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If you're a North Carolinian, don't forget to vote! And Indiana people, too, but I don't think any of my readers live in Indiana. (What do you call a person from Indiana? Indianans? Indianians? Indianites? I should ask my brothers because they all attended college in Indiana. Once I referred to people from Charlotte as Charlottans, pronounced like charlatans. I thought it was pretty funny, but Casey just matter-of-factly informed me they are Charlotteans. Ok, update: with a quick google search I found instances of both Indianans and Indianians, with Indianians seeming to be more correct.)
As I was doing my research for the primary tomorrow, I found a candidate for US Congress who was able to articulate my own ideas on immigration reform. Illegal immigration is a very complicated issue that can't be reduced to bullet points like "tighten the boarders" and "enforce the laws." It's a delicate cycle of supply and demand and we are all part of the cycle. Everyone's upset about the increasing gas prices - how will we react when our food and construction prices skyrocket if we shut out the foundational workers who make those things affordable/cheap. On the other hand, it's not right for people to be exploited with low wages and often poor working conditions. This candidate expresses the issue so well, and I often feel so clumsy when I'm expressing my own opinions on hot topics, especially when I seem to be on the opposite side of the fence from the most vocal critics, so I thought I'd include a link and let it speak for me. Unfortunately, I don't think he's the front runner in the race, but I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
