It is mostly the poor and underprivileged that serve our country.Can you give me NUMBERS of each ethnic group that makes up our national security?
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Ehtnicity and race are very low on the list of things noticed.  Ability to do the job required and attitude is more often noticed and commented on.  \n\nConsidering today's military is comprised of some of the best , brightest and most educated of our people, considering them to be poor and underprivildeged is an insult to each and every one of them.
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Look at the Bush's personal financial envolvement,"OIL".\n These regions need love and understanding of their cultures,and their ways.violence only grows.They are capable of fixing their problems themselves,without interferance from our region.
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Be more informed on the cultures and traditions of others.\nEducation. View programs about people with various ethnic backgrounds.  So far I've only seen them on PBS.Unfortunately I understand the Bush Administration is trying to cut funds to PBS.   Hopefully that will not be accomplished.
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Nope America is talking back to the government. New groups have been formed and the Government must face issue. And these groups are growing more everyday and uniting with each other. These groups are all nationalities and religions and race. They are showing their power as citizens . and it looks like they are winning-towns are taking action now to stop Illegal traffic
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While pondering  the plight of those 'poor souls' referred -to in the question, consider whether they are worthy of any more pity than any other poor souls waiting for legitimate entry into the USA. Also, while we are at it, maybe we should be taking a hard look at the wisdom of continuing with an immigation policy that dates from a time when our country needed more people.
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They are planning to seperate us, put fear into us, make us feel like they need to spy on us to protect us, but they are protecting themselves from us. We are the power not them.  We can beome forward thinkers and get our country on the right track with a few simple solutions that they dont want us to do because they are making way to much money to ever care about the poverty class, about the middle class, they only want the rich to be in power, they want you to believe that we cant do anything.
347198
A nation within a nation is a bad makeshift in the world.  It will encourage divisiveness that could destroy a country.
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It is a third world nation. The government is not even in charge. Get out more
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I'm considered as part of the "minority" group...but if and when minorities and people of color take over our government in a complete sense, it will be a living hell. These people have freedom and yet, they continue to live in the past. They have to shut up and let it go. Let's keep things the way they are. We are better off this way!
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The Heritage Foundation proves that Charlie Rangel is wrong:\n\n"The poor are enlisting at demonstrably lower rates since 9/11. Specifically, the percentage of recruits from the poorest one-fifth of American neighborhoods declined from 18% in 1999 to 13.7% in 2005. The reverse is true for recruits from the wealthiest one-fifth of neighborhoods. They are now overrepresented, accounting for 22.8% of all recruits." \n\n"Household Income of Recruits -- We found that recruits tend to come from mid­dle-class areas, with disproportionately fewer from low-income areas. Overall, the income dis­tribution of military enlistees is more similar to than different from the income distribution of the general population."
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It should be the citizens of this country.  Controlled immigration was workable so it allowed people in smaller numbers to assimilate and avoid what is happening nationwide now.  This is now a group that refuses to assimilate and figures their numbers will alter America forever.  A huge mistake.
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The answer is no.  This country is in bad shape.  Millions of people are considered at a poverty level, and here we are spending all the nations money on Iraq.  Bush is just trying to finish what his father started.  We need to focus on the American peoples well being before Iraq.  If he wants to worry about something he need to put the troops in Afganistan (or however it is spelled) where the real threat is.
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We can absorb plenty, Look at China and India they have a billion people each and are smaller than the USA in area ! we only have 300 million people we can take at least 700 million more Mexicans.
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We encompass all races, religions and nations. Therefor, most countries that say they hate us, hate themselves.
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Mexico has been and still is a very poor nation with a minority holding most of the wealth and many living in poverty.....wholla...that is why we have so many of their citizens trying to get into the US. \nI seriously doubt that they have the troops or money to send help to Iraq or would their wealthy want  to use the money to support such and action.
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You can't put America in such simple terms. We are a nation that is by definition a melding of cultures from around the globe. We are everyone. Good, bad, smart, stupid, rich, poor, black, white, and everything in between. There are awful people here and there are incredible ones as well. It is as hard to explain it as it would be to explain the nature of the people on the planet Earth.
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We are a Nation Under God, we was founded from it...\n\nIt is our of  respect of leader of our country before us, and the great Leader in heaven God..