[kabar]

You got it. I have been in contact with the people on the ground along with Brat himself. Brat used the immigration issue the way it should be used by GOP candidates. It appeals to common sense. Why do we continue to bring in 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants and 640,000 guest workers annually when 21 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed? It makes no sense.

[jpsb]

It makes no sense to me either, but the US CoC republicans seem to think that we need an ever increasing number of consumers to grow our economy. They also think we need an ever increasing number of tax payers to support Social Security and Medicare. I will grant they have a valid argument but what the argument says to me is that they (GOPe) are totally committed to defending the status quo for a few more years even thou they must know that defending the status quo will eventually lead to ruin.

People such as yourself and Brat understand that hard choices must be made soon to mitigate the damage sure to come later. Rather then a more of the same plan we need a put America back to work plan coupled with a serious government reform plan. It will be painful but the more of the same plan could very well be fatal.