| Exactly. Just the other day, Obama proclaimed that 80% of US citizens want immigration reform. When it's worded that vaguely, sure, that's true ... the vast majority want that. But "reform" means different things to different people, and very often the opposite things. Worse, it's often mutually exclusive. In fact, "reform" to some people means ensuring we do not do the things that "reform" means to others. Consider ... does immigration reform mean? • keeping families together • amnesty • legal worker status • in-state college tuition for non-citizens • a fence, wall, drones, troops, sensors • stopping Mexican troops when they cross the border • dealing with cartels who vandalize billboards to threaten US officials (plato o plomo) • ... etc Many people want some of these things to happen, and want some of these things to not happen. Yet they all want "reform". The same is true for every "reform" of "broken" government. |