Fall Of The West Reason #49596877

Courtesy of Massachusetts, which leads the list in my Fall of the West posts (figuratively).

Soooo.

Now it's free tuition for illegal immigrants, huh?

Meanwhile, law-abiding Americans get the big screw up their asses, eh?

Amazing.

Breaking the law, is breaking the law, is breaking the law.

This is so incredibly wrong on so many levels it's depressing.

"Hampshire sociology professor Margaret Cerullo, who incidentally teaches a class called Occupy Wall Street: History, Theory, Practice, helped establish the scholarship.

Cerullo noted in a statement that the legal obstacles for illegal immigrants are a “social injustice,” and that, “Many of us who went to college in the post-World War II boom went on full scholarships. All financial aid was need-based. Increasingly that’s not true anymore…for a lot of us, access to higher education is a deep principle...”

THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW!

But what do you expect from a college that teaches Occupy Wall Street.

Jesus. Me.

In any event, change the law if it's a 'social injustice' which I don't think it is. America has similar laws to any country in the West.

You don't go around this by encouraging people to circumnavigate the law.

In her logic, it makes sense to offer free education to non-U.S. citizens at the expense of Americans.

Perverse take on 'social justice.'

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But this is something that's been going on since 2005.

And the people of Massachusetts seem to be alright with it because they keep voting in people who do this sort of stuff.

I really don't get it.

Here's the latest from NPR - and looks like not even liberal readers are happy about this either. They shouldn't.

I knew Governor Deval Patrick was liberal, but not crazy-liberal.

Beware of people who say it's a matter of "fairness." Whenever the government sets to make things fair, you can bet they make it unfair.

In this case, how do you square this with the citizenry?

I don't think people, pragmatically, would mind some sort of reasonable and mild assistance but I think it's acceptable to debate the decision.

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This from the state that paid for a prisoner's sex-change operation.

God help you, Massachusetts.

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The other thing I don't get is voter ID and the resistance it's getting.

In Canada, which is probably about as liberal as one can get (although I'm PROUD to say we're not as crazy and loony as California and Massachusetts (see, there IS a good side to voting Conservative - it keeps us sane and balanced. If you vote ONE side indefinitely you get the governance you deserve and in those states you have liberalism run amok in all its glorious goofiness), you MUST produce ID to vote.

It's only sane and pragmatic to do so.