TiredOfNo
TiredOfNo's JournalMore right-wing whining about immigration.
The righties have put a new survey on FB to see if people are fed up with paying 800 million dollars a year to manage illegal immigrants.
News flash! Of course we're fed up, but without any suggestions on how to solve the problem, or even what is causing the problem, your survey is nothing but mindless catering to the low intellect of right wing haters.
Yes, we all know that illegal immigrants crossing the border is costing us money. So, what would the conservatives do? They would put the army on the border and instead of costing us 800 million dollars every year it would cost us billions every month.
What can we do:
We can start fining businesses (to the tune of 800 million dollars every year) so that they will quit hiring the illegal immigrants. No jobs, no illegal immigrants, right? This would free up tens of thousands of jobs for American citizens who need work.
The downside:
Americans won't do most of those jobs, at least not for the wages those businesses are willing to pay. The businesses could raise wages so that Americans will take the jobs, but they would have to raise prices and probably would end up going out of business because they couldn't compete or people couldn't afford their products.
It's not a damn survey righties, it's a problem that needs a thoughtful solution. If we need these laborers to do some "undesirable" jobs then we're going to have to allow the immigrants to come in legally. This will take some careful planning and some organizing, but it can be done. It just takes legislators who are willing to put in the time to work out the solution...in a bipartisan way.
Whining and doing stupid surveys doesn't cut it...............
There's little doubt what the "Koch Party" has in store for this country.
The Republicans have been in a panic since Barack Obama interrupted their ALEC agenda in 2008. Now they have a chance to regain control of both the Senate and the House. The following is an excerpt from a speech made by Mitch McConnell at a Republican/Tea Party summit sponsored by the Kochs in June of this year:
In reference to recapturing the Senate in November....
"So in the House and Senate, we own the budget...so what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill. And I assure you that in the spending bill, we will be pushing back against this bureaucracy by doing what's called placing riders in the bill. No money can be spent to do this or to do that. We're going to go after them on healthcare, on financial services, on the Environmental Protection Agency, across the board ... All across the federal government, we're going to go after it."
-------------- Mitch McConnell
If they retake the Senate, they fully intend to put ALEC back on track and back on schedule. Our only defense of MC, MA, SS, and ACA will rest in the resolve of President Obama and his willingness to veto every bill that contains their ALEC goals. It will be extremely difficult as the Republicans will attach their destruction to the budget, highway and farming bills, and phony, watered down immigration and jobs bills.
Now for those of you who are thinking that we can use their tactic of filibustering all the bills, think again. Mitch will not hesitate to change the Senate rules to a simple majority vote on ALL bills coming up for a vote in the Senate. You can expect that on the first day of the new Congress followed by cheering and celebration from the far right.
I fear our President will not be able to resist their onslaught.....
Wall Street vs Social Security:
Wall Street is the rich man's casino. Small investors have very little chance in the stock market. It is rigged so that the rich always come out on top and the small investors almost never win. If you are a working class stiff you would be just as well off to take your money to Las Vegas, put it on black, and let them spin the wheel. Your chances of winning are about 47% on each spin while on the contrary, you have a 53% chance of losing everything.
If you put your money in the stock market, the traders take a cut when they buy the stocks, then they take a fee from your earnings and another if you take your money out. If you choose the 401k route, then you have many of the same problems except the fund managers take most of your earnings. The end result is an average earning of about 2%-3% per year. You can cross your fingers that you don't lose your money in a sharp downturn of the market.
All the bullshit you hear on the radio and TV about investing a $100 a week from your paycheck and you will be a millionaire when you retire is just that.....bullshit. First of all, most working people generally are not disciplined enough to consistently contribute to a retirement fund; or they don't earn enough to put $400 into it each month. Even if they did, earning a lousy 3% isn't going to make them rich.....not in one life time, or even two. The cumulative effect of investing $400 a month over forty years is about $375,000. If you're thinking that's a lot, then spread that money over twenty years of retirement and you'll have a monthly income of about $1500. In 2050 dollars, $1500 probably want be enough to pay your electric bill. It's for these reasons that the working class people cannot get by without Social Security.
The rich want you to buy stocks so they can skim off the top; and their dilemma is that the middle class currently doesn't have enough money to invest. This is why the 1% are so desperate to "privatize" social security. They want all that money to go into the stock market so they can get their grubby hands on it.
The reality for working people is that the average "Joe" in this country does not have the skill to invest his money wisely, and because of the above mentioned minefields, he can almost never save enough money to retire. This is why Social Security was created....to protect the working people in this country, and that is why we have to protect Social Security.
Just found DU and I am really happy to be participating.
I was big into Huff Post, but with the recent changes they've made, I lost interest. I don't like mixing Facebook with my politics and the read/post format was just too cumbersome. I believe in civility but I don't like to be censored because of my opinion.
I do love to discuss politics and I like to read every ones opinions. Hope I've found a new home.
Let's be practical. We need a tough President and Elizabeth Warren is too new and untested.
As appealing as she seems, Elizabeth Warren in not tough enough. In order to get things done in Washington a President must have connections, influential friends and wealthy benefactors. Otherwise, he or she will be no more effective than Mr. Obama has been.
Don't get me wrong. I like her and I think she would try to do the right things as has Mr. Obama, but in the current Washington environment she would be eaten alive just as Mr. Obama has. It is not the good ideas or intentions that win the battles, it is the tough action and the confidence and willingness to butt heads with opponents. What we need is another Lyndon Johnson. He was scary and mean and the Republicans (and Democrats) were afraid of him (figuratively and literally.) The closest thing we have to him is Hillary Clinton. You have to admit, she is scary and I believe the Republicans are so afraid of her because they know she will not be pushed around.
Elizabeth Warren is much more valuable to Democrats in the Senate. Maybe one day she can rise to the same level of statesman as Ted Kennedy.
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