re: #133 Ojoe

Rand Paul’s proposal contravenes one of the most fundamental, and currently overlooked provisions of the US Constitution, namely its prohibition of titles of nobility; because to deny citizenship to anybody born here will create a hereditary class accruing unmerited advantages by accident of birth: those whose parents were citizens at some arbitrary point in time. Such would be nobility again rearing its ugly head. In fact the proposal smacks of that ugliness already.

I can hardly think of a more fundamental attack on what this country is all about.

I disagree. I place a very high value on my citizenship. My birthright was paid for by generations of sacrifice by my family and by my own willingness to volunteer in service. Giving something that precious away to someone who isn’t here legally is wrong. If they want to be citizens, and I don’t blame them, then there is a process and a price to pay.