In his Talking Points segment tonight, Bill O’Reilly tossed aside Judeo-Christian tenets and announced we just can’t afford to feed and care for the 50,000 immigrant children who have overwhelmed U.S. border resources. Kirsten Powers pushed back magnificently. “There was no ‘but’ in the Bible,” she said. And “I never heard you say we can’t afford to invade Iraq.”
O’Reilly didn’t come right out and say he thinks the kids should starve, go without medical and other attention but he painted them as representing “all the world’s poor” and suggested that if we treat them with Judeo-Christian kindness, we’ll be subjected to "all the world’s poor" streaming into the U.S. and draining his poor, over-taxed multi-million dollar coffers.
Accepting people fleeing chaotic governments is how America came of age. And compassion for the downtrodden is a hallmark of Judeo-Christian philosophy. But the harsh reality is we cannot support all the world’s poor. It’s impossible. And since the Obama administration cannot control the southern border, the U.S.A. is now facing a crisis.
…Look, most of these kids and their parents can’t speak English, have little education and few skills. How are they going to compete in our competitive marketplace here? How?
To O’Reilly, these kids are just not worth it. He continued:
The answer is, they’re not gonna compete. And it will take decades for most of them to be self-sufficient. So we are creating an underclass of people totally dependent on American taxpayers who are already under siege from every direction.
The immigration crisis could very well damage the entire infrastructure of America. There’s no question about it. Now, because I just laid that all out for you? I’m going to be attacked by the left. I’m going to be called all kinds of names. …But I’m telling you the truth.
In our Judeo-Christian tradition, we are compelled to help the poor. We are. But we cannot destroy the fabric of the nation granting refugee status to everyone who wants it. There are simply too many in this world who are oppressed.
Check out Powers’ terrific response!