Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Why I am against immigration
Couple of things
1. Economic migrants behave as if the folks left back in India are the 'poor things'. They attribute their immigration to being 'superior'. I would argue, if they had the guts, they should earn the equivalent PPP in India.
2. Leaving the country for merely the convenience of not paying taxes is the lowest form of entitlement mindset. (every country in the world - of course the middle-east excepted) pay taxes.
3. It is absolutely important that economic migrants take up the values of the host country. Working in US and not expecting your son/daughter to date is regressive at best, criminal at worst.
Living in the US and not supporting a US-world view is bordering on betrayal. If you have left India for economic reasons, please accept the cultural/values compromise that comes with it as well. One cannot compartmentalize - I am only an economic migrant and I covet the US passport but my values will be "Indian". This is the absolute worst form of hypocrisy.
Group membership view of Michael Sandler.
1. Economic migrants behave as if the folks left back in India are the 'poor things'. They attribute their immigration to being 'superior'. I would argue, if they had the guts, they should earn the equivalent PPP in India.
2. Leaving the country for merely the convenience of not paying taxes is the lowest form of entitlement mindset. (every country in the world - of course the middle-east excepted) pay taxes.
3. It is absolutely important that economic migrants take up the values of the host country. Working in US and not expecting your son/daughter to date is regressive at best, criminal at worst.
Living in the US and not supporting a US-world view is bordering on betrayal. If you have left India for economic reasons, please accept the cultural/values compromise that comes with it as well. One cannot compartmentalize - I am only an economic migrant and I covet the US passport but my values will be "Indian". This is the absolute worst form of hypocrisy.
Group membership view of Michael Sandler.
