What's wrong with Iowa? (Washington, Nevada: environment, agriculture, travel)

[emansfield]

I was thinking about a move to Iowa; drove through the state twice last summer and liked the scenery and towns.

But I'm learning that Iowa actually encourages the illegal invasion, and now Iowa is giving Huckabee a big surge. He is so pro-illegal, pro-mexico, pro-corporate/wal-mart, it is just unreal.

Now I'm questioning about whether to bother with Iowa.

Iowa is scary. And it appears to be full of silly libs and religious "Hucksters".

[El Rhino]

So now we encourage illegals to come here? Uhhh, ok. I didn't know that....



You have some posters saying Iowa is extremely racist/xenophobic. Now we have folks saying that Iowa encourages illegals.


Your post seems a little too knee-jerk to take seriously, Emansfield

[hardeez1]

Originally Posted by emansfield

I was thinking about a move to Iowa; drove through the state twice last summer and liked the scenery and towns.

But I'm learning that Iowa actually encourages the illegal invasion, and now Iowa is giving Huckabee a big surge. He is so pro-illegal, pro-mexico, pro-corporate/wal-mart, it is just unreal.

Now I'm questioning about whether to bother with Iowa.

Iowa is scary. And it appears to be full of silly libs and religious "Hucksters".

Hmmm if you say so. Lived here 20 years & I like it.

[Chicago60614]

what a stupid thread.....i like how you blanket 3 million people into two groups...

[Not Iowa]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

what a stupid thread.....i like how you blanket 3 million people into two groups...

Well, Chicagao, you blanket 30 million people into ONE group.

To the OP - there are illegals in every state. States that have more agriculture could draw more illegals, but in terms of numbers you will have to do some research. Further, just because the work environment may be 'suiting' doesn't mean the State is holding up turn here signs at the border.

Illegal "invasion"? Is there a bunker I should be building?

[floridasandy]

i guess that you are not in florida, as we certainly could use a bunker down here to protect us from the influx of illegal immigrants. go to the florida chat room and see if floridians are happier now that we have been inundated with cheap illegal labor. obviously, iowa is not experiencing any of that so they can afford to be magnanimous. how iowa votes will not impact the general election. super tuesday will be the deciding factor on the candidates for both parties.

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by Not Iowa

Well, Chicagao, you blanket 30 million people into ONE group.

To the OP - there are illegals in every state. States that have more agriculture could draw more illegals, but in terms of numbers you will have to do some research. Further, just because the work environment may be 'suiting' doesn't mean the State is holding up turn here signs at the border.

Illegal "invasion"? Is there a bunker I should be building?

30 million of who into one group? I was just commenting on the... "And it appears to be full of silly libs and religious "Hucksters"."

I'm definitely all for immigration, it's what makes our economy thrive. I do think we should "sign up" the illegals that are here though, if anything for the tax purposes, etc.

[Chicago60614]

Here's an intresting list......

fairus.org: Total Illegal Population Estimates for 50 states and DC, 2007

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Northeast 2,120,000
Connecticut 115,000
Delaware 20,000
District of Columbia 35,000
Maine 5,000
Maryland 150,000
Massachusetts 250,000
New Hampshire 15,000
New Jersey 490,000
New York 1,110,000
Pennsylvania 140,000
Rhode Island 35,000
Vermont 5,000

Midwest 1,615,000
Illinois 775,000
Indiana 110,000
Iowa 55,000
Kansas 90,000
Michigan 200,000
Minnesota 125,000
Nebraska 45,000
North Dakota 5,000
Ohio 115,000
South Dakota 5,000
Wisconsin 90,000

South 4,100,000
Alabama 55,000
Arkansas 50,000
Florida 810,000
Georgia 440,000
Kentucky 40,000
Louisiana 25,000
Mississippi 20,000
Missouri 65,000
North Carolina 385,000
Oklahoma 85,000
South Carolina 75,000
Tennessee 100,000
Texas 1,740,000
Virginia 205,000
West Virginia 5,000

West 4,965,000
Alaska 10,000
Arizona 475,000
California 3,470,000
Colorado 270,000
Hawaii 30,000
Idaho 35,000
Montana 5,000
Nevada 170,000
New Mexico 70,000
Oregon 170,000
Washington 255,000
Wyoming 5,000

[Steve_W]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

30 million of who into one group? I was just commenting on the... "And it appears to be full of silly libs and religious "Hucksters"."

I'm definitely all for immigration, it's what makes our economy thrive. I do think we should "sign up" the illegals that are here though, if anything for the tax purposes, etc.

I agree, we can't just round them up and deport them. That would create a humanitarian crisis on the Mexican Side of the border and an economic crises here the in the US. The tax revenues would be great also.

[Busch71]

If you value your gun rights the concealed-carry laws are a mess. Each of the sheriffs of the 99 counties sets the policy for issuing (or not issuing) concealed-carry permits. 99 counties, 99 sheriffs and 99 different sets of rules. It makes no sense because somebody could get a permit in their county and then travel to a county that does no issue permits and still be perfectly legal. They have more right to self-protection than the person that actually resides there.