Another cost of illegal immigration

I don't know why this thought never occurred to me before but maybe the reason is because it is so simple and plainly obvious.

I hear stories about the "best and brightest" of other countries coming here illegally to get an education and a better life and whatever other reason they come here.

Some newspaper articles point out that these people are future doctors and lawyers to make sure I don't think of them as unworthy (nice bit of attitude manipulation there!)

What just occurred to me is the undeniable fact that if these wonderful people stayed in their own country and worked that hard, they would be the best and brightest in their own country and they would raise their own country.

If illegals are willing to break our laws (and there is no argument that this is exactly what they are doing) and learn a new language and suffer the distance from family... wouldn't all of that energy be so much better spent in their own country to make it better from the inside?

Amazingly, by simply stating that smart people in other countries should stay there and try to work to improve their country, I am going to be seen by some people as the bad guy.

I Know How The Afterlife Works

Its very simple. "The afterlife", whatever that is, should be a fair and straightforward way to reward those who were good and punish those who were not.

I also believe that, once you are part of the afterlife, there should be opportunities for you to grow and learn and possibly even earn a better and better afterlife for yourself.

BUT, if you are not one of those who should be rewarded, and you are not one of those who grows, then your experience in the afterlife (it stands to reason), will be a very negative one.

But even that doesn't seem so straightforward, because if you deserve punishment, who hands it out? Does God? Seems unfair to make a kind and loving God punish anyone. So who do you give that job to, without putting someone fair and honest into the unenviable position of having to dish out punishment for those who deserve it. Sounds like a terrible job for a fair person or deity.

So here is my very simple afterlife equation.

The afterlife should be an opportunity for a person to drive themselves around as a passenger on an eternal road-trip.

That way, if you are a good and kind and understanding person, you will be taxiing around a good and kind and understanding person.

And if you are an asshole, you will be the chauffeur of an asshole.

More than that, if you are the type of person who complains about everything, you will hear nothing but complaints.

If you are a praise-giver, you will hear nothing but kind words of encouragement.

Following the plan literally, you will be your own passenger, driver, and back-seat driver. You will reward and punish yourself with your own spirit, soul, and demeanor.

You will spend an eternity treating yourself the way you treat others. Good for good, bad for bad, helpful and tolerant for peace and love... you get the picture.

And what if, after some eons of living with oneself, a spirit begins to grow toward the rewards and the fairness and love? Then your growth is immediate for you will instantly find yourself in the company of a spirit that is, likewise, better and nicer, and more lovely than before.

It has been said a million times "put yourself in someone else's shoes".

Maybe you ought to put yourself in your own shoes.

And don't wait until you are dead to do it.