America is a Values Producer - Most Countries Are Values Destroyers

I got this in the email from a friend. I thought I'd answer it. Here's the email (followed by my answer).

IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.
IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.
IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET SHOT.
IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.
IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO A POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.

IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET: A JOB, A DRIVERS LICENSE, A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, CREDIT CARDS, SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE, FREE EDUCATION, FREE HEALTH CARE, A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON AND IN MANY INSTANCES YOU CAN VOTE! WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?>

My answer: I'd say the picture is of desperate people fleeing from persecution, hunger, torture and death. That Americans are a freedom loving, values producing and benevolent people and have always welcomed the downtrodden. If you count you'll realize that most countries around the world have governments that destroy freedom and the capacity of people to seek values to promote their lives--this always results in wars, deaths, famines and misery.

Yes people come to America to find freedom - they do not go to Cuba, Russia or China because what they are looking for is exceptional and unprecedented in the history of mankind - a country whose government leaves the people alone to get on with their lives as they see fit. This is why we must protect the values and ideas of our Founding Fathers who knew and understood the history of mass slaughter of people throughout the ages were caused by the elite or ruling class or government. They explicitly stated that America was to have a LIMITED government - But this is not what we have today or for the past 100 years as we are more and more moving toward statism (government control of our lives - in other words socialism). It's time for a movement to return to our founding roots - LIMITED GOVERNMENT.