I understand people being frustrated and angered, and I have a lot of reason to be too, but to vote in the Republicans because you are angry could be the worst decision you ever make. Putting Republicans, a group of people that have done more to hurt Americans than to help them, back in power, would be like letting the fox guard the chicken coop.
Republicans who claim to have morality obviously don’t understand the meaning of the word.
Both Bush and Obama spent trillions of dollars, some necessary some not, which is always open for debate. See link: http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures However, where was the outrage when Bush and the GOP were spending trillions of dollars, and let’s not even get into the Iraq war which should have never happened, which by the way has added 733 billion dollars and counting to the national debt. See link: http://costofwar.com
The Obama Administration is leading, some people may not like what they are doing but at least they are trying, unlike the GOP who was against working with Obama before he was sworn in. See link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/us/politics/17mcconnell.html
The GOP has done nothing but stand in the way for the past 18 months and that’s not governing. Filibusters have skyrocketed under them, and they were sent to Washington to do the people’s work, not bitch, moan and complain like children. See link: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/31/republican-filibusters-skyrocket/ However, they were more concerned with a strategy that would hurt Obama so they can have a better chance at taking over in November, but in the process, the American people are getting screwed. The GOP is not only against the unemployment extension, which Americans in poll after poll say they want passed, but they have contempt for the unemployed, bailing on millions of them and their families. With 5 unemployed jobseekers for every one job opening, the GOP complaints that people are lazy and they don’t want to add to the deficit is ludicrous--never before has unemployment above 7.2 percent not been seen as emergency spending which doesn’t require to be offset. See link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/14/unemployment-deficit-polls-voters_n_646600.html
Both Republicans and Democrats share in the blame, but it’s the Republicans who have chosen not to govern for their own blind ambition.
Real immigration reform will be no easy task, and that’s why both Republicans and Democrats are afraid to touch it. However, I think the new AZ law will force both political parties to get real immigration reform on the table and get it there fast.
Let’s not forget about Mexico’s part in this whole fiasco. We are subsiding their government’s mistreatment of their own people, and it’s time for the Mexican government to start making Mexico a better place for everyone.
True immigration reform will only happen when both political parties get off their butts and make it happen, the Federal government starts enforcing the law, Mexico starts caring for it’s people, companies stop hiring illegal immigrants, and the US limits it’s demand for illegal drugs.
Even with all our problems and we have our share of them, I am an American and very proud of it.
When unions and corporations can spend as much as they like, it drowns out the voice of the people, and when they spend ten’s on millions of dollars, they do not speak for each and every person that is part of their corporation.
The Founding Fathers called their dream "the great experiment," and when government and corporation become intertwined as they now are, it’s not only a threat to the republic and the rights of the individual, but to "the great experiment” know as America.
