Some Will Stay.....Some Will Go

The chief highlight of German news yesterday....was this roughly ten-minute video of Chancellor Merkel at some youth-to-Chancellor meeting, and this Palestinian gal (14 years old I would judge by viewing the video)....got into an emotional moment with Merkel over her families problem.  They've been in Germany for roughly four years on a temp-visa deal and it's about to run out.  Dad can't get an extension.  The young girl has been in German school.....found a liking for Germany and desperately wants to stay.

For any politician.....especially an American one.....it'd be a harsh reality moment and they'd screw it up.  Wouldn't matter if it was Bush or Obama, or any of a dozen-odd Senators.....they'd just plain screw it up.

What Merkel does is a logical professor-like chat, and she basically says that everyone wants to immigrate into Germany, and it's just not possible.  Some will stay.....some will go.

Naturally, that peeved off a bunch of the pro-immigration folks and they say she was awful hard on this poor, poor, poor teenage immigrant girl.  I've watched the various angles to this via the German media and grasp the games being played out.

I'm not a German, a journalist, or a rocket scientist.....but I can generally view the bigger picture of what is going on with Germany and the immigration topic.

Here is the blunt truth.  There are around two hundred million people (minimum), who are in a harsh or an economically unpleasant environment.  They know it because they can watch videos of other places and talk to people who've actually left the 'homeland'.  These people on any given minute would like to leave, and make their way to some fantasy land that they've heard about.

If you opened up borders, offered the transportation deals at a reasonable cost.....Europe would be viewed by at least a hundred million people entering as their region of choice.  The US and Canada would probably get the other hundred million.

Oddly, most of these potential immigrants aren't interested in Sweden or Norway.....that's icy and snowy.  They aren't interested in Greece or Portugal because of economic issues.  Spain and Italy rarely make it on their list. So the bulk of these people want either France or Germany.

Could Germany handle thirty-odd million immigrants?  Even if you spaced them out over twenty years?  No.

When some idiot stands up and voices negative comments over Chancellor Merkel and her statement....some will stay and some will go.....well...it's a bogus argument from the far left. They want to charm some naive members of society and convince them of the wonderful opportunities in Germany.  There are such opportunities....sadly, you can't have twenty or thirty million people show up in Germany over a year and think the same opportunities would continue to exist.  Germany itself.....would cease to exist.

The sad part about this video-clip is that it will generate at least a dozen public TV (state-run TV) public forums.  They will spend at least ten hours over the next week.....chatting about this Merkel comment.....the some will stay and some will go statement.....and reality.  The bulk of German society (my humble guess of fifty percent or more).....believe Merkel is right about this.  Around a quarter of the population will have no real opinion.....they are worried about more pressing issues, the upcoming soccer season, their companies profit margin, and the cost of raising two kids.  Some folks will stress that Germany needs to take in lots of immigrants, but they will never say the number that they mean.  It'll be a clever way of pushing an agenda but not being truthful about the agenda.

My suggestion for the Germans?  Start hyping up negativity.  Germany is not a pleasant place.  Too many old castles.  Wild music and festive occasions out of control.  Too much in taxes.  Too harsh of a vehicle inspection standard.  Too many criminals.  Too many robberies.  Too many potholes.  Too many women hanging around street corners with their boobs exposed.  Too many poor people.  Shortages of schnitzel and beer reported daily.  Car accidents occurring on a fantastic pace.  People falling off cruise boats on the Rhein. Strikes paralyzing airports and train stations. People buying marginal bio food at local grocery operations.  Wolves dragging little kids and old retired guys off into the woods because they are starving.  Yeah....make up every negative story possible and just hype them up with the foreign public.  Make Germany sound miserable.  That'll convince people to look elsewhere....like Poland or Russia.

Like I said....I'm not a German, a politician, or a rocket scientist.