Posted on 08/15/2015 8:57:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On Mark Levin's show on Friday he asked the question, "What is the process of the Republican primary process?"
My answer is to vet the candidates. That's why for the past six months I've been writing whatever I can get my hands on regarding what the candidates have said or done. Not gossip, not rumors, but their own actual words, their own actual votes.
Some readers haven't been happy with that, but I see my mission as to get the information out there and let you decide. Some voters may not care that Carly Fiorina effusively praised Islam right after 9/11, or sided with Speaker Boehner against Ted Cruz on the issue of cutting spending. Others may poo-poo Marco Rubio's support for Obamatrade, the Iran deal legislation, and amnesty, given how attractive he is on TV.
I've talked about Donald Trump's extensive history of leftism. I've written at length about Rand Paul's alliance with Mitch McConnell and his solicitation of donations from drug dealers and his desire to release criminals from jail and hide their criminal records. I tried exposing Ted Cruz's inconsistencies, but it's really difficult to find any; the best I've been able to find is that he voted wrong on the Iran treaty legislation. Some of you note that I write less frequently about Jeb Bush and that's true, because not much needs to be written. He is so open about his many liberal positions, most notably Common Core and support for amnesty for illegal aliens.
But I've written a lot about Scott Walker, reporting how he has supported using taxpayer money to benefit a major campaign donor, and how he has changed his positions on amnesty, gay rights, ethanol, spending, abortion, and right to work laws....
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
If I am only to vote for those match my principles, I would have to run for all elections. Even then, I might have changed my mind a couple of times, so I would have to be against myself a couple of times.
The best person on issues — me, at my current state of mind.
The second best person on issue — at least for the presidency — Ted Cruz! Unfortunately, he is playing second fiddle to the Toupe.
At least he’s second fiddle, not tenth.
I guess most of us have changed our minds and positions on many things over the years. I would expect only an ideologue or a liar would hold the same positions on everything over decades. At the same time when the pundits expose too many of these evolving positions they become to look like flip flops or simply pandering. So I say bring on these disclosures. I expect most of us are adults and smart enough to figure out who is lying and who is the person we believe.
This is why not only am I supporting Ted Cruz, but he’s the only one I’ll vote for in the general. I’m done with Republicans. I’ve got better thing to do than waste time “holding their feet to the fire.” We need a revolution, Cruz just may be it.
I still am extraordinarily disappointed that someone that well versed in the constitution doesn't believe in LIMITED patents and copyrights, nor the most constitutional form of taxation, that of import levies and duties.
Call it a nitpick, I do. But it is an issue of fundamental fairness at the core: We invest our government's time and efforts in ensuring that a creation is protected for a limited period of time in exchange for that creation going to the public domain once that limited time is over with. Today, that's 170 years. A 150 years from now, I'm sure it'll be much much longer.
Be nice to actually sing Happy Birthday To You in a public setting without having to pony up a fee to Warner Bros who bought a company which bought an estate which was inherited from another who wrote a song that was similar in the 1800’s, yet published as a copyrighted song in 1935.
I don’t think changed positions, if honest, are a problem. Like others, the alternative is liars and idealogues. That said, what bothers me more is the individual positions and history. Many are instant deal-breakers: Cruz increasing H1B by 500%, Carly and her HP damages, Santorum as the idealogue, Rubio and the others for amnesty, etc.
H1-B’s are legal and many businesses say they’re needed. But you know that, right?
I have worked in IT pretty much constantly since getting out of the Navy in 1982 and I can say with absolute clarity that there is very rarely ever been need for H1B. The only value they offer business is to keep wages down and avoid having to invest in local talent.
330 million people with 330 million different opinions on every issue. That’s why we hold elections. And what does “invest in local talent” mean? Spend company funds training unqualified personnel off the street? Should that be mandated by the government?
I know you defend all things Cruz but how can he or you choose a foreign worker over an American worker?! And skip the "No American available" as it is demonstratably untrue as evidenced by so many companies replacing American workers with cheap foreign labor (Disney, ADP, and others).
Again, most or nearly all H1B are IT workers. This isn't some distant field for me or my friends. Cruz has ZERO chance among IT workers if he sticks to that 500% increase in H1B.
I was one of the people at your local job service (aka unemployment office aka workforce center) who had to try and find American workers for those openings that companies were required BY LAW to submit to us before filling an opening. Guess what?
There are a few principles that define a Conservative. It is OK to evolve TO these principles, as long as it is not for political expediency (Campaign as a Conservative, Govern as a Liberal). The principles are: Anti-abortion, 2nd amendment is absolute; 10th Amendment is absolute; balanced budget (w/o tax increases); and strong defense.
When U.S. corporations are firing American workers and replacing them with low cost H1-B’s, clearly the H1-Bs are not “needed”, except to drive down wages.
Watch the video. Ted Cruz talked about his father coming here with a student visa. After graduating, he started up a company and created jobs in this country.
May 14, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today presented an amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration bill that would improve our nation’s legal immigration system by increasing high-skilled temporary worker visas, called H-1B visas, by 500 percent. The measure would effectively address the needs of our nation’s high-skilled workforce by helping meet the growing demand for workers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. It will also make block grants available to states to promote STEM education efforts and increase domestic STEM professionals. The committee voted against the amendment 4 to 14 with every Democrat voting against it on a party-line vote.
“I strongly support legal immigration. Legal immigration is a fundamental pillar of our nation's heritage, and I was pleased today to offer legislation that would have improved and expanded legal immigration by dramatically increasing the cap for high-tech temporary worker visas. This amendment would not only improve the current system, but would also encourage economic growth and create new jobs in America. There is currently a serious shortage of workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, yet every year we send thousands of high-tech graduate students back to their home countries to start businesses and create jobs. This makes no sense. I’m disappointed in the committee’s vote to reject expanding high-tech immigration. Although the Gang of Eight's bill makes a modest step towards improving high-tech immigration, it does not go nearly far enough. There is no reason to arbitrarily cap high-tech visas at 110,000 when these jobs are going unfilled. We need economic growth here and now.”
Sen. Cruz’s amendment would:
Immediately increase the H-1B cap by 500 percent from 65,000 to 325,000.
Help retain the high-skilled workers that are trained in the U.S. by allowing “dual intent.”
Create block grants for states to promote STEM education in their public schools by raising H-1B fees.
“H1-B’s are legal”
So are abortions and gay marriage. That doesn’t mean they are good for the country.
92 million people out of work. This is not the time to be handing out H1-B visas like candy. We all know the story about not being able to find skilled workers is HS. Its all about paying less.
See #15.
If by Conservative values you mean putting Americans out of work and even making them train their H1-B replacements, then yeah, you go with that.
Third, behind Ben Carson of all people. Go figure.
And at least 100 jobs are filled that could go to Americans. So I'm not seeing the big benefit.
The H-1B program is being horribly abused and is costing thousands of American's jobs. The program has to be regulated better, policed better, and used for the purpose for which it was intended and not to drive down STEM salaries so it can increase corporate profits.
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