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2007-06-27 Home Front: Politix
Immigration bill clears Senate test vote
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Posted by lotp 2007-06-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top

#1 "Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., an architect of the bill, said he was proud of the vote, calling it …”


"…a major step forward for our national security,…”
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that if the bill passes into law it would reduce illegal immigration by a whopping 25%. Further, it does very little to locate the half a million illegal aliens from countries that support terrorism that are currently in the US.

“…for our economy…,”
The CBO also estimates that the legalization process would cost US citizens $30 billion in just the first ten years. (A conservative estimate compared to the Heritage Foundation.)

“…and for our humanity."
Is perpetuation of second-class citizenry and denying upward mobility for millions humane?

Bottom line. The elite class pushing this legislation consider themselves as “Global Citizens” with few allegiances to national sovereignty. Their disregard for the middle class could not be more apparent. After all, they often live on estates or in gated communities with round the clock personal security. They have accumulated wealth but their greed prevents them from taming their lust. And a clear separation from the commoners maintains their insulation from the riff-raff. It’s no wonder they support this.
Posted by DepotGuy 2007-06-27 08:43||   2007-06-27 08:43|| Front Page Top

#2 I wrote both Senators and my Representative again today. The Senators are a waste of time but my Representative is a rock. I told all of them that this is the defining issue of this generation; it doesn't matter if we win in Iraq if we turn into Mexico at home. If this bill passes, the Republican Party is dead meat and it will be Jorge Bush who will have killed it. I hope people remember that.
Posted by Mac 2007-06-27 18:57||   2007-06-27 18:57|| Front Page Top

#3 I wrote all my reps last night too. Everyone should be writing their congresscritters. www.congress.org makes it simple to do, takes about 5 min's.

If you're not writing your elected reps then you're in the proverbial minus column in my book. It's like everyone I hear who bitches about whatever the topic is of the day. If we don't take the 5 min's to voice our opinion to the folks who vote then we need to quit our whining. This great experiment in self-government can only succeed if we actually execute the self-governing part.
Posted by Broadhead6 2007-06-27 20:06||   2007-06-27 20:06|| Front Page Top

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