Posted on 08/26/2011 3:50:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Concur but some of his supporters are equally shameless in their support of him.
Texas gives free taxpayer paid tuition for illegals to attend college? Could you please provide a link? Thanks!
Okay, now that is just an out-and-out lie. They do not get taxpayer-paid tuition. If they attended Texas schools for at least three years, graduated from a Texas high school and are applying for citizenship, they pay the same tuition as any other Texas resident, rather than pay the higher rates for out-of-state residents. You might not like that either, but at least don't lie about it.
Senor El Perrista receives a blanket from Mexican Gov Enrique Martinez
of Coahuila, as a token of appreciation for enacting the Texican Dream Act.
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"Captain Gardasil" ORDERED untested, inappropriate vaccine for
school kids (who were reduced to being Merck’s lab rats for $6000).
" Come on down, mexicanos. You get one in the rear along with in-state tuition at any Texas college."
………..There have been a slew of polls showing Gov. Rick Perry of Texas surging to double-digit national leads. He leads across demographic groups — among educated Republicans and less-educated ones, among upscale and downscale. Most impressive, he’s winning over the Republican activists who pay the closest attention and wield disproportionate influence with primary voters.
A poll by the conservative political Web sites, The Daily Caller/ConservativeHome, surveys these activists. When asked this week which candidate was most electable, 46 percent named Perry, while only 20 percent named Romney. When asked who would do the best job on the economy, 27 percent said Perry and 14 percent said Romney. When asked who would do the best job controlling Washington spending, 20 percent chose Perry, 17 percent said Representative Paul Ryan (who isn’t running) and only 8 percent chose Romney.
……..Nationally, the events of 2009 and 2010 moved voters to the right. In 2008, Democrats had a 12-point party identification advantage among families earning between $30,000 and $75,000. That advantage is gone, according to a July Pew Research poll. In 2008, Democrats had a 7 percent advantage among white voters under 30. The Republicans now have an 11-point advantage with those young voters, according to the poll.
Within the Republican Party, the rightward shift has been even more vehement. In 2008, roughly 63 percent of primary voters called themselves conservative, according to Public Policy Polling. Now it’s roughly 73 percent. The number of moderate Republicans has withered. The events of 2009 and 2010 also concentrated the Republican mind. It used to be that there were many themes in the Republican hymnal. Now there is only one: Government is too big, and it needs to be brought under control……
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2769283/posts
....”In his two-page letter to Napolitano, Perry described the formula he used to determine the costs, including $94.4 million to cover the costs incurred by county jails.
“During tough economic times, when communities are making difficult decisions about their own budgets, Texas counties are being asked to cover more than $94.4 million in direct costs related to housing illegal immigrants while the state has been left to cover more than $254.8 million in such costs.”
He included a memo from Comptroller Susan Combs in which she supports his calculations but warns that the estimates are conservative.
“The longstanding failure of the federal government to secure our border with Mexico continues to burden local communities and resources in Texas,” Perry wrote. “Because there are not enough troops on the ground, illegal immigrants are able to penetrate the Texas border every day and use taxpayer-funded resources.”
As governor, Perry was one of the first to talk about immigration by breaking out the issue of border security, a move that has won him support from conservative Hispanics. But he angered Hispanic leaders in June by endorsing legislation that would have prohibited cities from adopting “sanctuary” rules for handling suspected immigrants.”....
You are uninformed.
Gov. Perry and The TEXAS Dream Act
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It’s important to point out that there is a huge difference in the TEXAS Dream Act and the The Dream Act that was pushed in Congress and failed. The Dream Act in Congress was full of all kinds of goodies other than allowing children of illegals to receive in state tuition. The Texas Dream Act was focused only on that. I happen to agree with The Texas Dream Act, and so did everyone in the Senate in Texas. It passed with ZERO “no” votes. Add to that, it has been proven to be successful.
These are a few things you need to know about the [2001] Texas Dream Act. The child has to have lived in Texas the three years leading up to high school graduation. These students are given no special treatment in getting into Texas colleges and universities. They must get in on their own merit. They are paying the tuition (with or without financial aid). It’s estimated that these students make up about 1% of those entering college.
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Most of us agree that border control MUST be dealt with first. The problem with all other efforts on this issue in the past is that the borders were not sealed. If there is anyone who we can trust to do that it is Gov. Perry (if he decides to run for President). He knows what goes on down at the border. He has gone there many times. He knows what needs to be done. There is no doubt in my mind that if he were President, he would seal our borders. But Perry also understands Hispanic outreach.
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It's been publicized here on FR and the Perry apologists discount it as if it were nothing.
Harry Reid's Dream Act was opposed by all FReepers.
Rick Perry advocates for Texas version of the same and the Perry apologists think nothing of it.
I just don't get it.
Spoke at La Raza:
2008 Republican Presidential Nominee Senator John McCain (R–AZ)
2008 Democratic Presidential Nominee Senator Barack Obama (D–IL)
Typical left wing BS.
All along they kept raising the "fees" until they have come to the point where it is obviously "tuition"
Illegals have no right to be charged at the rate of LEGAL State residents and any Governor that supports GIVING ANYTHING to ILLEGAL residents is not properly enforcing the laws of this country. Every spot taken in a college by an illegal is a spot that could have a legal state resident or a legal out of state resident paying more! That said, a Governor who does that is no conservative. It's bad enough illegals come into our communities and sap up the social welfare meant for the poorest LEGAL residents, but then to have to subsidize the education of their children beyond K-12 is despicable.
Because you refuse to be truthful.
LOOK UP! Post #27.
I have always been 100% truthful. But with your above comment you have proved that you are not.
As a Tea Party conservative I don't believe we should be giving anything to ILLEGALs but a bus ride back to the border. RINO Rick Perry believes we should as do RINO Trolls like you.
RINO Rick and his RINO supporters defend Texas' Dream Act. Conservatives don't. And that is the truth.
You've been outed, troll.
No. Post sixteen is dead on.
There are likely no people here who “don’t like Perry”.
Likely there are no more than a dozen who know him personally.
There are, however, hundreds of Texans who have been busy the last ten years countering his socialist policies. We also will counter his political aspirations.
Nah, I know a shill when I see one. How much do you get paid to sling Perry's hash?
Amen. I wonder if there isn't some legal way to just deduct the amount from any tax monies sent to the Feds - or at least claim you will and get more coverage out of this approach.
Any governor who approves this is not only committing malfeasance with his own state's funds, he is slapping the face of every law abiding American in the other 49 states.
He is saying that if my American-born son in Ohio wanted to attend U Texas, he would have to pay more and accept second place to any illegal alien scumbag who happened to seek to do the same.
Sorry. No sale.
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