January 03, 2004
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Former U.S. Consular Officer Is Flabbergasted by WSJ’s George Melloan
A Generous Cleveland Reader Makes A
Population Point.
From: A
Cleveland Reader
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Your website is
terrific and you have at least one admirer in Northeast
Ohio. We have not been affected to the same extent as
some other parts of the country by
the immigration crisis, but it is only a matter of
time before the problems that have already started to
crop up over the last fifteen years or so become
much worse.
Even now, for
example, a large portion of tax dollars are being spent
on
welfare, education and
health care for legal and illegal immigrants.
The new
mayor of Cleveland [Jane
Campbell,
mayorcampbell@city.cleveland.oh.us]
created a
population czar (my term) position
last year upon taking office.
The task of this
new highly compensated bureaucrat is to
reverse the population decline of the city in the
same way that places like
Chicago have over the past decade.
Of course neither
the mayor nor the press mentioned what the likely
approach for realizing this goal will be, namely the
drawing of more immigrants to the city. That this will
almost certainly increase the
burden on city services and worsen social problems
like
crime and
poverty is of no concern to them, they are always
looking for an
excuse to put a levy on the ballot.
The real purpose
for increasing the headcount, as it
was made clear, is to bring in more money from
Washington and
Columbus for the local hacks to steal and dole out
to their constituents and cronies. The long term
survival and prosperity of the city and region means
nothing to them.
Our situation is
merely a microcosm of what is happening at the national
level.
I don't think I
overstate matters by saying that your group and a few
others out there are the only hope our country has for
averting this national disaster.
I hope to
correspond with you again in the future and I will
certainly give you any relevant updates from my neck of
the woods.
Peter Brimelow writes:
Our
generous reader makes an excellent point: when
immigration enthusiasts claim that immigrants
“revitalize cities,” they don’t mean the Americans
in the city (who generally end up moving out) but
bureaucrats and commercial special interests—and
arguably some selected foreigners.
