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Asylum seekers are not migrants. Migrants can be turned away with no moral fault. Asylum seekers, on the other hand, seek asylum from danger. Turning them away means leaving them exposed to that danger. If we do so, while we're doing more than fine financially, then that is a violation of basic morals and human decency.
While I agree with you, we also must recognize that there are limits to what can be done to help asylum seekers without breaking things and no longer being able to help anyone.
True, its really catch 22
True but what metrics are being used to determine this?
An asylum seeker should be equally happy about having a safe harbor in Germany or Portugal. They don't all need to go to the same country.
I did not argue against that. I am absolutely in favor of discussing which countries should chip in how much.
** Looks towards Eastern Europe.
How many asylum seakers have you offered to share your housing with?
What a stupid argument to make.
I don't have to let another person (asylum seeking or not) into my personal private space to argue for them to have humane conditions.
What do you even want to say?
I'm paying taxes. Why do I need to house them in my home in particular?
Because taxes go to pay for a lot of other things, particularly for its citizens
Alright? Increase taxes on those who have more money than they could ever spend and then help those who need a tiny fraction of that to fucking survive. I really don't see why you think there's no solutions here.
Are all of your countries other problems solved? Increasing taxes on the rich somehow always turns into increasing taxes for everyone else. If you can pull it off, more power to you
There is an easy solution for this: Tax property instead of income.
They do this already in addition to US Federal income tax. Florida, as one example, has no state income tax, but has tangible personal property tax, real property tax, and sales tax.
Is there a requirement that a person can only solve a problem if they personally have zero other problems in their life?
Citation needed. Good luck with that because the exact opposite result is the norm.
Oh look, the enlightened contrarian.
4 the past 5 years in my home. Two moms and two babies on two separate occasions. This of course doesn't include my donations and volunteering at centers.
I am not sure you are aware of this but a private home is not a country.
It must be nice to be able to financially afford a home, let alone one large enough to house others. Not to mention donations and free time to volunteer. Always nice to see people well off that are still grounded.
Holy moving goalposts batman!