The Writer said this in post #45 : This story keeps heating up.
Yes this is building into a huge showdown. It is a story with many dimensions-- easily the biggest developing story in many years. We are looking at the possible complete demise of the Republican party, and that would be just a footnote to this story. Yet the whole story is all but missing on ABC, CBS, and NBC.
The Writer said this in post #45 : This story keeps heating up. Massive numbers of illegals take to the streets, burning US flags, flying Mexican flags, hurling racial insults. The first glimmer of terrorism from eleven million law-breaking foreigners. Thanks to Bush and his cheap labor pals.
You actually believe this is Bush's fault?
Why not Reagan or Clinton or Ford or or Carter or Bush Sr. or, or?
"Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those who say this are witless." ~Ayatollah Khomeini
USA1 said this in post #47 :
You actually believe this is Bush's fault?
Why not Reagan or Clinton or Ford or or Carter or Bush Sr. or, or?
The problem of lax border enforcement did not begin under Bush, but the current guest worker proposal is a centerpiece of the Bush presidency. Conservatives are inherently for law and order, so Bush's soft position on immigration is driving them nuts. He is as anti-conservative on this as he is on his runaway spending. To say that Bush is a prime mover behind this amnesty movement is not a vague or inaccurate charge by any means.
In response to those posting illegals do not pay taxes so their citizen children shouldn't get benefits - children who are eligible for benefits get them whther their parents are citizens or not and whether the parents pay taxes or not. There are citizens who work under the counter too. There are illegals who have fake ID and pay taxes, they just can't get tax returns or risk federal prosecution.And the argument that getting paid under the table avoids taxation is generally false. Businesses who pay employees above the table can write off wages as a business expense so they can reduce their taxable income. Businesses who pay wages under the table (unreported wages) cannot claim the wages as a business expense so the business is paying the income taxes instead of the employees paying the income taxes. Taxes are still being paid.
I just wish businesses would stand up to the federal government and tell the feds they will not police the populace for illegal aliens. If the feds don't want illegals working it is their job to stop it, not the small business man. Leave it to the feds to identify the illegals. It is not right for citizens who have lost their ID to not be able to work because a business cannot prove they are legal or not. We need to have rights as a citizen whether we have ID or not.
03-30-2006 08:15 PM
