Sunday, February 21, 2010

Can't We at Least Expect the Truth?

As a hard core conservative, I had very little in the way of expectations from our Left Wing Liberal Fascist President.  I did have to admit that he seemed like a decent enough guy, misguided as he was. When he promised transparency, a new way of doing things and the willingness to listen to the people while working  with the Republicans, I wanted to believe him.  He was going to have public hearings broadcast on CSPAN.  and have all bills published in advance.  Instead, he has meetings behind closed doors and lawmakers are forced to vote on bills that they have not even read.  The Republicans aren't included.  He doesn't care that 60% of the country doesn't want his healthplan, he will do evertything he can to to ram in through.  He has a new way of doing things alright, sneakier than ever before.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Illegal immigration

It is quite clear that we will not likely see much in the way of immigration reform under this administration. What we need to do is enforce the laws that we already have on the books. We need to arrest and fine employers who hire the illegals. The argument, the past, has been that we needed to keep labor costs down, partucularly in agriculture, to maintain inexpensive food. That argument no longer is applicable. I believe that there are 3 groups of people that could fill these manual labor positions. They are as follows:
1. Those receiving unmeployment compensation after losing their jobs.
2. Welfare recipients.
3. Prisoners.

In each case, the employers could reimburse the respective agencies at the same rate they would have paid the illegals. The net result would be fewer illegals and partial financing for unemployment agencies, welfare departments and the prison syste. Our taxes would be reduced and there would be no inflation in the prices we pay for food.