Root of the Issue

Maybe it is because it is an election year, but it seems to me that the root of most political constipation on any issue is hate. It is much easier for people to hate then it is to address a problem or to admit that things are a little bit more complicated then just black and white. It is much easier to label a person who disagrees with you as despised then it is to admit to yourself that your feelings are one of many, and your feelings alone are not sole justification for any political stance.

Instead of stepping back and taking a deep look at an issue, people in general look at their emotion. They do not see the issue, or problem, or situation. Most people can only see how they feel. YOUR having feelings does not solve or better any sort of predicament. Do we need to stop hiring lawyers as politicians and instead start looking for well spoken engineers?

The root of the immigration dilemma is that no one wants to sit down, pick it apart, diagnose the problems, and then solve them practically. Complaints do not create solutions, only background noise. Until we look at immigration reform as broken equipment we will never be able to piece it together into a functioning machine.

The first step towards any large assembly and repair is to lay out all of your parts in plain sight. Anyone who has ever assembled anything knows spare parts = missed and lessened performance.

It is easy to misinterpret the importance of a part when it is separated from the final project. It is hard to look at any single aspect and recognize how it leads to overall function without getting a clear look at the final product. The directions to law in this country are simple. They do not hide themselves within the bar exam, nor do they take a PHD to read. The instructions we need to interpret immigration reform lay here : http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

The Constitution of the United States of America.