Synergy

Maybe some "problems" only seem random or disconnected. Most of us would agree that the United States has the following "problems:" low wages, health insurance, not enough workers for certain jobs, recruiting difficulties for the military, huge budget deficits and national debt, future Social Security insolvency,and illegal immigration.

What if a political party proposed a package that included the following elements: increasing the minimum wage; a legal immigration program for those who learned English and volunteered for the Army; immigration quotas to provide workers for companies who agreed to pay minimum wage and provide health insurance and a retirement plan.

Which is the greater evil between requiring MacDonalds and Walmart to provide a living wage with benefits or having the taxpayers provide for their employees?

Why blame immigrants for the conditions and opportunities to which they respond? If their employers were required to provide a living wage instead of the taxpayers, wouldn't that be more reasonable?

If the package included some of these balancing components, surely controlling the borders would become more palatable for all of us.