More on the national debt issue. People don't seem to understand that US government spending is what is keeping the US economy propped up right now.
If we really wanted to cause a worldwide double-dip recession that dwarfs the debt crisis in Europe, we should just try to cut the US national debt. Doing so will mean the US economy will crash again, and the US being the big elephant that it is, will take everyone else down with it, again.
What you are saying holds true, for now. However, national debt and deficit is a huge long term problem, and something must be done about it as soon as the economy recovers. Unfortunately, I don't think either party has the will to do anything about it.
Even people don't seem to be worked up about it. Sure, teabaggers make some noise about cutting government spending, but so far I haven't seen a single proposal from the Tea Party as to where they will cut spending. And I suspect they want to cut somebody else's spending, they don't want to touch the programs that are dear to them.
Unless there is public outcry about balancing the budget, it won't get done. In 1992 Perot did a splendid job of making people aware of the dangers inherent in huge deficit, so politicians (in this case, Clinton) did something about it.
Sir J. Porter is another person who frankly doesn't know what he is talking about.
ANY State has the absolute authority to arrest anyone for violation of a Federal law, and to hand them over to the federal Government.
That is exactly what the law in Arizona would do.
So what is your point? Anybody, even I could arrest somebody if I think he is breaking the law and hand him over to the police, that means nothing.
The point is, it is up to the federal government to enforce immigration laws, and if Arizona arrests a Hispanic and hands him over to federal government, the federal government may simply choose to let him go free. Indeed, it would be interesting to see what happens if that indeed is the case, whether Arizona government won't take any subsequent action, or whether they will keep him in prison anyway on some trumped up charge.
Arizona is butting in where it doesn't belong, in immigration matters.