by Marvin J Ramirez
Marvin Ramirez
What can I say about 2007 vs. 2008?
The year 2007 left, without a doubt, left pain and uncertainty to many of us Latinos.
The Hispanic community received heavy punching like never before. Entire Latino families in many cities were devastated, as ICE (Immigration and Citizenship Enforcement) indiscriminately conducted raids, terrorizing and arresting thousands who lacked proper documentation to live and work in the U.S. to support their families. And it happened despite that most of those deported were honest and hardworking people. Thousands of children and spouses were painfully separated.
This wave of terror against undocumented people will probably continue in the year 2008, while the country is in shambles – regardless of what the biased, owned-by-a few media shows in its controlled networks that things are panacea or not so bad, “that the worse has passed.” The fraud committed against North Americans, regardless of their ethnic background, by the banks, in all this sub-prime lending, and artificially inflated real estate, will be felt even worse for years to come.
“Just over half of all Hispanic adults in the U.S. worry that they, a family member or a close friend could be deported,” a new nationwide survey of Latinos by the Pew Hispanic Center has found. Nearly two-thirds say the failure of Congress to enact an immigration reform bill has made life more difficult for Latinos.
Some are returning to their country of origin, as life is becoming more difficult in the U.S, for many, not just for undocumented immigrants but for permanent residents and U.S. citizens as well.
Low salaries and overwhelming taxes every way we turn, just don’t let people succeed, turning them into commercial chattels or slaves.
The fiat dollar is in decadence worldwide, losing its value day by day, making those who save their ‘blessed’ fiat dollar (not backed by gold or silver) see their saving disappear slowly , thanks to the banks-created inflation. You see, if people were paid in solid, backed by gold dollars, there wouldn’t be inflation or lost of your money you earned with blood and sweat.
The year 2008 could be much more promising if you start buying – not jewelry – but 24k gold or silver as saving. Because, there won’t be an announcement about it. When the fi nancial crash hits the economy, it will be right at your doorsteps: knocking at your do. Your salary or savings won’t buy you the essentials to live, because the dollar won’t have value, or the value you expected.
All I can say is that we should start thinking about the land that we upon a time left in search of better opportunities. Perhaps, just as we have enriched and continue enriching this nation with our hard work and brains, we could, in the same way, help develop our motherlands and make them greater so never to have to migrate. Happy New Year to all of you!
