What makes this country great has always been the citizenry. My two grandmothers (one from France and the other from Norway) and one grandfather from Scotland immigrated to this country. My other grandfather was born here and that side of my family has been here forever it seems. But they all registered, and my grandmothers perfected their English and they all became proud citizens. They worked, paid taxes, contributed to the health of our nation. One knitted socks for our troops during World War II. They all had a common thread, however--if you were a citizen and worked hard, you could succeed and live a good life in a country that gave you every opportunity for that success. They did not come here to freeload. They came here to be a part of what makes America great.
Nearly a year ago, I started to believe that the Democratic Party was being infiltrated by those with extreme leftist views. Being a centrist, I had a lot of personal problems with the way the Party was heading even coming to believe that this country was heading down a Socialistic path that was not in the best interests of our citizens and the health of our nation. My first step was to resign from the local Democratic Club. That resignation was basically prompted by the displaced loyalties of some members. But many issues came before that led me to the action. Today my beliefs are even stronger as I read Sam’s (member of the local Democratic Club) Letter to the Editor in this morning’s paper.
Everyone should have equal rights, coverage
The problems of health care and inadequate coverage seem unlikely to be fixed by not covering poor people, illegal or not.
I worry that people let out racial bigotry when they class people as illegal. I don't think we want a society where one group has more rights than another, in health care, transportation or jobs.
SAM GOODSTEIN
Lake Worth
The latest Rasmussen report says on Socialism: There is a partisan gap as well. Republicans - by an 11-to-1 margin - favor capitalism. Democrats are much more closely divided: Just 39% say capitalism is better while 30% prefer socialism. As for those not affiliated with either major political party, 48% say capitalism is best, and 21% opt for socialism. You can see what is happening in the Democratic Party.
Now, basically what Sam said shows that he is a compassionate person but he misses that mark when he calls me a “racist” and calls all the rest of us bigoted as well, just because we want to protect our country from those taking advantage of our goodwill. That is ALWAYS “their” argument, without fail, and it has nothing to do with the reality.
Sam has a problem with the word “illegal.” Well, if they are not citizens of this country and they have crossed our borders, have no documentation that proves they can work here, then they are illegal aliens. If they violate the laws on immigration to this country, then they are illegal. In a socialistic society people would all be treated the same—none of us would have any assets and the government would take care of our very existence from cradle to grave. You still would not be able to cross a country’s borders and take advantage of its system and freeload on the citizens of that country. That does not happen anywhere but in America.
I agree with Sam when he implied that everyone should be able to have health-care, transportation and jobs. Where I draw the line is, that person should be working within the provisions of his own country where he is a citizen, not someone else’s country to pick up the tab. No one is entitled. That is why we stress education so much in this country. That is why our country has always been light years ahead of the rest. That is why we have the best public education system in the world that is supported by all the citizens of this country. It is not supported by the illegal alien and obviously, it is not supported by the Socialistic movement here, the freeloaders who believe that we are all entitled just because we were born.
You can see what is happening just in our own city with the illegal hiring hall—giving our public building, paying the utilities, etc, for a group that is taking government money to find illegal aliens jobs. We have nearly a 10% unemployment rate but our government thinks it's perfectly rational to give away a public asset in this means. Their job is to look after the citizens here, not the illegal.
The reason why our number one status on the globe is quickly evaporating is because of some groups in this country that purport that everyone is “entitled” to everything whether they are a citizen here or not; whether they have a job and are productive or not, whether our corporations are competitive in the marketplace or not, whether the citizens have bought houses they can’t afford, whether people are buying within their means and racking up unbelievable debt, and the list goes on. No one is ENTITLED to one damn thing and that is the problem. We are a country that tries to take care of the poor, the sick and the uneducated. We can’t afford the burden of aliens believing that they are entitled to reap the rewards of our system and we sure can’t afford our socialistic citizens believing it also. Their goal is to try and make you feel guilty and throw up the "race" card . Nauseating.
The truth of the matter is, Socialists believe and blame our Capitalistic Society on all the inequities of society. They are no different, in my mind, than any other terrorist who is trying to undermine our nation.
The illegal alien needs to leave our country now and let this country figure out how to take care of its own. That is its basic obligation. They should then apply to become a citizen--do it the legal way. Our laws need to be enforced and also respected by the citizens of this country. We, as citizens, give them the greatest free gift of all...the right to legally immigrate to the best country and most caring country on Earth. My grandparents found that out.
If we do not quickly change the philosophy and the culture that is becoming prevalent here, before long, none of us will have anything. America, as we know it, will cease to exist. Otherwise, as a neighbor of mine just said, let Sam carry the burden of the bill, just not Uncle Sam.
I enjoyed reading that. There are thousands of Dems right now who are disenchanted with Obama and the direction we are going. It's not just the illegals but just everything.
ReplyDeleteWasn't he Renee's campaign Treasurer?
ReplyDeleteLynn, The racial card is so tired. Racists like to throw that down when they have no valid argument.I only think of this country inhabited by Americans! I am happy enough to not make my skin color an issue though the City Commission has for 8 years, when appointing Board members,
ReplyDeleteUnhappy people with nothing to say, pull out that card to create color division. I am as I learned in America, half colored, German mother Indo Chinese father.
Does Sam want to classify me with that endlessly? Those like my self concentrate on creating a constructive, altruism driven, succesful, happy life with Americans in America,the Country I entered legally.
It is funny how it is those who contribute very little that complain the most and want the government to pay for everything they think they deserve. My Dad always said, go out and get a job. There is always something you can do to not be a burden on society. These people want to be a burden. Times are changing. What is our national debt now?
ReplyDelete11 billion is spent every 24 hours and a lot of this is bailout money. No one will say no. We are all getting might tired of this.
ReplyDeleteWell written as usual. Unfortunately, Obama is very demanding and usually gets what he wants. And with the House and Senate primarily Democrat, he will place a lot of pressure on his party to get bills passed that he wants and bills delayed that he doesn't like. Glen Beck was talking about the Union bill that they are trying to get passed that will hurt small businesses if they turn into union shops. Like his Czar's who have so much power to do whatever he wants them to do and who report to no one and has to answer to no one but him. If he gets the health bill that he's pushing, there will be no stopping him and God help our country if that happens. But if enough Democrats say no to the health bill, maybe we'll have a chance that he won't do too much damage.
ReplyDeleteBut you always write good articles and make good sense in your arguments and explanations and I enjoy reading them