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Originally Posted by detbuch
Why should the government be concerned about his having proper papers if he drifts into US airspace? It hasn't been very concerned about 11 million (or much more) aliens drifting into US landspace without proper papers.
What is "interesting" is the effort to go after this guy for exposing the depth of what most of us, and the terrorists, assume--that the government is spying on us, but the effort pales to go after and prevent those "undocumented" folks from residing here and having a far greater effect on our economy, government expenditure, health care and educational facilities, and even our security, than Snowden's little gambit.
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More than quite a few economists believe that the illegal immigrants who participate in the workforce have a net positive impact on the US economy. More growth with lower inflation...
To compare this with a single person breaking the law to expose what are known as lawful programs and doing some pretty serious harm to US interests doesn't make a lot of sense.
-spence
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