"For the cost of resettling 1 refugee in U.S., we can assist 10 in their home country" - common sense!

When they're killed in a couple of months in their home country they cost nothing

Coach wrote:

When they're killed in a couple of months in their home country they cost nothing

Not our problem.

flufffpole wrote:

Coach wrote:

When they're killed in a couple of months in their home country they cost nothing

Not our problem.

Nice Christian attitude you got there.

T. Bow wrote:

flufffpole wrote:

Not our problem.

Nice Christian attitude you got there.

Still not our problem. We can't be on the hook for 7 billion other people outside of our own country. We'll be bankrupt before we even got through 0.1% of those people.

flufffpole wrote:

Coach wrote:

When they're killed in a couple of months in their home country they cost nothing

Not our problem.

well said

john utah wrote:

flufffpole wrote:

Not our problem.

well said

"Give me your tired and your poor" remember that?

Coach wrote:

john utah wrote:

well said

"Give me your tired and your poor" remember that?

No. Is it in the Constitution or something?

Coach wrote:

john utah wrote:

well said

"Give me your tired and your poor" remember that?

They can stay at your house, hypocrite.

T. Bow wrote:

flufffpole wrote:

Not our problem.

Nice Christian attitude you got there.

Glad you like it. I'm not Christian.

flufffpole wrote:

T. Bow wrote:

Nice Christian attitude you got there.

Glad you like it. I'm not Christian.

Obviously. Youre clearly just a dick.

Common cents wrote:

flufffpole wrote:

Glad you like it. I'm not Christian.

Obviously. Youre clearly just a dick.

Boo hoo. Also not his problem.

T. Bow wrote:

flufffpole wrote:

Not our problem.

Nice Christian attitude you got there.

Unfortunately that is a Christian attitude. Care about myself and no one else.

Ethics Police wrote:

Unfortunately that is a Christian attitude. Care about myself and no one else.

How many refugees are you housing?

great values wrote:

Ethics Police wrote:

Unfortunately that is a Christian attitude. Care about myself and no one else.

How many refugees are you housing?

what if i used that argument to justify defunding the fire department? are you putting out any fires? if not, why should you be allowed to advocate for its existence?

nope wrote:

great values wrote:

How many refugees are you housing?

what if i used that argument to justify defunding the fire department? are you putting out any fires? if not, why should you be allowed to advocate for its existence?

So, zero

Their home country is not in the United States so they can leave regardless

nope wrote:

great values wrote:

How many refugees are you housing?

what if i used that argument to justify defunding the fire department? are you putting out any fires? if not, why should you be allowed to advocate for its existence?

Because the fire department has tangible benefits.

John Utah wrote:

Coach wrote:

"Give me your tired and your poor" remember that?

They can stay at your house, hypocrite.

Hypocrite?

different perspective wrote:

T. Bow wrote:

Nice Christian attitude you got there.

Still not our problem. We can't be on the hook for 7 billion other people outside of our own country. We'll be bankrupt before we even got through 0.1% of those people.

Actually, if we were to cut our healthcare costs in half by going to single payer (this is about the cost of healthcare for the best system of any country, half what we currently pay, for far better than we currently have), we could afford to support much more than .1% of the population of the world at the average american's salary. The numbers would work out to about .4% of the population of the world.

Realistically, if we spent about 1/4 of the average american's salary on each person we helped, we could then help about 1.6% of the world.

So no, we wouldnt go bankrupt before we event reached .1% of the world. Imagine if we did help 1.6% of the world each year. Pretty soon those first people you helped would actually be contributing to their economy and would be in a position to help others within their region. It could be a massive impact on the world.

Im not saying we have a moral obligation to do this, im instead saying we have a fiscal obligation to ourselves to do this. Our economy will grow much faster as this reduces tensions around the world and promotes increased peacetime between wars. It will especially reduce theze never ending wars that arent winnable and suck money out of our economy.