By C. E. Van Buren
For many years now I, like the rest of you, have watched, and listened, to our elected officials tell us one lie after another about the illegal immigration from Mexico to America, as well as any number of other issues. I said this to a friend the other day, and he felt I was being a little harsh calling what the government dished out to be lies. Well, that’s the way I see it, and here are a few of the reasons for my position.
We are told for instance, that “They are only taking jobs that US citizens will not do.”
Lie: There are no jobs that unemployed Americans will not do, if they are paid a reasonable wage. In the vast majority of cases, American citizens that pay taxes, rent, child care, food, and other expenses cannot do the same work for the same wage as people that pay nearly nothing of their own expenses because they are supported by the Federal Government, as well as state and local hand outs. Believe it or not, American citizens are not eligible under these support systems. Why? They are American citizens.
A very large number of them have found their way, thanks to the greedy contractors that hire them, into the construction industry. How can a legal drywall laborer who should be making a minimum of $18 – $24.00/hour compete with an illegal worker that only gets $5.00/hour if he’s lucky?
People are so worried about these people being homeless if we do not take care of them. Maybe I’m just to ridged, but every one of them left their own homes, jobs, in some cases families, just to come here an and send money, our money, back to their home country. Each year illegals send some twenty BILLION dollars back to their home countries south of the border. Tax free.
“They come here looking for one thing. Citizenship.”
Lie: Illegal aliens want nothing to do with US Citizenship. Why should they? They want to remain citizens of their home countries while obtaining the ocean of benefits ‘forced’ on them by the United States such as employment, medical care, instate tuition, government subsidized housing, free education for their children, free school breakfasts and lunches. This list goes on and on. If that is not enough, NO TAXES! Why in heaven’s name, would they want to become citizens and loose all that?
“The United States welcomes immigration.”
OK, that’s True: However, these people are NOT immigrants. They are, by definition, criminals that are stealing from every one of us that pays taxes. Stealing from those that want to work, but cannot compete for work that pays less then minimum wage, for skilled jobs, just because there are criminals that will.
“Mexico is our ally, our friends.”
Back to the Lies: Mexico is not now, and has not been for many decades, a friend to the United States. Like their people, Mexico loves the money we send them, and the many businesses that have tried to setup shop there, but when the chips are down, guess what.
During WW1 German spies were allowed unfettered access to our southern border by way of Mexico. The same occurred during WW2 when they allowed the same access to Axis spies. During the Cold War, Mexico allowed spies hostile to the US, to operate freely. The attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 was applauded all across Mexico. Today Mexican school children are taught that the US stole California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. See for yourself. You can check out some Mexican textbooks written for their school children on-line. Their own president comes here and lectures us over the new Arizona immigration law. And you do not want to know what happens to an American crossing into Mexico illegally. The only support they will get is during their time in a Mexican jail.
This is the big one for me.
“It is racist to secure our borders.” Lie, lie, lie!!!
I for one am sick and tired to people calling everything that they do not agree with as being racist. I’ve lived long enough to see a great deal of both sides of this race issue. I can tell you that up through the 1960’s race was a disgraceful problem in this country. I know that there are some that harbor these same feelings today. However, until Barack Obama came along, I believe we were making some very serious strides in dampening the problem, with the majority of our society trying to eliminate it all together.
Now, we find ourselves stuck with Obama until at least 2012, and if it is not him it is someone on his staff, or the Liberal pimples in Congress using race as an excuse, or to attempt to force some bill down our throats. Everything that disagrees with Obama’s position, or with that of the Liberal left, is now considered a raciest attitude. Or that is the way they spin it.
I’m sick of it!! It’s not being racist to want to protect our countries borders. It’s not racist to demand that the Liberals stop spending money that our grandchildren do not have. It’s not racist to not want to pay taxes that are so high there is nothing left to live on.
I think you get my point. We must find a way to stop this administration, and this Liberal Congress from causing any further damage to our country, and breaking the back of Capitalism is exactly their goal. If we do not, the time will come in the very near future when none of us will recognize this wonderful land.
November is coming soon, and you will need to make up your mind how, and in what direction, this country will be lead. Please, don’t make up your mind from what you read in the media, not even Fox news should be your only source. Do some research of your own. Is your congressman doing what you expect of him/her? Make up your own mind. Most important of all VOTE!! We can’t send them home any other way. Don’t think this means to only remove Democrats either. Believe me there are many Republicans that need a ‘pink slip’ as well. How ever you vote, do it for the good our country. FIRE CONGRESS!! THE ROOKIES CAN DO NO WORSE!!
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