2007
Soap Box Archives
The
Path To Chaos
For the first time in my life I am seriously worried about the
future of the land I love.
It seems that the politicians we sent to Washington to represent
us have either taken leave of their senses or are so out of
touch with their constituencies that they seem to live on another
planet.
The hottest button issue in the country is the pandemic illegal
immigrant problem that plagues every facet of American life
these days and yet the Congress, Senate and the President seem
intent on passing a piece of
legislation which could well have America taking the first steps
toward becoming a third world nation.
They would never admit it but what is being proposed would grant
amnesty to somewhere between twelve and fifteen million illegals,
we can't be sure of the number since nobody knows how many have
come unlawfully crossed our borders.
The bill in its present form is ridiculous even for a bunch
of jaded politicians and Harry Reid and company tried to slip
it through without the American people knowing what was in it
and what is in it is asinine.
But this is not a monarchy, Mr. Reid. This is the United States
of America and here it's by the people and for the people no
matter how hard you try to circumvent it.
Can you imagine what the addition of twenty million people or
more would do to the economy of this nation?
They tell us that social security will go broke in a few years
and we all know the mess Medicare is in and many of these people
upon becoming citizens would immediately become eligible for
all the entitlement programs and you
know that the majority would quickly take advantage of that.
It would also reduce the 700 miles of border fence to 375 miles.
The fine for companies knowingly hiring illegal aliens is $25,000
on the first offense and $75,000 on the third. This bill would
reduce the fine to $5,000.
They say they would pass stringent new laws to keep things above
board. But you know that's a crock. They don't even enforce
the laws we have on the books now. If they did we would have
no illegal alien problem.
The estimated cost of Washington's folly? An estimated 2.5 trillion
dollars over the next few years. And where is this money coming
from? Why much higher taxes of course, there's no other place
for it to come from.
More entitlements and higher taxes, a Democrat's dream.
This is a bipartisan issue with sell out Republican support
but the power hungry Democrats would reap the lion's share of
the benefits.
And one other little point it seems that nobody much is thinking
about. This bill would cover illegal aliens, not just Mexican
illegal aliens. How do you feel about citizen terrorists?
I don't believe even the out of control Congress has guts enough
to pass the bill in its present form but you can bet your boots
that they are not going to give up on this.
I've called both of my Senators' offices and let my feelings
be known and I will be sure to let them be known in the voting
booth.
Pray for our troops.
What do you think?
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
May 21, 2007
