There was actually a book that just came out that asked this very question, "Are we Rome?" Bet we aren't. One of the main reasons we are not is that we still lead the world in ideas and ingenuity. You also have to look at the fact that taxes and the cost of living are so high that a;most everyone works, including what used to be the traditional housewife. We are the most productive country in the world and we do not seem to be slowing down
The one thing that I liked about the immigration bill is that it required English for citizenship. This is the start to accepting American culture. It looks like the cloture vote won't go through though. I was listening to Tammy Bruce this weekend and she was saying that while polls say the general population is quite dissatisfied with the Congress, when asked how Congress was handling the immigration bill 97% were dissatisfied. As she put it, can you get 97% of people to agree about anything? Food, Sex, anything? And they say Bush is the worst president, how about this being the worst Congress?
-Jeremy
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I wasn't saying that it's exactly like Rome, nor that our fate will be the same. We are simply acting with great naiveté if we allow people to come in and stay so long as they're doing work. There's a lot more to being an American than earning a living. American culture will be changed if we don't get a handle on illegal immigration. There will be a lot less financial freedom because we'll have to support their dependency to gov't run social programs, and a lot more crime.
By the way, do you really think that if they require English and all the other hoops that they'll enforce it. And if they enforce the requirements do you think that the illegals will come out of the shadows. I'm skeptical of both scenarios.
-Paul
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