Illegal Immigration

The following is a letter I wrote to the TIMES awhile back. Parts are old and irrelevant and other parts current and very relevant. I am including it here just to keep track of it. Comment if you like, but I am putting it here more for myself than anyone else.

President Bush, Senator Kennedy and all those who so adamantly support the so call "Immigration Bill" only talk about the needs of the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens in this country. They forget to mention all the good things this bill is going to do for the American people....Because there ARE NO benefits for us. Our government doesn't seem to care about the burden this bill will place on the hard working American Middle Class.

This bill ignores Americans citizens, legal immigrants, and those who have stood in line for so long to become Americans citizens. The supporters do not mention that this bill will mean lower wages for those hard working, poor, Americans who have to survive on minimum wages now AND the increases in the cost of heath care, education, social security, and the welfare programs we Americans now have to pay for. The retirement benefits alone are estimated to cost $2.5 trillion.

The illegal Alien issue transcends party lines and is not a Right Issue, Left issue, or a "how to do it best" political issue. It deals with fundamental changes to the very fabric of our society, which most Americans feel will be forever detrimental to our country. LEGAL Immigration provides a pool of new blood. The assimilation of a MEASURED NUMBER of immigrants is good and has helped to revitalize our society time and time again, but the SATURATION of our country by any one foreign ethnic group has the potential of creating two distinct and separate cultures in America, turning our melting pot into a boiling pot.

I am truly sorry for poor Mexicans who have to leave their home just to survive. The Mexican government is screwed up and corrupt, but that is not our fault. Why should "I", or any other American, have to pay for it. Our government constantly panders to Mexico's bad behavior and refuses to make them responsible for their own people, while our government makes it OUR responsibility. THAT AIN'T RIGHT !

I’m tired of having to pay for everyone else's problems. We have so many things here at home we could use the money for. Congress is squandering our hard earned tax dollars on pet projects such as the "bridge to nowhere" and all the other pork barrel projects that they can add to legislation in midnight sessions, when no one is looking.

We have a $9 TRILLION debt and it continues to rise daily. We can not afford Congress's lavish spending anymore. Our country is on the way to bankruptcy and most people don't even know it. Congress continues to borrow and spend on a "national credit card" that they seem to think will never have to be repaid. Communist China and other Asian countries own us and OUR Congress doesn't seem to care. Who the hell do these guys work for? I feel as if we are being raped by our own government.

The American public has become complacent because preceding administrations were at least competent enough to not put the well being of our nation at risk. Most Americans go about their daily lives unaware of the jeopardy our country is in. This administration and the preceding Congress changed that. I just hope its not to late for Congress and the NEXT president to actually do something decent for OUR country and OUR people.

There are many reasons the President and Congress have such low approval ratings, but The primary reason is that Americans are tired of them caring more about everyone else than they do about us. We are just a cash cow for their pet projects. They continue to put their own well being and prospects for reelection ahead of our nations interest.

Bush and Congress are hopelessly out of touch with the American people and continue to screw us time and time again for the sake of corporate earnings, lobbyist favors, or to grease there own pockets, and reelection funds.

The only time our President or legislators pay any lip service whatsoever to OUR needs is when it's time to get reelected, but the only thing they EVER really give us is more debt and unfulfilled promises.