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Hey all, over on the Strang FBC site, I have asked folks to post on what Christ is doing in their lives this Easter season. Feel free to leave your comments there, too.

It’s an Easter classic, and Jeane and I decided to make it this year. And, believe me, I know Easter is not about bunnies, but what other kind of Easter cake could you make that you would feel comfortable slicing into? Think about it.

Anyway, you Strangers will see this Sunday, but for the rest of you, I introduce, the Bunny Cake 2006:

This is what happens when you punt. You know, when politicians don’t want to deal with a problem as it’s developing, so they kick it down the road for someone to take care of later. Clinton did it with Bin Laden. We are currently doing it with Social Security. And we did it with immigration. And now, the proverbial chickens have come home to roost.

Illegal aliens are good for the economy, they said. Illegal aliens only take the jobs Americans are too lazy don’t want to do, they said. Illegal aliens aren’t here to hurt anyone, they just want to work for a decent wage, they said. They said, they said, they said! Looks like cheap labor was the 20th Century’s Trojan horse. It was a beautiful and enticing gift, and it got our combatants inside the walls of the city.

So, now we are stuck in a situation with estimates of huge numbers of illegal aliens (I refuse to use the term immigrants) in our society, some of whom are no doubt performing needed services. They are, however, still illegal. The huge influx of illegals has shifted the supply curve of labor, thus keeping wages low. If there were not so many illegals willing to work cheap (and wouldn’t we all be able to work cheaper if we were not paying taxes) employers would be forced to increase the wages of currently low-paying jobs to entice us snotty American types to do the work. It’s supply and demand. But, when you shift the supply curve, it affects demand, and it is a self-sustaining situation.

So what do we do? We have huge crowds, consisting of legal folks and illegals, rioting in our streets, excercising the rights of Americans. And I believe the rights secured to all Americans in our founding documents are God-given, applying to all men and women. However, the guarantee of one’s rights is citizenship. If Mexico (or any other country) is so bad that illegals cannot stay there and live a life of meaning and earn a living, they should do something about it. And if you want to eventually come to America, you can apply like everyone else. Force your own government to e more democratic. Here’s an idea: march in the streets of Mexico City and demand your rights at home! But do not come here and march in the streets paved by the effort of American patriots demanding exception from the law. America is about equality under the law, not exclusion from it.

I can guarantee you this: all these riots have done to average folks out here in the red states is tick us off and make us solidly unsympathetic to the plight of the illegal alien. I will not support amnesty, even when we play semantic games and say it’s not amnesty. I will work to defeat any politician who supports amnesty.

And, as much as I admire some of Mr. Bush’s leadership, this is one area where he has been AWOL. The President is the chief law enforcement agent in these United States. He swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution against all enamies, foreign and domestic. They are no less our enemies, in that they threaten the American way of life and social fabric, than are armed militants (not to mention that any terrorist with an ounce of ingenuity has or will sneak across our Southern border) (maybe with returning Spring Breakers). And I am sorry to say that the Bush administration has done a horrible job enforcing our borders. This must change, and it could very well be a huge factor in the next presidential race.

In the meantime, the situation must be managed. Here’s a start: National Guard at illegal alien rallies. Verify citizenship before persons are allowed to exercise their rights in America. If they are not legal, send them to where they can rightfully exercise their rights. Make their own countries deal with them and clean up the messes left behind. Arrest some folks for interfering with commerce and transportation. And if I hear one more person crying on the radio that we evil Republicans must not criminalize illegal aliens, I may puke. You’re already a criminal, hence the whole illegal alien moniker.

Oh, and we need to Amend the Constitution, not to change it, but to clarify it. All persons born in the United States are citizens, even if their mothers illegally cross the border, get five inches inside the U.S. and give birth. We should amend the Constitution to state that children born to mothers who are in the U.S. illegally are not citizens. That would remove a lot of the attraction to get across the Rio Grande and have a baby.

One other huge thing we could do is pass the Fair Tax. If we were to replace the current, immoral Federal Income Tax with the Fair Tax (federal retail sales tax), we would also remove a lot of the reason employers choose to employ illegals. Under the Fair Tax, there is no federal withholding from paychecks, no records to keep, no Social Security tax, no reason to try and cheat the system. Additionally, since federal taxes are collected on items when they are sold (only new items, including houses and cars) folks who are currently avoiding income tax (illegal aliens, hookers, drug dealers, low-life folsk who deal in cash only) have no choice but to support the federal government everytime they make a purchase, whether that be a pimped out Caddy, gold teeth, new stripper clothes, or frijoles. It makes everyone a participant. It is, in a word, fair.

It’s not the perfect solution, but it is a start, and we must start. I do know this: if we do not do something definitive now, and I do mean now, we have merely punted and things will only get worse. The worse it gets, the harder it will be to clean up.

Hat Tip: No Blog of Significance for inspiring me to finally post re: this.