Mayor Peduto Wants The Syrian Refugees To Come To Pittsburgh (Penn: minimum wage, living)

[Goinback2011]

Originally Posted by UKyank

Hopefully U.S. authorities are better at vetting refugees then were the European authorities

They don't have any papers. The source of 'intelligence' will be the refugees themselves.

Are you a terrorist? Why no, Mr. Vetter.

[Goinback2011]

My question is, where are they going to be living?

Public housing?

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by Goinback2011

My question is, where are they going to be living?

Public housing?

A friend of mine in Seattle slept in his friend's car the night of the attacks in Paris so a stranded French family could sleep in his apartment. THAT level of selflessness is something ALL Americans should emulate.

When did we become so selfish? And, yes, this is coming from the same dude who complains that Buick drivers won't get out of his way on the Parkway East.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Goinback2011

My question is, where are they going to be living?

Public housing?

Probably work for the city and live wherever they choose.

[Goinback2011]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

A friend of mine in Seattle slept in his friend's car the night of the attacks in Paris so a stranded French family could sleep in his apartment. THAT level of selflessness is something ALL Americans should emulate.

When did we become so selfish? And, yes, this is coming from the same dude who complains that Buick drivers won't get out of his way on the Parkway East.

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[eschaton]

Could people please stop presuming we're accepting a bunch of illiterate goat herders here. Around a quarter of the Syrian population are college graduates. There are signs that the percentage of refugees coming out of middle-class educated households is even higher, ranging from a third to over half depending upon the country. This makes a lot of sense, because you need money to pay smugglers to bring you out of Syria, and poor families there can barely afford food, let alone pay their way out of the country.

The bottom line is the Syrian refugees are just the sort of people that the U.S. needs. This is doubly true in a city like Pittsburgh, which still has all-to many distressed neighborhoods with a declining population that a new ethnic community could provide a shot in the arm to.

[Der Schwabe]

Originally Posted by UKyank

Whatever it is it didn't work out too well for the Parisians

That's just a strange statement to make. I guess macabre jokes are still in vogue.

[Goinback2011]

Originally Posted by eschaton

Could people please stop presuming we're accepting a bunch of illiterate goat herders here. Around a quarter of the Syrian population are college graduates. There are signs that the percentage of refugees coming out of middle-class educated households is even higher, ranging from a third to over half depending upon the country. This makes a lot of sense, because you need money to pay smugglers to bring you out of Syria, and poor families there can barely afford food, let alone pay their way out of the country.

The bottom line is the Syrian refugees are just the sort of people that the U.S. needs. This is doubly true in a city like Pittsburgh, which still has all-to many distressed neighborhoods with a declining population that a new ethnic community could provide a shot in the arm to.

You have no idea if the Syrians coming to Pittsburgh are educated or not.

[ny789987]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

We're not in a life-or-death situation here.

Yes, we are. Like it or not, ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda are actively at war with us. They have affirmatively declared that the Paris attacks were just a prelude of what is to come. They have openly admitted to and bragged about using the refugee crisis as a way to sneak foreign fighters into western nations in order to engage in jihad.

Look, everyone feels for the refugees, but the primary responsibility of public officials like Peduto should be for the safety and well being of those that already live here. Also, why is it assumed that the only way to help people is to allow them to move into your house? Do you invite every homeless person or stray cat to move into your house with you?

[UKyank]

Originally Posted by Der Schwabe

That's just a strange statement to make. I guess macabre jokes are still in vogue.

It wasn't a joke at all

Unless one can prove to me that we are 100% sure that any refugee allowed here is not & never will be a radical islamacist then it's not worth risking the lives of a single Pennsylvanian in my opinion. Parisians were compassionate in allowing refugees into their fine city & im sure if you asked the families of those killed they would have a different opinion now of that compassion