Posted on 11/26/2014 4:20:26 AM PST by Kaslin
Like millions of other Americans, I appreciate the plight of billions of people throughout the world who would like nothing more than to find themselves in the United States, where they could enjoy a much higher standard of living and wonderful opportunities for advancement.
It certainly seems like a compassionate thing to offer them legal status in America and the opportunity to pursue their dreams. It should first be considered, however, that we have millions of people already mired in dire poverty in our inner cities, rural townships and places such as Appalachia who would certainly appreciate a helping hand before we extend one to foreigners. The same principle is seen when you board an airplane and hear the announcement, "In case of an emergency, oxygen masks will drop from the ceiling. Put yours on first, and then administer help to those around you." There are many around us already in need of help.
According to President Obama, only those five million or so illegals who have been in America for five years or more will benefit from his largesse. He indicates that they will not be eligible for health care and other benefits. Obviously, this fits right into the same category as his promise: "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."
Once illegals have legal status, it will be difficult to deny them any of the multitudinous entitlements that are freely distributed throughout our society. Also, we must remember that illegals who have been here for less than five years only have to claim that they have been here longer than that in order to collect goodies. In effect, instead of helping five million people, we probably will be aiding at least twice that many.
Even this would not be a problem if we had plenty of money. The sad fact is our national debt is approaching $18 trillion. If you paid that back at a rate of $1 billion per day, it would take nearly 50 years. Many powerful nations before us have met their fate through fiscal irresponsibility. What makes our leaders think we are immune from the destructive forces of a shaky financial foundation?
The founders of our nation feared that the time would arise when an individual or group of individuals in our government would become intoxicated with their power and attempt to impose their will upon the entire society through dictatorial decrees rather than through the legal process established by our Constitution. For this reason, they established three separate but equal branches of government, dividing the powers. This ingenious method of power division worked beautifully until recently, but hopefully, we are about to experience a demonstration of how the separation of powers preserves the integrity of our system. It will require that the legislative and judicial branches of government manifest the necessary courage to stand up for the people they represent.
The American people should not be manipulated into believing that they are heartless simply because they want to preserve the rule of law in our nation and look after their own before they take in others. We also have to consider the millions of people who have immigrated here legally, as well as those who are in the queue. It is incredibly unfair to them to grant amnesty to those who have jumped ahead of them in line illegally. I hope all of our government officials will recall the words of the Pledge of Allegiance, with particular emphasis on the part that says: "with liberty and justice for all."
Well....Duh.
There is no reason to take it. If we let the criminals stay, it sets precedent. Everything this guy has done is to set precedent. Next one will be ruthlessly destroying America.
I read it will cost an average of $28,000 a year each for the immigrants. This should be going to the coal miners that obozo put out of work rather than lawbreakers. Why should we be a safety valve for the Mexican government?
Here are but a few of the beneficiaries of Obama’s policy:
1. School teachers, administrators, support staff, union leaders—more get hired to teach the illegal kids.
2. Police Officers-—more get hired to apprehend the criminals coming thru the open border.
3. Social Workers-—more get hired to hand out benefits to illegals.
4. Public Defenders-—more get hired to defend the criminals.
5. Immigration Judges and Attorneys-—more get hired.
6. Inner city Democrat Politicians-—Congressmen have more people in their districts and that protects their job.
7. Jail and Prison Guards—more get hired to house the criminal illegal.
8. Inner City Constuction Companies-—more section 8 housing gets built to replace slums in the inner city.
The commonality in the above list is that the vast majority of these government employed people vote for Democrats.
Obama is pandering to his political base.
/johnny
“The commonality in the above list is that the vast majority of these government employed people vote for Democrats.”
The other commonality is they all feed at the public trough that is kept full by the labor of others.
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Juanny,
Here’s how it works. Obama proposes something heinous. If people don’t push back hard, he does it. If they do push back hard, he rewords it or tries to bully someone else into doing it. The media is doing us a favor by pushing as if an EO had already been issued so we can get mad and stay mad about it.
In other words, if we sit quietly waiting for an EO, we will get one. We need to learn to play the hyperbole game like the Progs play it.
He's already said he wants the House to pass a bill that he likes. He knows he can't do an EO.
I pray the House isn't stampeded into passing a bill for him.
/johnny
/johnny
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The Anointed might laugh, at first, but what might come out of such debates over resolutions in the several state's capitals might shake them.
They don't want a "Tea Party's Ferguson" to make this present tempest in a teapot shrink to the size of a news reader's brain.
His own words should be used to begin impeachment proceedings...soonest.
Nero is intoxicated with power very dangerous times.
Unreal abuse of power.
Exactly the questions I’ve been asking, as I hit my head against the wall. Everyone’s acting like, “Oh, Obama did this dreadful thing, how dare he? Now this is going to happen and that is going to happen and it’s going to be awful.” It’s ILLEGAL. Why are we resigning ourselves to all this???
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