I didn't miss the point. My point is that yes these conditions are inhumane but we have our own problems here in this country- we have our own homeless and disenfranchised to worry about. I think its wrong that our citizens go without (many living in worse conditions than the photos in this article) while people are throwing their hands in the air talking about how we treat people who for all intents and purposes are CRIMINALS. They are not from here, they do not provide tax money or services to carry their weight & they got here illegally yet we're supposed to take our hard earned tax money to take care of them? Tax money that is better spent on educating our children or feeding our own homeless people.
I'm all for being a humanitarian. But only when the people here at home are taken care of first. What does it say about us when we feed criminals before our own children?
You're right we have plenty of resources and greed is what makes this so difficult - but its a matter of logic. In an airplane, you put your oxygen mask on before you help anyone else with theirs.
It's kind of funny. The people who created the inhumane conditions for these CRIMINALS, as you put it, are also the people largely responsible for our homeless and disenfranchised. They're the ones who insist that our national debt will KILL US IN OUR SLEEP and therefore we can't possibly afford to fix these problems. But they're also the ones who will spare no expense and make our debt grow in the name of PROTECTING OUR BORDERS in the name of terrorism and furriner's takin' our jerbs while turning a blind eye to home-grown terrorism (unless the home-grown terrorist follows a different religion).
The truth is that we can address multiple issues at once: homelessness, disenfranchisement, illegal migrants and inhumane treatment of prisoners. There is no reason why we should be treating anyone this way, except that it makes some people tingle to think that they can abuse the ones they don't like and claim a veneer of legality in the process.
We ought to be feeding our children and criminals alike. If our excuse, as the richest nation on the planet, is that it's too expensive then it suggests strongly that our priority lies more with profit motives than human empathy.
You are still missing the point. You keep referring to a lack of resources. We have plenty of resources to treat criminals humanely...and to feed homeless people at the same time. Once again, how we treat others defines who we are.
What does it say about us when we feed criminals before our own children?
It says that our politicians and businesspeople have a serious lack of perspective. But, it has nothing whatsoever to do with a lack of resources. We produce more food, more money and more goods that any other country on the planet, by a long shot. Yes, even more than China. By a long shot.
I didn't miss the point. My point is that yes these conditions are inhumane but we have our own problems here in this country- we have our own homeless and disenfranchised to worry about. I think its wrong that our citizens go without (many living in worse conditions than the photos in this article) while people are throwing their hands in the air talking about how we treat people who for all intents and purposes are CRIMINALS. They are not from here, they do not provide tax money or services to carry their weight & they got here illegally yet we're supposed to take our hard earned tax money to take care of them? Tax money that is better spent on educating our children or feeding our own homeless people.
I'm all for being a humanitarian. But only when the people here at home are taken care of first. What does it say about us when we feed criminals before our own children?
You're right we have plenty of resources and greed is what makes this so difficult - but its a matter of logic. In an airplane, you put your oxygen mask on before you help anyone else with theirs.
It's kind of funny. The people who created the inhumane conditions for these CRIMINALS, as you put it, are also the people largely responsible for our homeless and disenfranchised. They're the ones who insist that our national debt will KILL US IN OUR SLEEP and therefore we can't possibly afford to fix these problems. But they're also the ones who will spare no expense and make our debt grow in the name of PROTECTING OUR BORDERS in the name of terrorism and furriner's takin' our jerbs while turning a blind eye to home-grown terrorism (unless the home-grown terrorist follows a different religion).
The truth is that we can address multiple issues at once: homelessness, disenfranchisement, illegal migrants and inhumane treatment of prisoners. There is no reason why we should be treating anyone this way, except that it makes some people tingle to think that they can abuse the ones they don't like and claim a veneer of legality in the process.
We ought to be feeding our children and criminals alike. If our excuse, as the richest nation on the planet, is that it's too expensive then it suggests strongly that our priority lies more with profit motives than human empathy.
You are still missing the point. You keep referring to a lack of resources. We have plenty of resources to treat criminals humanely...and to feed homeless people at the same time. Once again, how we treat others defines who we are.
It says that our politicians and businesspeople have a serious lack of perspective. But, it has nothing whatsoever to do with a lack of resources. We produce more food, more money and more goods that any other country on the planet, by a long shot. Yes, even more than China. By a long shot.