Posted on 12/28/2011 7:32:31 PM PST by Steelfish
ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IS RIGHT ON THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES December 28, 2011
In the upcoming presidential election, two issues are more important than any others: repealing Obamacare and halting illegal immigration. If we fail at either one, the country will be changed permanently.
Taxes can be raised and lowered. Regulations can be removed (though they rarely are). Attorneys general and Cabinet members can be fired. Laws can be repealed. Even Supreme Court justices eventually die.
But capitulate on illegal immigration, and the entire country will have the electorate of California. There will be no turning back.
Similarly, if Obamacare isn't repealed in the next few years, it never will be.
America will begin its ineluctable descent into becoming a worthless Western European country, with rotten health care, no money for defense and ever-increasing federal taxes to support the nanny state.
So let's consider which of the Republican candidates are most likely to succeed at these objectives.
In order to allow Democrats to indignantly denounce Republicans who said Obamacare would add to the deficit, the bill was structured so that no goodies get paid out immediately.
That way, when the Congressional Budget Office was asked to determine if Obamacare was "revenue neutral" over its first 10 years, government accountants were looking at a bill that collected taxes for 10 years, but only distributed treats in the later years.
Starting at year 11, those accountants will be in for a big surprise when the government starts paying out Obamacare benefits without interruption.
Because of this accounting fraud, Obamacare can still be repealed. But as soon as all Americans have been thrown off their employer-provided insurance plans and are forced to start depending on the government for health care, Republicans will never be able to repeal it.
(Excerpt) Read more at anncoulter.com ...
Perry supports the DREAM Act and has opposed e-verify as governor of Texas.
Gingrich actively opposed efforts to enforce the country's immigration laws and making e-verify mandatory as speaker and under his comprehensive immigration reform plan (establishing roots, going to church and neighborhood boards - manned by liberals) virtually every illegal alien would qualify for amnesty,
Romney said: “I don’t think I’ve ever hired an illegal in my life.”
“Yes you have. That lawn care company, remember?” Romney 2
“How was I supposed to know that?” Romney
“Good point.” Romney 2
“But you passed your own version of Romneycare in Massachusetts, didn’t you?” Romney 3
“I don’t recall ever doing that.” Romney 4
“You’re right.” Romney 3
“I’m tired. I think I’ll go lie down.” Romney 5
“No. You’re rarin’ to go!” Romney 6
“Don’t tell me how I feel.” Romney 5
“You know what? You’re right again.” Romney 6
(”Yawn.” Romneys 1 through 6.)
“Ann Coulter sure is a swell kid.” Romney 7
“That Bachmann gal, too.” Romney 8
“You got that right!” Romney 7
“I certainly do.” Romney 8
“Let’s all go see a movie, whaddya say?” Romney
“Righty rootie!” Romneys 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8.
“I have to iron my underpants.” Romney 6
“Darn it. Double darn it. Hurry up.” Romney
“You’re not my boss.” Romney 6
“I believe I am.” Romney
“Now let’s talk about the conservative vote.” Romney
“Let’s not!” Romneys 2-8
Pretty much across the board, our side’s chatterers are just HORRIBLE on the matter of who to nominate. It’s bad enough you get mealy-mouthed abstentions from the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity (professing a sanctimonious belief in the process, as if!), but then comes Ann with her inane collection of liberal bobbleheads...
Do none of these people remember how we got Reagan?
There are exceptions but they weren’t real vocal. Tammy Bruce, Mark Levin and Michelle Malkin all basically said they outright wanted Sarah Palin, and of course she was the only conservative with a chance in hell of getting the nomination—but too many of our own people drove her out right from jump street, either refusing to defend her or outright attacking her.
So now we’re just stuck again 4 years after the McCain fiasco with yet more RINO garbage to pick through—with no thanks due to our pundits.
After Romney is nominated and gets clobbered by Odumbo maybe Ann will STFU when it comes to electoral politics. Amazing that so otherwise bright a person could be such a nitwit.
Fair enough. I agree.
Honestly, I don't know anybody who enjoys Coulter’s moronic interviews, or buys her crappy books. A conservative pundit she is not.
Has she moved in with Peggy Nooner??
Happy New Year
In the struggle between the absolutes of Good and Evil, how does Good “compromise” or “have a nuanced response” to Evil? I'm ready for your answer, Ann.
Coulter is right about illegal immigration and too many Freepers won’t face that fact.
If it doesn’t currently bother them it soon will. Soon all of America will be like California if it’s not stopped. They will change their minds when the house next door has 20 day laborers in it and 10 ladder trucks in their lawn, when their kids are stuck in spanish-only escuelas and MS-13 gangs rule the neighborhoods. But by then it will be too late.
If illegal immigration is not stopped, in 30 years there will only two political parties - the Democrats and La Partidad de la Raza when the hispanics realize that they are the majority and don’t need the democrats.
Oh yes she is wrong. Newt wants an explicit biometric system to verify. Newt wants a tamper proof verification system and it is doable and right.
The solution to this problem is a well-regulated, robust guest worker program.
There is no possibility that the federal government could run such a program without massive fraud and counterfeiting. On the other hand, American Express’s rate of fraud is less than one tenth of one percent.
We can build on the universal system of biometric, tamper-proof visa documents that all visitors must have, and invite a private-sector firm with a proven track record to monitor the guest worker program.
For guest workers, the new tamper-proof, biometric cards will replace the e-verify system, which has some promising elements, but is too error-prone. Employers will be able to swipe prospective employees biometric cards, and immediately be able to confirm that these workers are in the country legally.
Once a legal guest worker system has been built with real-time, 24/7 verification, there will be no excuse for employers hiring people illegally. At that point the economic penalty on illegal employers should go up substantially.
The new guest worker program should be designed using the proven principles oand it should be easy, convenient, inexpensive and practical for both workers and employers.
Looks like a he/she with her big adams apple and man neck. She is a shrill shill for Romney. The hag is in the bag
Rick Santorum?
Gingrich wants a biometric tamper proof verification on illegals. Newt is right on this and his proposals are the only ones that are doable.. BTW...who do YOU support.
Newt’s solution; The solution to this problem is a well-regulated, robust guest worker program.
There is no possibility that the federal government could run such a program without massive fraud and counterfeiting. On the other hand, American Express’s rate of fraud is less than one tenth of one percent.
We can build on the universal system of biometric, tamper-proof visa documents that all visitors must have, and invite a private-sector firm with a proven track record to monitor the guest worker program.
For guest workers, the new tamper-proof, biometric cards will replace the e-verify system, which has some promising elements, but is too error-prone. Employers will be able to swipe prospective employees biometric cards, and immediately be able to confirm that these workers are in the country legally.
Once a legal guest worker system has been built with real-time, 24/7 verification, there will be no excuse for employers hiring people illegally. At that point the economic penalty on illegal employers should go up substantially.
The new guest worker program should be designed using the proven principles oand it should be easy, convenient, inexpensive and practical for both workers and employers.
In this thread, all heap abuse on Ann, and none refute a jot of what she wrote.
Is avoiding Amnesty not crucial?
Where have the FR favorite candidates been stronger on the issue than the Romney?
Amnesty Gingrich? No wall Perry? No E-Verify Santorum? None have.
FReepers are a lot more concerned about keeping a Mormon out of the White House, than 20 million 90% Dem illegals out of the voting booth.
The Republic will recover from the former, but not the latter.
Have noticed your incessant posts against Gingrich. Just WHO do you support?
The latest data show 22.1 million immigrants holding jobs in the U.S. with an estimated 8 million being illegal aliens. By increasing the supply of labor between 1980 and 2000, immigration reduced the average annual earnings of native-born men by an estimated $1,700 or roughly 4 percent. Among natives without a high school education, who roughly correspond to the poorest tenth of the workforce, the estimated impact was even larger, reducing their wages by 7.4 percent. The reduction in earnings occurs regardless of whether the immigrants are legal or illegal, permanent or temporary. It is the presence of additional workers that reduces wages, not their legal status.
The Bureau of Labor statistics for November 2011 show a national unemployment rate of 8.6 percent, including 15.5 percent for blacks and 11.4 percent for Hispanics. 25 million Americans are seeking full-time employment.
Despite the economic downturn, the U.S. continues to bring in 125,000 new, legal foreign workers a month. This includes new permanent residents (Green Cards) and long-term temporary visas and others who are authorized to take a job. This makes no sense.
The idea that American Express could run a guest worker program is lunacy. There are national security issues involved. Who does the background checks? Where would the guest workers be processed? Who would do the interviews?
For guest workers, the new tamper-proof, biometric cards will replace the e-verify system, which has some promising elements, but is too error-prone. Employers will be able to swipe prospective employees biometric cards, and immediately be able to confirm that these workers are in the country legally.
First, there is more to control than whether someone is here legally to work. Any real guest worker program requires sponsorship from an employer and limitations on where they can work and for how long. We know from worldwide experience that guest workers don't go home without some very draconian controls like they have in Saudi Arabia and Singapore.
What happens when these guest workers want to get married to American citizens or have children here? Will the guest workers be able to bring their wives and children? When, where, and how will the biometric guest worker cards be issued? Will there be limits as to the number of these cards issued annually?
What happens to the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens already here? Will they be allowed to stay and get guest worker cards, especially the 8 million who hold jobs? Will they be able to bring their families? What's to stop employers from hiring illegal aliens, just like they are doing now? There are already penalities under existing law. How substantial would you make the penalties?
Do you know how e-verify works? What errors are you referring to re e-verify?
Do we really need more guest worker programs beyond the many we already have? Will employers be required to pay minimum wage and adhere to all US employment laws? How will the guest worker program affect legal immigration? How will they affect the employment and wages of American citizens and legal permanent residents?
The U.S. adds one international migrant (net) every 36 seconds. Immigrants account for one in 8 U.S. residents, the highest level in more than 90 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest it has been in our history. And by 2050, one in 5 residents of the U.S. will be foreign-born.
Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in a net immigration of 1.25 million. Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 203 million to 310 million, i.e., over 100 million. In the next 40 years, the population will increase by 130 million to 440 million. Three-quarters of the increase in our population since 1970 and the projected increase will be the result of immigration. The U.S., the world’s third most populous nation, has the highest annual rate of population growth of any developed country in the world, i.e., 0.977 percent (2010 estimate), principally due to immigration.
We have 50 million visitors every year. 40% of the illegal aliens came here legally and overstayed their visas. We have never fully implemented the US-VISIT program to track and deport visa overstays. We can't even administer and enforce our existing immigration laws yet we seem to believe that we can have biometric work visa cards run by American Express. The question is who will oversee and enforce these guest worker programs,e.g., check places of business, determine where the workers are, deport violators, etc.?
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