They are accused of taking American jobs. But they only reason employers hire them is because they don’t get in trouble for paying them far far below minimum wage and the workers don’t complain about poor working conditions. Illegal immigrants are rarely paid enough to eat well, let alone get a decent place to live or buy health insurance.

People say that illegal immigrants don’t pay taxes, so why should they get health insurance. How can they pay taxes? Despite the long long hours they work, they usually don’t make enough to have to pay taxes.

Fixing this system should be a priority. But until then, taking care of these exploited people who pick our food and clean our businesses cannot be compared to giving away something for free. We should be ashamed of how we’ve treated illegal immigrants.

And if you’re going to pull the Jesus card, I think there is a good analogy there. Imagine if Christ had simply given away salvation at no cost. Don’t drop everything and follow me, don’t change the way you live, because I’ll die for you and there is no cost. How well would that have worked out? It would have been terrible. The same logic follows here. People need to learn to provide for themselves, and the worst thing we can possibly do for the sick and poor is give them free stuff without consequence.

Again, since some people can’t differentiate between charity and government freebies, let me put in this disclaimer. I have no problem with private charities because they are accountable, something the government is not.

I would say that taking care of the sick and poor is the right thing to do.

Each time I go to a wedding I appreciate the ceremony more and I feel sentimental thinking of our day and how fun and exciting it actually was. You really are in another place the day of your wedding and it’s all very overwhelming (emotionally and physically) so it’s nice to be called back to reflect every so often.