by Sheree Geo
Regardless of how I personally feel about the issue of illegal immigration, it has become enough of an issue to warrant an article. The recent “Immigration Bill” passed by a vote of 68-32 in the House includes plans to tax the average American citizen to pay for a biometric database for all Americans, and envisions a “700-mile-long border fence”, as well as 18,000 extra border patrol agents.
Now, this part makes me laugh a bit:
…leaders of Presente.org, the nation’s largest online Latino advocacy organization, now oppose the bill altogether, saying in a statement they could not “in good conscience” stand by the measure if it is also “guaranteed to increase death and destruction through increased militarization of the border.”
The sad thing is, this issue isn’t even about the immigrants. This is what Obama calls the “new slaves”, these are the ones who will cower to the system because compared to where they could be (living in squalor in a cardboard box with a dirt floor), a tiny apartment with heat and AC eating government cheese is perfectly fine by them.
In the past several years, we’ve seen a concerted effort to not only dumb down the population, but actually “class down” the population, as well. 70% of us are on some kind of prescription drug, plastic silverware at restaurants is now the norm, and it’s becoming more acceptable to have just “checked out” mentally at work altogether, or be out of a job altogether (and be okay with it). The standard of living has become obscene, and it’s no surprise that shows like “Hoarders” and “Intervention” do so damned well. A good percentage of the viewers probably have drug or hoarding issues themselves, and actually enjoy seeing someone do worse in life than they are, so that they feel better about their situation. But I digress…
Regarding the employment situation if the Immigration Bill makes it to Obama’s desk:
It would also increase the number of visas for high-skilled and agricultural workers, and give more weight to educational and employment factors in granting visas.
coupled with Obamacare the immigration bill gives employers absolutely no incentive to hire Americans. In fact, it punishes them for doing so by mandating company sponsored medical coverage or forcing them to pay a tax for failure to provide their employees with healthcare.
By hiring a provisional immigrant, they can avoid those taxes for up to thirteen years.
Businesses across the country are barely staying afloat and Congress will leave them no choice but to lay off employees who will cost them more money under the new healthcare mandates.
Here’s what Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said about the immigration bill:
“From Day One, the country was misled about what was in the bill,” said Senator Lee. “The talking points never matched the reality of what was in the bill.”
“We were told that if we didn’t like what was in it, we could fix it,” he said. “But that wasn’t true either. During the committee ‘mark up,’ Democrats and the Gang of Eight Republicans voted as a bloc to defeat virtually all substantive amendments proposed to improve the bill.”
“They said there would be regular order on the floor. But that turned out to be a false promise as well,” said Lee. He then noted that the bill was 1,200 pages long but only 10 votes on amendments were allowed and the regular order was shut down.