Try and fathom the logic here. Obamacare isn’t being opposed because it’s too horrible, but because it’s not horrible enough. How can this thing be any worse than it already is? Ask the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
The CHC, an ethno-centric congressional cabal, is by, for, and about latinos, and latinos only. Some of their members have a problem with Obamacare. No not the obvious problems. Not the cost, the takeover of a huge chunk of the American economy, not the death panels (any bureaucrat that is deciding whether you are worthy of care is a death panel), not the risk of incarceration for not having insurance, not abortion funding that apparently is staying in the legislation, but for a reason that is just as insidious as all those other reasons. They have a problem because the bill doesn’t specifically cover illegal aliens. You heard that right. Luis Gutierrez, the whacko that came up with H.R. 4321 wants to add language to the bill that will cover illegal aliens. Well, his bill would do just that. But they wouldn’t be illegal anymore. The fact that there are absolutely no provisions that would stop illegal aliens from fraudulently obtaining government subsidized health care (read: American taxpayers), is not good enough for Gutierrez and his racist thugs. He sees too many issues with the bill, all related to illegal aliens.
“They are enough to say I can’t support this bill,” Gutierrez said during an appearance on MSNBC.
The fact that the CHC does not support this bill is good news, although in the end they may vote for it anyway. That would be a break from their ongoing stance that Hispanics act, think, and vote as a mob. That has proven to be untrue, but for these clowns, their political power is raced based, and as long as they can convince the country that Hispanics are single issue dolts they will retain that power. This could also mean other good news. If Gutierrez is upset that there are no specific goodies for illegal aliens, he must not have confidence in the prospect for immigration reform. Given the popularity of Obamacare, I would say that was an accurate assessment.
It appears that Nancy Pelosi does not have the votes to ram this thing through, and it looks like they will try an illegal up or down vote in the house. They will do an illegal reconciliation maneuver in the senate. Yes, it is illegal, since reconciliation is only be used for budget issues. That would be quite a stretch to include Obamacare as part of a budget issue. However, if the country were to descend into a single payer disaster that would be different. We haven’t gotten there yet. I never thought I would be rooting for the congressional Hispanic caucus, but in this case, they have it right-for all the wrong reasons.
I really wonder how some of these people ever get elected to Congress. They seem to want to hand over America to anyone except American citizens.
Even the far left is against this bill, for different reasons, but they still oopose it yet the congress is going to do whatever the hell they want to anyway.
This is one of the reasons that Obama wants to tackle amnesty next, just in case illegals aren’t covered (we all know they are) because under Obama’s plan, there will be no illegals any more.
LD Jackson, the bottom line is that the Congressional Hispanic Circus are working to pull in as many illegal aliens as possible so that they can keep that job full of perks. Just like it is done in Latin America. Let’s just say that this is standard operating procedure. Believe me when I say that they have become quite adept at being self serving.
Yes, this Congress is despicable. Give the opportunity, they will hand over the country to anyone other than American citizens.
I can speak for California LD, and the congressman are able to carve out their own districts that give them the best chance of winning. Throw in a helping of voter apathy and we end with those guys in congress.
With so many different interests against this bill for so many different reasons, it would make sense to sit down and start over. I’ve said before that this looks like a pre-planned agenda, Mr. Pink Eyes. They don’t care what anyone thinks.
Somehow, my comments are not posting so we will try again. Amnesty is critical to this administration winning another term. It is more than unfortunate.
AFTER NATIONALIZATION OF HEALTH CARE, AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS IS NEXT!
If the “Gang of Three” (Obama, Pelosi and Reid) get their way and the unconstitutional Health Care bill is somehow rammed through the congress and signed by the imposter President, against the will of the majority of the American people, full Amnesty for the illegal aliens will be next.
If the communist style nationalization of the American Health Care system is completed, the Democratic-Communist Party will next try to steamroller the legislative approval of the remaining parts of their American Communist Manifesto before the elections in November of 2010.
Amnesty will be first, followed by Cap and Trade and then they will come after our guns.
President Obama has already approved a tentative plan drawn up by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) that will allow illegal aliens to be put on a path to citizenship, offer green cards to keep high-skilled foreign university graduates in this country and create a temporary program for low-skilled workers, with some of these workers also getting the chance to become citizens. How does this help the American worker?
Thankfully, there is some resistance to this plan already. Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said flatly that it can’t pass. “The bill doesn’t have a prayer, because the American people oppose rewarding lawbreakers, which then encourages illegal immigration,” he said. “Allowing millions of illegal immigrants to stay and take jobs away from citizens is like giving a burglar a key to the house. Illegal immigrants should return home and play by the rules like millions of legal immigrants.”
Congress last looked at the illegal immigration problem back in 2007, when President George W. Bush joined with Democratic leaders to write a bill. But a bipartisan majority of senators joined a filibuster to block the bill.
The supporters of the 2007 effort concluded that Americans didn’t trust the government to secure the borders and enforce the laws, even as they were offering legalization, particularly since illegal immigration has only grown since a 1986 amnesty.
The Schumer-Graham Plan has four main components:
1. an easier path to citizenship for illegal aliens
2. a program to let in even more foreign workers,
3. improvements in immigration enforcement (we’ve heard this before) and
4. the introduction of biometric Social Security cards to help employers weed out illegal workers, unfortunately and unconstitutionally, American workers will also be required to cary national worker ID cards to make this work under their plan. “Show me your papers?”
According ot the proposed plan, illegal immigrants would also have to demonstrate they are proficient at English and pass background checks to gain citizenship. More smoke and mirrors.
The plan would offer permanent legal status to foreign students who earn a post-graduate degree from an American university (so they can compete for jobs with our own college graduates), and will also create a future program for low-skilled workers (so they can compete with other American workers). Businesses could only hire them if no American worker is available, and the number allowed would fluctuate depending on the U.S. economy’s needs. Workers who have kept jobs for a long time and have proved valuable members of their community could earn permanent legal status. How does this help the American worker?
This is just another piece of smoke and mirror amnesty legislation proposed by a couple of marxist-communists in the Senate and the White House that is designed to completely destroy our country.
Why would we want to continually import foreign workers into the USA when our own American born workers cannot find jobs? How does this help the American worker?
If this immigration amnesty proposal is successful, America, this great beacon of freedom in the world, will be turned into a communist, third world, multi-lingual, dumbed down, uneducated mass of humanity that can more easily be controlled and manipulated by their new Masters, the new American politburo and the old establishment oligarchy.
John Wallace
http://www.4FLS.com