else.