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Originally Posted by Rochard
We are the dream.
People come to the United States because we are the dream. Nobody suddenly decides "I can make all of my economic dreams come true in Belgium". I've been to Belgium and it's very beautiful there, but it's not the dream hundreds of millions of people around the world.
We are a nation of immigrants - all of us can trace our family line to South America, Asia, Europe, or Africa.
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America is not the dream of many of us. Belgium is the dream of many people living in the Third World.
Just because it was good to attract people 400 to 60 years ago. Doesn't mean it's good now. However, are you willing to pay a lot more in taxes to support the extra people?