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The Conservative Cowboy

Note: Originally published on July 30th, 2009 at Brushfire Sparks.

The government incurs costs when a high a percentage of the population does not speak English.  Many government forms now have to be offered in two different languages.  The cost of printing as well as the amount of inventory on hand increases when you have to have two different types of the same form.  This is one of the reasons many companies and government services are turning to the internet.  Having a separate site in another language is much cheaper than having hard copy forms.   The offices also need to staff employees that speak multiple languages.  If the Government does not cater to these individuals then they are facing litigation against them which is also very expensive.  

All of these items would be very simply solved if the Government mandated English as the official language of the United States.  That would not take away the right to speak a native language in the home simply require that English be fluently spoken by all individuals.  This would create a situation that would make it much easier to interact within our culture, on a business as well as a personal level.  

Businesses must also conform when an immigrant does not assimilate into a culture.  As a business the most important aspect is customer base.  If the business is in an area that is predominantly immigrants that speak a certain language or have different values they must conform to the population.  This is not always a bad thing; this adaptation promotes the diversity that is so important in this country.  The problem arises when they are forced to conform so much that they alienate the rest of the population.  Businesses should be able to mix the wants and needs of the immigrant population with the current population.  This mix of goods and services allows the culture as a whole to grow.  This assimilation was a very important part of our history.  

Looking back in time when immigrants would come over to start a new life in America they were forced to assimilate because the businesses and the society as a whole would not allow for anything different.  Not only did society force them to assimilate but the immigrants themselves wanted to assimilate.  They realized that they left their country of origin to become American, not Italian American or Mexican American or Japanese American, simply American.  America provided these people with opportunities that they could never encounter in their old country.  With those opportunities came the responsibility to blend in to the current culture, and with that blending create a newer American Culture.  Fast forward to the present and the immigrant’s ideals have changed.  Instead of the immigrant conforming to the current system today’s immigrant wants the system to conform to their needs.  They want all of the opportunity without any of the responsibility.  

Stay tuned for part 3 next week where we are going to talk about the greatest proof that there is a lack of assimilation in this country. 

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The Conservative Cowboy

Note: Previously published at Brushfire Sparks on July 23rd, 2009.

The United States of America has been since its inception a mix of many different types of people from many different countries.  This mix early on has helped shape the American culture into what it is today.  This country has a culture that took different pieces of many different cultures and blended them together into our current culture.  What is happening today, however, is a shift in that mentality; where a person’s origin culture is taking precedent over the American culture.  This shift from a melting pot mentality is evident in many ways, evident in the many languages in the market place, evident in the many different businesses that cater to specific ethnicities, and evident in the laws that pertain only to protected classes.  This is an issue that has many up in arms on both sides of the line.  Is it unfair for Americans to expect immigrants to assimilate into our culture?  

The very simple answer to the question above is absolutely not; an immigrant should be required to assimilate into the host countries culture, at least in the common places where interaction takes place.  By no means should anyone tell immigrants what to do inside their home, but while out in society a person should want to blend in to their surroundings.  In essence an immigrant that does not assimilate is further distancing themselves for the society in which they live.  This causes a need for the laws that are in place to prevent discrimination, a need for bilingual signs, and different business practices.  There is a common misconception that an immigrant that assimilates loses their own culture.  What in fact really happens is the blending of two cultures.

The first big issue facing this country dealing with the assimilation of immigrants is a language barrier.  In this country we have many immigrants right now from Mexico.  These immigrants are so great in number and so highly concentrated to certain areas that they do not need to interact with anyone that speaks a different language.  This causes the immigrant to not see a need in learning how to speak the common language of the culture, because they have basically transplanted their entire culture to another area of the world.  This fact alone causes an alienation of that group of people; they cannot interact with other groups to learn new things.  Society cannot grow because it is segmented.  According to the 2000 census there are over 21 million people in this country right now over the age of five that do not speak English very well.  That number is up from 6.6 million in 1990 that means that the amount of people that do not speak English in this country is rising at a rate of 1.44 million per year.  If the rate continues in next year’s census there would be over 35 million people in this country that do not speak English.

This language issue is much bigger than many people think; first of all there is the alienation factor that was brought up previously.  What this language barrier also causes are lost jobs for the people that currently live in this country.  Personally I have seen many job listings that have as a requirement that you must be bilingual to even apply.  That has a very direct relationship to the people that currently live in this culture.  People perhaps have a job that previously could be performed by someone that could only speak English.  Now that job interacts with more people that do not speak English and thus that person has two options.  The company has to train the current employee on the new language.  Or the company fires this individual and hires a new employee that can speak both languages.  Both of these options cost the company resources.  This is all necessary because immigrants do not want to assimilate. 

This issue is far too complex for just one blog so think of this installment as part one.

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Ram Rants

Well, Barry and his socialist buds have managed to take a big step toward the destruction of this country.  If you were under the impression that this was the end of the effort, you are sadly mistaken.  There are many, many, many other items on the list that these arrogant American aristocrats want to enact to ensure that their destruction of this nation is complete.  They know their time is limited, so they will do everything they can to act quickly and get as much done as is possible before we can stop them.  

Here’s a quick list, a bit of a reminder of things to come.

Cap and Trade - Yes, there is now significant evidence that the idea of man-made global warming (or cooling, or whatever) is nothing more than a hoax.  That fact will not stop Harry, Barry, and Nancy from enacting this tax scheme in the name of saving the planet.  The reason is simple; this is not about saving the planet.  It is really nothing more than a power and money grab, much like the Obamacare plan.  And the Stimulus package.  And TARP.  Wait, is there a pattern here? 

Immigration Reform - Much like healthcare reform, this is not really about reforming anything so much as replacing it completely with a plan that meets the needs of the socialist power base.  The intent is to pre-pay for votes, somewhere between 11 and 24 million, to shore up the Democrats and ensure continued re-election despite their continued attack on the legal citizens of this nation.  There is a process to enter this country legally.  No, it is not a slam dunk, but that is for a reason.  We don’t want to let the murderers, rapists, thieves, etc. enter our country in an effort to escape prosecution for their crimes.  The purpose of the liberal immigration reform is to take every criminal already in this nation illegally and turn them in to citizens over night.  They would bypass all of the screening.  They would replace all that with amnesty, magically granting citizenship to millions of new Democrat voters.  By the way, they will immediately become eligible for Obamacare that day, having never paid into the system.  Neat, huh?

Card Check - So what if Arlen Spector said he would not support it?  It makes no difference now, as he will vote his new party line.  Card Check is not about money and power for Democrat politicians.  Well, not directly.  It is a little about payback for the unions who gave $400 million to Democrats in the last election cycle.  Those of you concerned about the influence of lobbyists on politics today need look no further than the SEIU and Democrats.  The unions (Big Labor) fund the majority of Democrat candidates.  Card Check creates an avenue for automatic union expansion.  That means more union dues.  That means more money in union coffers and that means more money for donations to Democrat parties.  Don’t forget that this little gem has been named the “Employee Free Choice Act”.  There is nothing in it about choice, and it most certainly will not be free.  When Barry gets Card Check, he will have created a brand new funnel for cash into the election accounts of every Democrat in Congress.

Tax Increases - Not that we haven’t already had several, but Barry will need to fund all of these other efforts.  The exploding deficit will be the reason for the tax increase.  We will be asked to ignore the fact that the exploding government is the reason for the exploding deficit.  It will be for the children, for the families, for the workers (sound familiar?).  We will need to act quickly to resolve the debt crisis.  The tax increase will be a moral obligation to ensure the less fortunate have everything that the rest of us have.  That will of course include the millions more illegals streaming across the border to get all the free goodies.

The first three items will happen in no particular order.  The big tax increase will take place at two points.  The first will be the lapse of the Bush tax cuts, which will happen this year.  The second will happen once Obama has managed to push through (or “deem” passed) at least two of his other key agenda items.  That will create the crisis that will make the tax increase necessary.  What will happen if we push back?  He will begin to threaten all of the entitlements.  He will say we will have to make cuts in the military.  He will make a list of the terrible things that will happen if we don’t fund all of his precious programs.  The only way to fund them?  Increase your taxes.  Yes, yours too.   

If you look back through this list you will see one common thread.  None of these items is about strengthening America.  None of these programs will improve our economy.  None of them will bring jobs, create growth, or improve our way of life.  Every one of them is designed to shore up the power base that Democrats so desperately crave.  These programs are about “change”.  They are about making this great nation into the socialist state that Barry and his ilk have dreamed of all their lives.  It will ensure the perpetual power of the ruling party, and that would be the Democrats.  Next up, the downfall of liberty.     

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The Conservative Cowboy

Now to the biggest issue about immigrants that now refuse to assimilate into the American culture and that is the simple fact that many refuse to become citizens of this country.  By living permanently in a host country without becoming a citizen is the ultimate lack of assimilation.  The immigrant is in turn refusing to denounce the citizenship of their country of origin and become a citizen of the current country.  Now many countries allow for a dual citizenship, but that would lead to a lack of nationalism that is so important in the current international marketplace.  Nationalism is important when there are international companies in the marketplace because that drives synergy in the workplace.  

An international company could have offices all around the world with many different cultures in each office, with a sense of nationalism everyone feels as though they bring something important to the table.  There is a pride in one’s country and a feeling that they can help make the company as a whole successful.  Please do not confuse nationalism with a close minded view of the other cultures and nations around the world.  With this nationalism there must be an open minded embrace of diversity as well.  But having a pride in ones country produces the kind of competition that creates innovation, and that innovation today is on a worldwide scale.  Nationalism, however, cannot be achieved unless immigrants assimilate to the point of fully embracing their new country.

By becoming a citizen of their new country an immigrant sends a message to the host countries current resident that they are willing to join the new country fully.  It sends a message that they are willing to abide by the laws of the host country as they are written, not force the host country to change their laws to accommodate the immigrant.  Becoming a citizen creates a feeling of unity between the immigrant and the other residents of the host country, a unity that will allow compromise between the different cultures and a blending of those cultures. Neither culture is better than the other culture when there are shared values and beliefs.  Even if the only shared value between the cultures is the fact that everyone is a citizen of this country.  

Here in America we have shifted our beliefs from a melting pot mentality to that of a tossed salad.  Meaning that we do not need to blend our cultures together but cling to our original nationality.  The arguments for this shift are discrimination and ethnic pride.  In reality we are perpetuation discrimination by not blending together and actually separating us from our other fellow Americans.  Ethnic pride can be felt just as easily when we melt together because that is something that no one can take away from an individual.  America must go back to a melting pot mentality in order to embrace our diversity and help our culture grow.  Assimilation is the key to that melting pot mentality.  Immigrant assimilation is the solution to many of the social problems that we face in this country because it would bring back the unity, pride and nationalism that this country has been missing for quite some time.  It would also prove to the current residents of this country that the immigrants hold the same sense of pride in America, a belief that we can all share.     

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The government incurs costs when a high a percentage of the population does not speak English.  Many government forms now have to be offered in two different languages.  The cost of printing as well as the amount of inventory on hand increases when you have to have two different types of the same form.  This is one of the reasons many companies and government services are turning to the internet.  Having a separate site in another language is much cheaper than having hard copy forms.   The offices also need to staff employees that speak multiple languages.  If the Government does not cater to these individuals then they are facing litigation against them which is also very expensive.  

All of these items would be very simply solved if the Government mandated English as the official language of the United States.  That would not take away the right to speak a native language in the home simply require that English be fluently spoken by all individuals.  This would create a situation that would make it much easier to interact within our culture, on a business as well as a personal level.  

Businesses must also conform when an immigrant does not assimilate into a culture.  As a business the most important aspect is customer base.  If the business is in an area that is predominantly immigrants that speak a certain language or have different values they must conform to the population.  This is not always a bad thing; this adaptation promotes the diversity that is so important in this country.  The problem arises when they are forced to conform so much that they alienate the rest of the population.  Businesses should be able to mix the wants and needs of the immigrant population with the current population.  This mix of goods and services allows the culture as a whole to grow.  This assimilation was a very important part of our history.  

Looking back in time when immigrants would come over to start a new life in America they were forced to assimilate because the businesses and the society as a whole would not allow for anything different.  Not only did society force them to assimilate but the immigrants themselves wanted to assimilate.  They realized that they left their country of origin to become American, not Italian American or Mexican American or Japanese American, simply American.  America provided these people with opportunities that they could never encounter in their old country.  With those opportunities came the responsibility to blend in to the current culture, and with that blending create a newer American Culture.  Fast forward to the present and the immigrant’s ideals have changed.  Instead of the immigrant conforming to the current system today’s immigrant wants the system to conform to their needs.  They want all of the opportunity without any of the responsibility.  

Stay tuned for part 3 next week where we are going to talk about the greatest proof that there is a lack of assimilation in this country. 

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