One Comment on “Immigrants filling the void as residents flee N.J. by the tens of thousands (Interactive Map)”

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   Tom Stokes said at 8:42 am on March 29th, 2015:

   Joe – when the Irish and Italian immigrants came here, the “Know Nothings” were saying similar things. Same with the Eastern European Jewish immigration, as well as other diverse ethnic backgrounds. Anti-Catholic sentiment ran high at that time.

   Those immigration waves helped produce the strongest nation in the world, including those who helped build the first nuclear weapon to defeat Japan in World War II.

   Unfortunately, as a nation, too many current Americans would rather wallow in the government trough than work hard for a living, and given the current economic conditions, even finding a decent job has become rather difficult.

   Thanks to computerization, many jobs have been lost. For example, I worked for years in an insurance company, where we had raters and policy typists so that quotes and policies could be issued. All those people, a majority of them female, lost their jobs when computers began to do those calculations and ran programs written to issue policies. Data input personnel were needed, but at a mere fraction of the number previously employed.

   I can remember when I was in grammar school, in order to be able to go to the movies ($.35 for two movies, newsreel and cartoons, plus $.15 for either a bag of popcorn at the movies or one slice of pizza after) I shined shoes. Others delivered newspapers, cut grass, shoveled snow, had lemonade stands. That was the budding of entrepreneurial spirit. Where is that now?

   Yes, we must as a Nation enact and enforce responsible immigration laws so that those coming to our shores will respect our heritage as a true “melting pot” and not transform it into a poorly run third world country. (We are pretty close to that now!)

   Those who do come do need to learn English (as did Italian and other non-English speaking Europeans who came here years ago); but perhaps those seeking a better life for themselves and their families may also help restore the vibrancy of a once thriving Republic whose people did not shirk at hard work.

   Without “employers” there will be no “employees”. We must, as a Nation, have leadership to unleash the power of competition, not crush it with overbearing rules, regulations and taxes hampering the ability of employers to create better products and better jobs.

   Sorry for the rant, but we must not use the immigrants as the poster boy for all of our economic woes. That is laid soley at the feet of our politicians who think that we must have a “nanny” state; that is our biggest problem we face.