POVERTY IN AMERICA – AS THE LA RAZA WELFARE STATE GROWS EXPONENTIALLY.
“What's needed to discourage illegal immigration
into the United States has been known for years: Enforce existing law.”
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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NO MONEY TO HELP
AMERICANS? NO JOBS FOR LEGALS?
NOT
ONE AMERICAN VOTED FOR THE LA RAZA “THE RACE” WELFARE STATE INN OUR BORDERS!
CALIFORNIA
IS A STATE IN MELTDOWN AS THE MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA RISES IN POWER.
THIS
STATE NOW PAYS OUT $2 BILLION PER YEAR IN SOCIAL SERVICES TO ILLEGALS AGAINST
DEFICITS OF $28 BILLION.
CA
PAYS FOR THE LARGEST PRISON SYSTEM IN THE NATION, WHERE HALF THE INMATES ARE LA
RAZA MEXICANS, MANY ACTIVELY PURSUING BUSINESS FOR THE MEX DRUG CARTELS!
LA
RAZA CA ENJOYS “FREE” MEDICAL AT EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ROOMS, WHICH COST LEGALS
$1.2 BILLION PER YEAR!
THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES PUTS OUT $600 MILLION PER YEAR IN WELFARE TO ILLEGALS,
MOST OF WHICH TO PAY FOR MEXICO’S ANCHOR BABY BIRTHING! NEXT TO DRUGS AND
CRIMINALS, MEXICO’S LARGEST EXPORT IS PREGNANT WOMEN WHO COME TO FOR “FREE”
ANCHOR BABY BIRTHING AND THEN 18 YEARS OF WELFARE. THIS CHILD IS BORN IN OUR
BORDERS IS STILL A CITIZEN OF MEXICO!
THE
LA RAZA GOV JERRY BROWN, AND THE LA RAZA SUPREMACIST LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED A
SLEW OF LAWS AS DICTATED BY ILLEGALS, INCLUDING THAT EMPLOYEES MAY NO LONGER
USE E-VERIFY. WHILE UNEMPLOYMENT IN MEXICO IS UNDER 6%, IN PARTS OF MEXIFORNIA
IT IS JUST UNDER 30%! VIVA LA RAZA? THE DEMS DO!
LA
RAZA FEINSTEIN, BOXER AND PELOSI HAVE ALL PUSHED FOR OPEN BORDERS, AMNESTY, NO
E-VERIFY, NO WALL WITH NARCOmex, AND CERTAINLY NO I.D. REQUIRED FOR ILLEGALS TO
VOTE! OBAMA’S LA RAZA DEPT. of JUSTICE IS WORKING ON THAT NOW, JUST AS THEY SUE
FOUR AMERICAN STATES TO EXPAND OBAMA’S LA RAZA SUPREMACY, AND AGENDA FOR OPEN
BORDERS.
REALLY
WANT A JOB? REALLY WANT TO STOP PAYING FOR THE LA RAZA WELFARE STATE IN OUR
BORDERS? REALLY NEED A HAND WITH THOSE STAGGERING MEDICAL COST, BUT CAN’T PAY A
HOSPITAL $80 FOR AN ASPIRIN, SO THEY CAN PAY FOR LA RAZA’S “FREE” MEDICAL,
REALLY WANT TO LIVE IN A STATE WHERE MEXICAN GANGS ARE NOT THE CAUSE OF HALF
THE MURDERS???
THEN
DON’T VOTE FOR OBAMA!
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New studies show growth of poverty, class tensions in US
By Kate Randall
14 January 2012
Two new studies document the
growth of poverty in America and heightened awareness of the social tensions
arising from the conflict between the rich and poor. Both deal with the impact
of the recession and reflect rapid changes in both the economic conditions and
consciousness of wide layers of the population.
“At Risk: America’s Poor
During and After the Great Recession,” published by the School of Public and
Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington, focuses on the growth
of poverty as a result of the economic downturn, and the performance of the US
“safety net” in response.
The Pew Research Center
survey, “Rising Share of Americans See Conflict Between Rich and Poor,” reveals
that “the issue of class conflict has captured a growing share of the national
consciousness,” and that increasing numbers say there are “very strong
conflicts” between the wealthy and those at the bottom.
The Indiana University study
shows how the extended duration and severity of the economic downturn has
“inflicted long-lasting damage to individuals, families, and communities.” In
particular, the authors point to the growth of the “near poor” and “new poor”
as a result of the recession.
The study cites long-term
unemployment as one of the major factors contributing to the growth of poverty.
Over 4 million Americans report that they have been unemployed for more than 12
months—the largest number since records were first kept in 1948. If the
long-term jobless lose their unemployment benefits before the economy turns around,
the study warns, the ranks of the so-called new poor will swell between now and
2017.
The authors note that the
growing ranks of the newly poor come under conditions where large numbers of
Americans are already impoverished. According to official government measures,
46.2 million Americans—about 15 percent of the population—were living in
poverty in 2010. This number rises to about 16 percent when using a new
“Supplemental Measure,” which accounts for shortcomings in the official
measurement.
While economists designate
June 2009 as the official end of the recession, the Indiana University study
notes that the number of people living in poverty is still expected to rise,
due to the slow pace of the recovery. Between the years 2006 and 2010 the
proportion of people living in poverty has increased by a staggering 27
percent, a trend that is highly likely to continue. This recent increase in
poverty has hit young people between the ages of 18 and 34 particularly hard.
The performance of the
American “safety net” under these economic conditions has been inadequate and
uneven. So-called entitlement programs, including food stamps (SNAP), Medicaid
and Unemployment Insurance, which operate with mandatory (if insufficient)
funding, have been more responsive as jobs are lost and incomes fall.
By contrast, programs such as
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which replaced traditional
welfare beginning in 1996, and federal housing assistance have lagged behind
need. The study notes that moves under way in Congress to cut the federal
budget deficit are likely to result in significant cutbacks to these programs.
Initiatives such as the 2009
federal stimulus package, which somewhat cushioned the blow of poverty in the
recession, are also unlikely to be renewed. Additionally, while poverty
continues to deepen, many cash-strapped states are making cuts to programs such
as unemployment insurance, temporary cash assistance, Medicaid, TANF and other
services for low-income individuals and families.
The Pew Research Center
Survey finds that the growth of poverty and the inability of federal and state
programs to respond to it are having a dramatic impact on the way wide layers
of American society view growing social inequality.
The study of 2,048 adults
found that about two-thirds of Americans (66 percent) believe that there are
either “strong” or “very strong” conflicts between the rich and the poor. This
is an increase of 19 percentage points over views studied in 2009. Three in ten
Americans, or 30 percent, now feel that there are “very strong conflicts”
between rich and poor—double the proportion compared to 2009, and the largest
percentage holding this opinion since the question was first asked in 1987.
When evaluating the divisions
within US society, survey respondents ranked the conflicts between rich and
poor ahead of three other potential sources of tensions: between immigrants and
native born, between blacks and whites, and between young and old. In a 2009
survey, respondents cited the tensions between immigrants and native born as
the greatest source of conflicts.
The perception that class
conflict was the leading source of tension was held across virtually all
demographic groups, with younger adults, women, Democrats and African Americans
somewhat more likely to hold this view.
The Pew researchers note that
this dramatic change in attitudes “may reflect the income and wealth inequality
message conveyed by Occupy Wall Street protesters across the country in late
2011 that led to a spike in media attention to the topic.” The study points to
growing public awareness of the shift in wealth distribution in America that
was reflected in the Occupy movement and popular sympathy for the protests.
The authors cite US Census
Bureau data showing that the proportion of overall wealth—a measure including
home equity, stocks and bonds, and other personal possessions—held by the top
10 percent of the population increased from 49 percent in 2005 to 56 percent in
2009, a 7 percent rise in just four years.
The Pew survey, alongside the
data on poverty presented in the Indiana University study, indicates how such
indices of social inequality are finding expression in the sentiments of wider
layers of the US population as this economic turmoil deepens and persists.
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“The principal beneficiaries of our current immigration policy are
affluent Americans who hire immigrants at substandard wages for low-end work.
Harvard economist George Borjas estimates that American workers lose $190
billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding of the
labor market at the low-wage end.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
In
his first state of the union speech since becoming president of Mexico, Felipe
Calderon criticized the U.S. government and its efforts to shut down illegal
immigration. During the speech Calderon proclaimed that “Mexico does not end at its borders” and that “where there is a
Mexican, there is a Mexico.” Tune in for a full report on Calderon’s
vigorous fight to protect Mexican interests in the United States—even when
they’re built on illegal immigration.
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“What's
needed to discourage illegal immigration into the United States has been known
for years: Enforce existing law.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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“The principal beneficiaries of our current immigration policy are
affluent Americans who hire immigrants at substandard wages for low-end work.
Harvard economist George Borjas estimates that American workers lose $190
billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding of the
labor market at the low-wage end.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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WE
ARE MEXICO’S WELFARE, JOBS, “FREE” ANCHOR BABY BIRTHING CENTER, AND JAILS PLAN!
FOR THIS THE MEXICAN WAVE THEIR COUNTRY’S FLAGS IN OUR FACES, SPEAK ONLY
SPANISH, AND LOOT OUR NATION!
“Such rhetoric would be more convincing if
Mexican officials were making a good faith effort to uplift the 50 percent of
their 106 million people who live in poverty.”
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“What's
needed to discourage illegal immigration into the United States has been known
for years: Enforce existing law.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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“The principal beneficiaries of our current immigration policy are
affluent Americans who hire immigrants at substandard wages for low-end work.
Harvard economist George Borjas estimates that American workers lose $190
billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding of the
labor market at the low-wage end.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE MONITOR
from
the March 30, 2006 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0330/p09s02-coop.html
MEXICO PREFERS TO EXPORT ITS POOR, NOT
UPLIFT THEM
At
this week's summit, failed reforms under Fox should be the issue, not US
actions.
By
George W. Grayson
Such rhetoric would be more convincing if Mexican officials were making a good faith effort to uplift the 50 percent of their 106 million people who live in poverty.
To his credit, Fox's "Opportunities" initiative has improved slightly the plight of the poorest of the poor. Still, neither he nor Mexico's lawmakers have advanced measures that would spur sustained growth, improve the quality of the workforce, curb unemployment, and obviate the flight of Mexicans abroad. Indeed, Mexico's leaders have turned hypocrisy from an art form into an exact science as they shirk their obligations to fellow citizens, while decrying efforts by the US senators and representatives to crack down on illegal immigration at the border and the workplace. What are some examples of this failure of responsibility? · When oil revenues are excluded, Mexico raises the equivalent of only 9 percent of its gross domestic product in taxes - a figure roughly equivalent to that of Haiti and far below the level of major Latin American nations. Not only is Mexico's collection rate ridiculously low, its fiscal regime is riddled with loopholes and exemptions, giving rise to widespread evasion. Congress has rebuffed efforts to reform the system. Insufficient revenues mean that Mexico spends relatively little on two key elements of social mobility: Education commands just 5.3 percent of its GDP and healthcare only 6.10 percent, according to the World Bank's last comparative study. · A venal, "come-back-tomorrow" bureaucracy explains the 58 days it takes to open a business in Mexico compared with three days in Canada, five days in the US, nine days in Jamaica, and 27 days in Chile. Mexico's private sector estimates that 34 percent of the firms in the country made "extra official" payments to functionaries and legislators in 2004. These bribes totaled $11.2 billion and equaled 12 percent of GDP. · Transparency International, a nongovernmental organization, placed Mexico in a tie with Ghana, Panama, Peru, and Turkey for 65th among 158 countries surveyed for corruption. · Economic competition is constrained by the presence of inefficient, overstaffed state oil and electricity monopolies, as well as a small number of private corporations - closely linked to government big shots - that control telecommunications, television, food processing, transportation, construction, and cement.
THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE IN THE HANDS OF CARLOS SLIM, A MEX WITH 70 BILLION! SLIM
IS NOW THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD, AND OWNS 10% OF THE NEW YORK TIMES. IF YOU
GET THE TIMES, YOU WILL NOTE THAT IT IS NOW THE MOUTHPIECE FOR LA RAZA
PROPAGANDA, DAILY COMING OUT WITH EDITORIALS THAT SUPPORT LA RAZA SUPREMACY,
AND NEVER, EVER, EVER AN ARTICLE OF MEXICAN CRIME TIDAL WAVE, THE LA RAZA
WELFARE STATE, OR MEXICAN RACISM!
Politicians
who talk about, much less propose, trust-busting measures are as rare as a
snowfall in the Sonoran Desert. Geography, self-interests, and humanitarian
concerns require North America's neighbors to cooperate on myriad issues, not
the least of which is immigration. However, Mexico's power brokers have failed
to make the difficult decisions necessary to use their nation's bountiful
wealth to benefit the masses. Washington and Ottawa have every right to insist
that Mexico's pampered elite act responsibly, rather than expecting US and
Canadian taxpayers to shoulder burdens Mexico should assume.
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“What's
needed to discourage illegal immigration into the United States has been known
for years: Enforce existing law.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
“The principal beneficiaries of our current immigration policy are
affluent Americans who hire immigrants at substandard wages for low-end work.
Harvard economist George Borjas estimates that American workers lose $190
billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding of the
labor market at the low-wage end.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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UNFETTERED IMMIGRATION = Poverty FOR AMERICANS
FIRST WE ARE FORCED TO HAND OVER OUR JOBS TO LA RAZA (OBAMA’S SEC. OF
(ILLEGAL) LABOR IS A LA RAZA SUPREMACIST HILDA SOLIS. HER JOB IS TO BUY THE
ILLEGALS VOTES WITH OUR JOBS!), THEN WE GET THE STAGGERING BILLS FOR THE LA
RAZA WELFARE STATE, AND THEN WE’RE TOLD TO PUSH 2 FOR ENGLISH! VIVA LA RAZA?
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By
Robert Rector Heritage.org | May 16, 2006
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“The principal beneficiaries of our current immigration policy are
affluent Americans who hire immigrants at substandard wages for low-end work.
Harvard economist George Borjas estimates that American workers lose $190
billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding of the
labor market at the low-wage end.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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ONE
QUARTER OF CONGRESS!!!!!!! IS NOW THE HISPANIC CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS!!!!!! THE MEXICAN
FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA! MEXIFORNIA SENDS FOUR LA RAZA FASCIST TO CONGRESS.
THEY ARE RABIDLY RACIST SUPREMACIST REPS. JOE BACA, XAVIER BECERRA, SISTERS
LINDA AND LORETTA SANCHEZ. OBAMA’S LA RAZA SEC. OF (ILLEGAL) LABOR IS FORMER
CONGRESSWOMAN HILDA SOLIS. ALL PUT IN OFFICE BY THE VOTES OF ILLEGALS!!!!!
Reps. Nydia
Velazquez
(D-N.Y.) and Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) wrote President
Obama last month on behalf of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, calling on the
White House to terminate the program.
Yesterday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) held
a mass rally on the Capitol's West Lawn to present the outline of his new mass
amnesty / weak enforcement bill. Of course, his proposed legislation includes a
path to citizenship for most of the illegal aliens currently in the U.S.
Earlier this year, Gutierrez barnstormed the country, speaking to dozens of
churches, arguing for more immigration and amnesty.
According to Gutierrez, granting amnesty to illegal aliens is the righteous, merciful, and just thing to do. To hear it from Gutierrez, entering America illegally is practically a civil right!
What about America's tens of millions of unemployed, who must compete with illegal aliens for jobs and scarce social services? Where's the compassion for these people? Hundreds of NumbersUSA members have written to me recently telling me they've been laid off. Anyone care about them?
According to Gutierrez, granting amnesty to illegal aliens is the righteous, merciful, and just thing to do. To hear it from Gutierrez, entering America illegally is practically a civil right!
What about America's tens of millions of unemployed, who must compete with illegal aliens for jobs and scarce social services? Where's the compassion for these people? Hundreds of NumbersUSA members have written to me recently telling me they've been laid off. Anyone care about them?
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“To hear it from
Gutierrez, entering America illegally is practically a civil right!”
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
In his first state of the union speech since becoming
president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon criticized the U.S. government and its
efforts to shut down illegal immigration. During the speech Calderon proclaimed
that “Mexico does not end at its
borders” and that “where there is a Mexican, there is a Mexico.”
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“In Mexico, a recent Zogby poll declared that the vast
majority of Mexican citizens hate Americans. [22.2] Mexico is a country
saturated with racism, yet in denial, having never endured the social development
of a Civil Rights movement like in the US--Blacks are harshly treated while
foreign Whites are often seen as the enemy. [22.3] In fact, racism as workplace
discrimination can be seen across the US anywhere the illegal alien Latino
works--the vast majority of the workforce is usually strictly Latino, excluding
Blacks, Whites, Asians, and others.”
“The increase in the number living in poverty, and falling
incomes for the vast majority, stand in contrast to the continued rise in
incomes for the richest 1 percent. Payouts to Wall Street bankers and financial
traders are set to reach new heights in 2009. The Census Bureau figures provide
one more indication of the enormous social tensions building up within the
United States.”
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“It is clear that far from seeking to reign in executive pay, the Obama administration has done everything in its power to defend the exorbitant compensation of the Wall Street CEOs.”
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US poverty rate hits 11-year high
By Shannon Jones
11 September 2009
11 September 2009
Poverty in the United States
climbed to 13.2 percent in 2008, up from 12.5 percent in 2007, the highest
level since 1997. The increase came as millions of workers lost their jobs in
the first year of the worst economic slump since the Great Depression.
Meanwhile, median household income hit its lowest level since 1997, while the
number of people without health insurance rose. The data was contained in the
Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey released on Thursday.
In 2008, 39.8 million people
were living in poverty, up from 37.3 million in 2007. The government defines
poverty as a family of four with an annual income of less than $22,025. By this
measure, the poverty rate for children under the age of 18 rose from 18 percent
in 2007 to 19 percent in 2009. There were 14.1 million children living in
poverty in 2008. The family poverty rate rose to 10.3 percent in 2008, with 8.1
million families in poverty. As the government’s official poverty threshold is
woefully low, these figures drastically understate the true picture.
The US Midwest and West
showed increases in both the poverty rate and the number living in poverty. The
Midwest, hard hit by job losses in manufacturing, saw an increase in the
poverty rate to 12.4 percent in 2008, up from 11.1 percent in 2007, an increase
of 900,000 people living in poverty. The poverty rate in the West, battered by
the collapse of the housing bubble, rose from 12 percent to 13.5 percent, an
increase of 1.2 million additional people.
The poverty rate for whites
rose to 8.6 percent, up from 8.2 percent in 2007. Poverty among Hispanics rose
to 23.2 percent, up from 21.5 percent in 2007. Meanwhile, poverty among African
American remained unchanged at 24.7 percent. According to the report, 31
percent of Americans fell into poverty for at least two months between 2004 and
2007. In 2008, 17.1 million people had income below one-half of their poverty
threshold, in other words were living in extreme poverty. Of this number, 36.8
percent were children.
According to the report,
median household income fell 3.6 percent between 2007 and 2008. The drop in
median income was the largest annual decline since 1991, and means that in
inflation adjusted dollars median income stands lower than in 1998. This is the
first time in the 40 years that the Census Bureau has tracked household income
that there has been a 10-year period in which median income did not increase.
In all likelihood this is the first such decline since the Depression decade of
the 1930s, as the 1940s and 1950s generally saw rising incomes.
The largest drop in income,
5.4 percent, occurred among wage earners in the 45 to 54 year age-range. The
second greatest decline, 3.9 percent, came for workers in the 55-64 age
bracket.
While the percentage of
people without health coverage remained unchanged in 2008, the number of
uninsured increased to 46.3 million, up from 45.7 million in 2008. Among
children under the age of 18, 15.9 percent lacked health coverage. The number
of people covered by employment-based health insurance fell from 177.4 million
to 176.3 million, reflecting the impact of job losses and employers dropping
health coverage for employees. For the eighth straight year, 2008 saw a drop
the percentage of people covered by employer-based health insurance.
Meanwhile, the number covered
by government-based health insurance rose from 83 million to 87.4 million, as a
number of states expanded Medicaid and health insurance programs for children.
Texas had the highest rate of
uninsured, a staggering 25 percent, up from 24.1 percent in 2007. New Mexico
came in second with an uninsured rate of 23 percent. California had the largest
number of uninsured, with 6.7 million people lacking coverage.
These figures present a pale
reflection of the present situation, since they do not reflect the impact of
continuing mass layoffs and cuts in social services. Based on the continuing
job losses, the real number of uninsured is probably closer to 50 million, the
figure used by the Congressional Budget Office.
The official unemployment
rate in August stood at 9.7 percent. Some 7 million people have lost their jobs
since the start of the recession, 3.8 million so far this year, and the toll is
growing.
An economist with the
Economic Policy Institute told Reuters that by their estimate “a quarter of all
children in this country will be living in poverty” by the end of this year.
The increase in the number
living in poverty, and falling incomes for the vast majority, stand in contrast
to the continued rise in incomes for the richest 1 percent. Payouts to Wall
Street bankers and financial traders are set to reach new heights in 2009. The
Census Bureau figures provide one more indication of the enormous social
tensions building up within the United States.
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VIRTUALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CRIMINAL BANKSTERS ARE OBAMA DONORS, OR WORK OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE NOW!
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But Wall Street is often motivated by something more than
money - winning.
"In general, these are professional
prognosticators," said Ritsch. "And they may be putting their money
on the person they predict will win, not the candidate they hope will
win."
Records show that
four out of Obama's top five contributors are employees of financial industry
giants - Goldman Sachs ($571,330), UBS AG ($364,806), JPMorgan Chase ($362,207)
and Citigroup ($358,054).
*CEOs at bailed out banks got $13.8 million apiece last year
By Andre Damon
7 September 2009
This figure is 37 percent higher than the average CEO income in the S&P 500, which stood at $10.1 million last year. The study found that CEOs stand to benefit even further after their companies granted them stock options at their low points in early 2009.
The study, published Wednesday by the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think tank, gave a comprehensive overview of Wall Street firms’ pay practices based on their proxy earnings statements to the SEC.
The report noted that the average financial CEO’s salary in 2008 was 430 times what an average worker earned during the same time.
The top five executives at the 20 financial firms that got the most money from the federal government collected a total of $3.2 billion in compensation in the past three years. During this time, these 100 people took in an average of $32 million apiece. This group received $1.2 billion in 2006 and 2007, and $0.8 billion last year.
100 US workers would have to work for a thousand years to make as much as this group made in three.
The report notes that “Executive pay at top US financial firms stands poised for spectacularly rapid recovery.” Many Wall Street firms gave executives large quantities of stock options in the beginning of the year, when stocks were at bottom prices. But as a result of the bailout and the Obama administration’s continued guarantees that it would compensate banks for any losses they incur, these stocks have drastically shot up in value.
Half of the top 20 firms receiving bailouts have already reported the details and valuations of stock options given earlier this year. The top five executives at each of these firms had the value of their stock options increase by a total of $90 million. Executives at JPMorgan Chase had their options grow by $20.6 million, followed by American Express and PNC, each of whose executives had their options grow by $17.9 million. If the rally continues, these people stand to earn far more.
Sarah Anderson, the report’s author, told Newsweek, “I think the most shocking thing was looking at how executives could use the financial crisis as a springboard to an even bigger windfall this year. Rather than hand out bonuses, many companies gave out new stock options. For example, the stock options of American Express’s CEO increased by $18 million, but the stock price of the company was about half since the economic crash. I think this shows that executives come out on top no matter what.”
Executive bonuses are expected to increase by 25 percent this year, according to the Wall Street Journal. Goldman Sachs alone has already allocated $11 billion for employee compensation in the first part of the 2009.
“The federal government has, to this point, not moved forward into law or regulation any measure that would actually deflate the executive pay bubble that has expanded so hugely over the last three decades,” the study concluded.
This is a striking admission, but one that is absolutely true. For all its talk of reigning in executive compensation, the Obama Administration has taken no concrete measures to reduce the actual quantity of funds doled out to executives.
The closest thing to such a measure has been the appointment of Kenneth Feinberg to approve the pay packages of firms receiving some forms of government aid. Feinberg has the power to vote up or down the pay packages for the top 100 employees at these companies. But this limited oversight applies only for companies that still owe the US government money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
So far, eight of the top 20 receivers of government funds have paid back their TARP obligations, freeing themselves from any pay oversight. In any case, Feinberg has already approved “in principle” multi-million-dollar bonuses at failed insurer AIG. Feinberg is expected to release the results of his investigation later this month.
In another toothless measure, Congress has mandated that large financial firms conduct non-binding shareholder votes on executive pay packages.
The response from the media has been a mixture of feigned outrage and cynical acceptance. David Weidner wrote in a Wall Street Journal column Thursday, “It’s futile to try and eliminate risk-taking and big rewards on Wall Street. Greed is the nature of the business. Capping Wall Street pay is like telling Apple Inc. to be less innovative or Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to go easy on the discounts.” Instead, he argues that CEO pay should be better aligned with their companies’ interests.
This has been the nominal line of the Obama administration, which has on principle rejected any comprehensive restraints on CEO pay. At the G20 finance ministers’ meeting, which concluded talks on Saturday, France and Germany sought to create some sort of global oversight for pay in the financial industry, but US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner rejected any such approach, calling instead for token regulations on the amount of capital that banks are required to hold.
It is clear that far from seeking to reign in executive pay, the Obama administration has done everything in its power to defend the exorbitant compensation of the Wall Street CEOs.
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L.A.County's $48 Million Monthly Anchor Baby Tab
Last Updated: Wed, 08/12/2009
- 11:24am
Taxpayers
in the nation’s most populous county dished out nearly $50 million in a single
month to cover only the welfare costs of illegal immigrants, representing a
whopping $10 million increase over the same one-month period two years
ago.
In
June 2009 alone Los Angeles County spent $48 million ($26 million in food
stamps and $22 million in welfare) to provide just two of numerous free public
services to the children of illegal aliens, which will translate into an annual
tab of nearly $600 million for the cash-strapped county.
The
figure doesn’t even include the exorbitant cost of educating, medically
treating or incarcerating illegal aliens in the sprawling county of about 10
million residents. Los Angeles County annually spends more than $1 billion for
those combined services, including $400 million for healthcare and $350 million
for public safety.
The
recent single-month welfare figure was obtained from the county’s Department of
Social Services and made public by a county supervisor (Michael Antonovich) who
assures illegal immigration continues to have a “catastrophic impact on Los
Angeles County taxpayers.” The veteran lawmaker points out that 24% of the county’s
total allotment of welfare and food stamp benefits goes directly to the
children of illegal aliens—known as anchor babies—born in the United States.
A
former fifth-grade history teacher who has served on the county’s board for
nearly three decades, Antonovich has repeatedly come under fire for publicizing
statistics that confirm the devastation illegal immigration has had on the
region. Antonovich represents a portion of the county that is roughly twice the
size of Rhode Island and has about 2 million residents.
Numerous other reports have
documented the enormous cost of illegal immigration on a national level. Just
last year a renowned economist, who has thoroughly researched the impact of
illegal immigration, published a book breaking down the country’s $346 billion annual cost to
educate, jail, medically treat and incarcerate illegal aliens throughout the
U.S.
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WELFARE COSTS FOR CHILDREN
OF ILLEGAL ALIENS IN L.A. COUNTY OVER $48 MILLION IN JUNE
Annually the cost of illegal immigration to Los Angeles County taxpayers exceeds over $1 billion dollars, which includes $350 million for public safety, $400 million for healthcare, and $500 million in welfare and food stamps allocations. Twenty-four percent of the County’s total allotment of welfare and food stamp benefits goes directly to the children of illegal aliens born in the United States.
“Illegal immigration continues to have a catastrophic impact on Los Angeles County taxpayers,” said Antonovich. “The total cost for illegal immigrants to County taxpayers exceeds $1 billion a year – not including the millions of dollars for education.”
IF YOU CALL REP. HENRY WAXMAN’S OFFICE AND
ASK THEM WHAT HIS POSITION IS ON ILLEGALS AND THE MEXICAN OCCUPATION, HIS
OFFICE VOLUNTEERS STAMMER THEN GO DUMB. NO WONDER LA RAZA ENDORSES HENRY
WAXMAN.
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THE MEXICAN LOOTER’S MENTALITY
“I know that many aliens who come here to work want to
remain here, yet all too many come to the United States with a
"looter" philosophy, giving the lawful immigrants who want to share
in the “American Dream” a bad reputation.”
In my former INS experience, it was not uncommon for the illegal aliens I
arrested to make it clear that they were here for one purpose: to make as much
money as possible as quickly as possible and send it all home. I know that many
aliens who come here to work want to remain here, yet all too many come to the
United States with a "looter" philosophy, giving the lawful
immigrants who want to share in the “American Dream” a bad reputation. Part of
the problem is that the relationship that businesses have with the United States
is one of greed. These companies couldn't care less about the damage that they
do to this country or the average working American. They are happy to exploit
the illegal aliens and in so doing, get a lucrative piece of the action. And
the bankers and money wire services like Western Union have become the silent
partners of the illegal aliens. Of course, if the American dollar plummets far
enough many illegal aliens will probably just head home, leaving this country
in financial disarray. But when you read about the amounts of money being sent
out of the United States that is lost to our economy, you must realize that the
money you are reading about is not being earned by Americans or by lawful
immigrants, because they have been displaced by illegal aliens who are willing
to work for substandard wages. Unfortunately, Congress has just passed what has
been billed as an "Economic Stimulus Package." This bill will
undoubtedly be signed into law by the President and will call for taxpayers to
be mailed one-time rebate checks that (it is hoped) will be used to spend on
consumer goods that – get this – for the most part are not even produced in the
United States. A large part of the problem we are having right now is that
Americans are not saving enough money. Our citizens have been cashing in the
value of their homes with second mortgages and huge credit card debts and now,
the value of most of those houses has fallen into the basement! There is an
utter lack of fiscal responsibility in abundant evidence in Washington and around
kitchen tables across the United States and meanwhile, the front runners in the
Presidential elections are eager to provide amnesty and thus more incentives
for still more illegal aliens to drain still more money out of our economy.
They will do this through remittances and other means of sending money back
home. They will do this when they show up in the emergency rooms of hospitals
across our nation demanding medical treatment without medical insurance. The
criminal element of this massive influx of illegal aliens will injure and kill
more victims in our country, destroying lives and the lives of family members
of the victims of those crimes. Some of the crimes will also result in property
losses and in fraud.
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Identity theft is the fastest growing white collar crime in
America today and is often motivated by organized rings that sell these stolen
identities to illegal aliens seeking illegal employment.
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The Congressional Budget Office
has recently done a study that concludes that contrary to the assertions of the
open borders / pro-amnesty crowd, illegal aliens represent a net drain on the
economy. Finally, the attacks of September 11, 2001, in addition to the death
and destruction they wrought, hammered our economy and the economies of other
countries. Trade suffered, travel and tourism suffered – yet the travel and
hospitality industries are pushing a program known as "Discover
America" wherein they are attempting to have the United States government
expand the Visa Waiver Program beyond the current 27 participating countries to
as many as 39 countries. In the end, the United States and its working poor and
middle class that is shouldering the greatest burden of the open borders and
cash movement mess. Interestingly, with all of the interviews that were
conducted in the article linked above, not a single interview was conducted to
find out what the impact of the decline of the dollar has had on the average
American family.
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Illegals Receiving Health Care …."But....( of course there is!)"
“If you’re in this
country illegally, should you be able to get health care?” CNN’s John King
asked Mrs. Pelosi.
“No, illegal immigrants are not covered by this plan,” she replied.
Mrs. Pelosi’s remarks are downright deceptive, according to Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who points out that the proposed health care legislation “ contains gaping loopholes that will allow illegal immigrants to receive taxpayer-funded benefits .”
These loopholes, Rep. Smith maintains, are “no accident.” He maintains that the proposed legislation, despite months of debate, still contains no mechanism for verifying if applicants are legal residents or not.
The Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee attempted to address this loophole by an amendment proposed by Congressman Dick Heller (R-Nevada) which would have required applicants for government provided or subsidized health care to demonstrate eligibility through the Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) systems.
But, on July 29, the Heller Amendment was soundly defeated by the following 26 Majority Members of the House Ways & Means Committee: Xavier Becerra (Calif.), Shelley Berkley (Nev.), Earl Blumenauer (Ore.), Joe Crowley (N.Y.), Artur Davis (Ala.), Danny Davis (Ill.), Lloyd Doggett (Texas), Bob Etheridge (N.C.), Brian Higgins (N.Y.), Ron Kind (Wis.), John Larson (Conn.), Sander Levin (Mich.), John Lewis (Ga.), Jim McDermott (Wash.), Kendrick Meek (Fla.), Richard Neal (Mass.), Bill Pascrell (N.J.), Earl Pomeroy (N.D.), Chairman Charlie Rangel (N.Y.), Linda Sanchez (Calif.), Allyson Schwartz (Pa.), Pete Stark (Calif.), John Tanner (Tenn.), Mike Thompson (Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (Md.), and John Yarmuth (Ky.).
The Federal for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) believes the legislation is now purposefully self-contradictory in order to ensure that the millions of illegal Latinos will receive coverage. FAIR points out that while one provision of the proposed health care reform bill states illegal immigrants will not be eligible for benefits, the legislation remains without any system of verification for determining if a patient is a legal or illegal U. S. resident.
Moreover, Fair insists, the bill leaves open the possibility that if one citizen family member is eligible for benefits, then the entire family — including illegal immigrants — is also eligible for the benefits.
“At a time when the federal government is running trillion dollar deficits, and the projected costs of the proposed health care overhaul seem to grow with each passing day, the committee that writes our tax laws wants Americans to pay for the health care costs of illegal aliens,” says FAIR President Dan Stein. “Given the opportunity to close loopholes that would cost the public billions of dollars each year, Democrats on the committee unanimously rejected an amendment that would bar illegal aliens from a national health care program.”
The cost of treating illegal aliens amounts to nearly $11 billion a year, according to calculations done by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit group that opposes illegal immigration. And that cost is not expected to go away if a health insurance reform bill becomes law.
According to FAIR’s Director of Special Projects Jack Martin, illegal immigrants presently cost U. S. taxpayers $10.7 billion a year for health care. The numbers are contained in a report that FAIR plans to publish in the near future.
“The current health care bill is looking as if it is leaving a very large loophole for medical coverage being provided to illegal aliens,” Martin said.
So again, yes, the speaker of the House can say: "We've made no provision for Health Care for Illegal Aliens". But, is she in fact telling you the WHOLE truth or only half a truth. I am an independent voter and I, at this point, have my opinion. You be the judge for your own opinion.
“No, illegal immigrants are not covered by this plan,” she replied.
Mrs. Pelosi’s remarks are downright deceptive, according to Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who points out that the proposed health care legislation “ contains gaping loopholes that will allow illegal immigrants to receive taxpayer-funded benefits .”
These loopholes, Rep. Smith maintains, are “no accident.” He maintains that the proposed legislation, despite months of debate, still contains no mechanism for verifying if applicants are legal residents or not.
The Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee attempted to address this loophole by an amendment proposed by Congressman Dick Heller (R-Nevada) which would have required applicants for government provided or subsidized health care to demonstrate eligibility through the Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) systems.
But, on July 29, the Heller Amendment was soundly defeated by the following 26 Majority Members of the House Ways & Means Committee: Xavier Becerra (Calif.), Shelley Berkley (Nev.), Earl Blumenauer (Ore.), Joe Crowley (N.Y.), Artur Davis (Ala.), Danny Davis (Ill.), Lloyd Doggett (Texas), Bob Etheridge (N.C.), Brian Higgins (N.Y.), Ron Kind (Wis.), John Larson (Conn.), Sander Levin (Mich.), John Lewis (Ga.), Jim McDermott (Wash.), Kendrick Meek (Fla.), Richard Neal (Mass.), Bill Pascrell (N.J.), Earl Pomeroy (N.D.), Chairman Charlie Rangel (N.Y.), Linda Sanchez (Calif.), Allyson Schwartz (Pa.), Pete Stark (Calif.), John Tanner (Tenn.), Mike Thompson (Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (Md.), and John Yarmuth (Ky.).
The Federal for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) believes the legislation is now purposefully self-contradictory in order to ensure that the millions of illegal Latinos will receive coverage. FAIR points out that while one provision of the proposed health care reform bill states illegal immigrants will not be eligible for benefits, the legislation remains without any system of verification for determining if a patient is a legal or illegal U. S. resident.
Moreover, Fair insists, the bill leaves open the possibility that if one citizen family member is eligible for benefits, then the entire family — including illegal immigrants — is also eligible for the benefits.
“At a time when the federal government is running trillion dollar deficits, and the projected costs of the proposed health care overhaul seem to grow with each passing day, the committee that writes our tax laws wants Americans to pay for the health care costs of illegal aliens,” says FAIR President Dan Stein. “Given the opportunity to close loopholes that would cost the public billions of dollars each year, Democrats on the committee unanimously rejected an amendment that would bar illegal aliens from a national health care program.”
The cost of treating illegal aliens amounts to nearly $11 billion a year, according to calculations done by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit group that opposes illegal immigration. And that cost is not expected to go away if a health insurance reform bill becomes law.
According to FAIR’s Director of Special Projects Jack Martin, illegal immigrants presently cost U. S. taxpayers $10.7 billion a year for health care. The numbers are contained in a report that FAIR plans to publish in the near future.
“The current health care bill is looking as if it is leaving a very large loophole for medical coverage being provided to illegal aliens,” Martin said.
So again, yes, the speaker of the House can say: "We've made no provision for Health Care for Illegal Aliens". But, is she in fact telling you the WHOLE truth or only half a truth. I am an independent voter and I, at this point, have my opinion. You be the judge for your own opinion.
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The politics of Healthcare Reform
from the AP -
"Immigration analyst James R. Edwards Jr. reported last week in National Review that "no health legislation on the table requires federal, state or local agencies -- or private institutions receiving federal funds -- to check the immigration status of health-program applicants, so some of the money distributed via Medicaid and tax credits inevitably would go to illegal aliens." Moreover, the Senate Finance Committee plan creates a preference for illegal aliens by exempting them from the mandate to buy insurance.
That's right. Lawabiding, uninsured Americans would be fined if they didn't submit to the ObamaCare prescription.
Lawbreaking bordercrossers and deportation fugitives would be spared.
For years, advocates of uncontrolled immigration have argued that illegals aren't getting free health care, and that even if they were, they'd not be draining government budgets. The fiscal crisis in California gives lie to those talking points. In March, the Associated Press reported that Sacramento and Contra Costa counties were slashing staff and closing clinics due to the prohibitive costs of providing nonemergency health services for illegals.
"The general situation there is being faced by nearly every health department across the country, and if not right now, shortly," Robert M. Pestronk of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, told the AP."
from the AP -
"Immigration analyst James R. Edwards Jr. reported last week in National Review that "no health legislation on the table requires federal, state or local agencies -- or private institutions receiving federal funds -- to check the immigration status of health-program applicants, so some of the money distributed via Medicaid and tax credits inevitably would go to illegal aliens." Moreover, the Senate Finance Committee plan creates a preference for illegal aliens by exempting them from the mandate to buy insurance.
That's right. Lawabiding, uninsured Americans would be fined if they didn't submit to the ObamaCare prescription.
Lawbreaking bordercrossers and deportation fugitives would be spared.
For years, advocates of uncontrolled immigration have argued that illegals aren't getting free health care, and that even if they were, they'd not be draining government budgets. The fiscal crisis in California gives lie to those talking points. In March, the Associated Press reported that Sacramento and Contra Costa counties were slashing staff and closing clinics due to the prohibitive costs of providing nonemergency health services for illegals.
"The general situation there is being faced by nearly every health department across the country, and if not right now, shortly," Robert M. Pestronk of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, told the AP."
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On Tuesday, December 15, open borders advocate Luis
Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced H.R. 4321, the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform
for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009,” (CIR ASAP). H.R. 4321 would
grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, dramatically increase legal
immigration, and create loopholes in existing penalties in exchange for
promises of “enforcement” in the future. (See FAIR’s Legislative Updates from
October 19, 2009 and December 14, 2009). At introduction, CIR ASAP had over 90
original co-sponsors in the House of Representatives. (See Cosponsor listing).
CIR ASAP contains several amnesty programs, including AgJOBS
(Title IV, Subtitle B); the DREAM Act (sprinkled throughout the bill); and a
broad amnesty program through which millions of illegal aliens could obtain
“earned legalization” (Title IV, Subtitle A). These provisions are in many ways
similar to those in the Bush-Kennedy Amnesty Bill of 2007, except that several
significant requirements have been weakened. For example, for an illegal alien
to receive amnesty under H.R.4321, he or she does not even have to establish
employment, only that he or she is an active member of the community.
In addition to granting amnesty, CIR ASAP would dramatically
increase legal immigration by:
• Recapturing
purportedly “unused” family and employment-based green cards from 1992 to 2008
(§301(a)-(b)). According to State Department data, this provision alone could
bring in as many as 550,000 immigrants—all of whom would compete with American
workers for jobs. (U.S. State Department, Unused Family and Employment
Preferences Numbers Available for Recapture, Fiscal Years 1992-2007).
• Expanding
the definition of “immediate relatives” to include children and spouses of
lawful permanent residents. (§302). This would allow an unlimited number of
these children and spouses to immediately qualify for a visa.
• Increasing
the annual per country limits on family and employment-based visas from seven percent
to ten percent. (§303). Under current law, each foreign country has a seven
percent share of the total cap of visas allocated each year.
In exchange for the multiple amnesties and massive increases
in legal immigration proposed in the bill, H.R. 4321 contains measures
ostensibly aimed at strengthening immigration “enforcement.” Upon closer
examination, however, CIR ASAP would actually undermine the enforcement of our
immigration laws. For example, the bill would:
• Repeal the
highly successful 287(g) program, which allows federal officials to train state
and local law enforcement agencies in the enforcement of federal immigration
laws. (§184).
• Establish a
new, untested electronic employee verification system. (§201). This would
completely reverse years of progress made with respect to E-Verify.
• Temporarily
suspend Operation Streamline pending a re-evaluation of the program’s future
viability. (§125(a)). Operation Streamline is a highly successful,
zero-tolerance program that targets illegal aliens for immediate prosecution
upon apprehension at or near the border. After Operation Streamline was put
into effect in December 2006, the Yuma, Arizona sector saw nearly 1200
prosecutions in the first 9 months. Border apprehensions decreased by 70
percent. (CBP Press Release, July 24, 2007).
• Prohibit
the Armed Forces and the National Guard from assisting in securing the border
unless: (1) the President declares a national emergency, or (2) the use of the
Armed Forces/National Guard is required for specific counter-terrorism duties.
(§131(a) & (b)).
• Require the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to identify and inventory the current
personnel, human resources, assets, equipment, supplies, or other physical
resources dedicated to border security and enforcement prior to any increase in
these categories. (§114(a); §116(a)).
At a press conference announcing the introduction of his
bill, Rep. Gutierrez indicated that his bill was to set the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus’s standard for immigration reform legislation. However, he also
acknowledged that the Senate will most likely be the first chamber to act on
amnesty legislation. While a bill has not yet been introduced in the Senate,
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is planning to introduce a bill in early 2010, and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has indicated he will kick off the
amnesty debate sometime in February or March. (Congressional Quarterly,
December 15, 2009).
FAIR will be releasing a more detailed summary of the
Gutierrez amnesty bill shortly. Stay tuned for our in-depth analysis.
*
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Friday, October 16, 2009
E-Verify- the single most successful federal program aimed
at keeping illegal immigrants out of the workforce- is once again threatened.
This time, E-Verify was stripped from a Senate Amendment behind closed doors
and without explanation. Instead of becoming a permanent program E-verify has
been reduced to only three years. Critics are calling this a stall tactic and
an attempt at killing an employment enforcement system. We will have a full
report tonight.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
New attempts to put comprehensive immigration reform back on
the front burner. Congressman Luis Gutierrez -- the chair of the Democratic
Caucus Immigration Task Force -- is unveiling new legislation that would call
for amnesty for the up to 20 million illegal immigrants in this country.
Congressman Gutierrez will join me tonight
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
And Father PATRICK BASCIO has a remarkably different
perspective on illegal immigration from that of most Christian clergymen-one
he’s outlined in a remarkable new book entitled
On the Immorality of Illegal Immigration: An Alternative
Christian View.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Monday, September 28, 2009
And T.J. BONNER, president of the National Border Patrol
Council, will weigh in on the federal government’s decision to pull nearly 400 agents
from the U.S.-Mexican border. As always, Lou will take your calls to discuss
the issues that matter most-and to get your thoughts on where America is
headed. Call him toll-free on the Independent Hotline at 877-55 DOBBS.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
And there are some 800,000 gang members in this country:
That’s more than the combined number of troops in our Army and Marine Corps.
These gangs have become one of the principle ways to import and distribute
drugs in the United States. Congressman David Reichert joins Lou to tell us why
those gangs are growing larger and stronger, and why he’s introduced
legislation to eliminate the top three international drug gangs.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Senator Ted Kennedy kicked off a week of events and meetings
focusing on immigration before he introduces legislation promoting amnesty for
millions of illegal aliens living in the United States. Today, Kennedy met with
Cardinal Roger Mahony, an outspoken and controversial supporter of illegal
aliens and Kennedy’s bill. Senators McCain, Kennedy and Representatives
Flake and Gutierrez are expected to unveil their legislation
later this month. We’ll have a full report.
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Monday, February 11, 2008
In California, League of United Latin American Citizens has
adopted a resolution to declare "California Del Norte" a sanctuary
zone for immigrants. The declaration urges the Mexican government to invoke its
rights under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo "to seek third nation neutral
arbitration of ....disputes concerning immigration laws and their
enforcement." We’ll have the story.
Last year, Prince William County, Virginia passed an
initiative to allow local police to check the immigration status of anyone in
police custody. The county recently held its first immigration training session
for local police officers. We’ll have a look inside the training.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon is in New York today on
the first leg his five day tour across America to meddle in immigration issues
in the United States. This is his first visit to the U.S. since he became
President in 2006, but he will not meet with President Bush or any of the
presidential candidates, who he has accused of spewing anti immigrant rhetoric.
Join us for that report.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight Wednesday
March 5, 2008
Immigration experts are appearing on Capitol Hill today to
release the results of a study showing the cost of illegal immigration on the
criminal justices system in the 24 U.S. counties bordering Mexico–more $1
billion in less than a decade.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Gov. Schwarzenegger said California is facing “financial
Armageddon”. He is making drastic cuts in the budget for education, health care
and services. But there is one place he isn’t making cuts… services for illegal
immigrants. These services are estimated to cost the state four to five billion
dollars a year. Schwarzenegger said he is “happy” to offer these services. We
will have a full report tonight.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Thursday, May 28, 2009
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Monday, April 20, 2009
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
legal status to millions of illegal aliens as he panders to
the pro-amnesty, open borders lobby. Tonight we will have complete coverage.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Monday, February 16, 2009
Construction of the 670 miles of border fence mandated by
the Bush administration is almost complete. The Border Patrol says the new
fencing, more agents and new technology
have reduced illegal alien apprehensions. But fence opponents
are trying to stop the last few miles from being finished. We will have a full
report, tonight.
Plus, even open
border advocates agree that the most effective way of fighting illegal
immigration is to crack down on the employment of illegal aliens. Yet, those
same groups are
opposed to E-Verify, which has an initial accuracy rate of
99.6% making it one the most accurate programs ever. E-Verify was stripped from
the stimulus bill but who stripped it out and who is opposed to verifying
employment status is still not clear.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Friday, October 17, 2008
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
In Colorado, over 1,300 illegal aliens are being
investigated for applying for improper tax refunds. The ACLU has written a
letter to the judge threatening to sue if the judge convenes a grand jury to
investigate the case. We will have all the latest developments of the case as
well as the ACLU’s bullying in pursuit of their amnesty agenda.
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Lou Dobbs Tonight
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
JUDICIAL WATCH.org
With trillion dollar bailouts, government-run healthcare, banks and car companies, ACORN corruption, attacks on conservative media, illegal alien amnesty, unprecedented and dangerous new rights for terrorists, perks for campaign donors—this is the Obama legacy—and we haven't even gotten through the first year of his presidency!
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Obama soft on illegals enforcement
Arrests of illegal immigrant
workers have dropped precipitously under President Obama, according to figures
released Wednesday. Criminal arrests,
administrative arrests, indictments and convictions of illegal immigrants at
work sites all fell by more than 50
percent from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009.
The figures show that Mr. Obama has made good on his pledge to shift enforcement away from going after illegal immigrant workers themselves - but at the expense of Americans' jobs, said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican who compiled the numbers from the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Mr. Smith, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said a period of economic turmoil is the wrong time to be cutting enforcement and letting illegal immigrants take jobs that Americans otherwise would hold.
*The figures show that Mr. Obama has made good on his pledge to shift enforcement away from going after illegal immigrant workers themselves - but at the expense of Americans' jobs, said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican who compiled the numbers from the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Mr. Smith, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said a period of economic turmoil is the wrong time to be cutting enforcement and letting illegal immigrants take jobs that Americans otherwise would hold.
“As economist Philip J.
Romero concluded in a 2007 study, "illegal immigrants impose a 'tax' on
legal California residents in the tens of billions of dollars.”
latimes.com
latimes.com
Opinion
California must stem the flow of illegal immigrants
The state should go after employers who hire them, curb
taxpayer-funded benefits, deploy the National Guard to help the feds at the
border and penalize 'sanctuary' cities.
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By Steve Poizner (FORMER CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR)
March 27, 2010
The United States, and
California in particular, has been built by immigrants who legally crossed our
borders in search of a brighter future. For generations, these legal immigrants
have made immeasurable contributions to creating a unique and vibrant
California. As Americans and Californians, we are right to welcome people from
all over the globe when they obey our laws and are willing to play by the
rules.
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Illegal immigration is another matter entirely. With the state budget in tatters, millions of residents out of work and a state prison system strained by massive overcrowding, California simply cannot continue to ignore the strain that illegal immigration puts on our budget and economy. Illegal aliens cost taxpayers in our state billions of dollars each year. As economist Philip J. Romero concluded in a 2007 study, "illegal immigrants impose a 'tax' on legal California residents in the tens of billions of dollars."
Some have said that illegal immigration is an issue for the federal government, not the states, and that there's little a governor can do to fix the problem. Those people are wrong.
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In government at any level, federal or state, a chief executive's duty is to
preserve the rule of law. This also means confronting those who flout it,
including illegal immigrants and those who shield them. Illegal immigration is another matter entirely. With the state budget in tatters, millions of residents out of work and a state prison system strained by massive overcrowding, California simply cannot continue to ignore the strain that illegal immigration puts on our budget and economy. Illegal aliens cost taxpayers in our state billions of dollars each year. As economist Philip J. Romero concluded in a 2007 study, "illegal immigrants impose a 'tax' on legal California residents in the tens of billions of dollars."
Some have said that illegal immigration is an issue for the federal government, not the states, and that there's little a governor can do to fix the problem. Those people are wrong.
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I believe there are many ways our state can stem the flow of illegal immigration, including social services reform and beefed-up border security. The state needs to confront the problem in a way that is fair and decent but also unapologetically aggressive.
(LA
RAZA DEM, GOV JERRY BROWN JUST SIGNED A LAW MAKING IT ILLEGAL FOR EMPLOYERS TO
USE E-VERIFY, DESPITE CA’S STAGGERING UNEMPLOYMENT OF LEGALS!)
Above all, California has too many policies that reward illegal aliens and act like magnets, drawing them to and keeping them in our cities and communities. We have to change those policies.
Ten other states, including neighboring Arizona, have passed laws to cut taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal immigrants. We need such legislation too. In this time of fiscal crisis, we can't afford to subsidize the presence of illegal aliens.
One taxpayer-funded benefit for illegal aliens that should be stopped is in-state tuition at our public colleges and universities. Today, California is one of just 10 states that allow illegal immigrants access to reduced college tuition at taxpayer expense.
California must also do its part to help secure the border by deploying the state's National Guard to assist federal authorities. We should also work with other border states to create a multi-state partnership for sharing information, resources and manpower. (OBAMA HAS NOW SUED FOUR STATES ON BEHALF OF HIS LA RAZA PARTY BASE!)
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THE MEXICAN LOOTER’S MENTALITY
“I know that many aliens who come here to work want to
remain here, yet all too many come to the United States with a
"looter" philosophy, giving the lawful immigrants who want to share
in the “American Dream” a bad reputation.”
*
NOTE
THE DATE OF THE ARTICLE BELOW. SINCE THEN THE LA RAZA DEMS HAVE PUT MILLIONS OF
ILLEGALS IN OUR JOBS! IN FACT, LA RAZA JERRY BROWN OF MEXIFORNIA HAS SIGNED A
LAW MAKING IT ILLEGAL FOR EMPLOYERS TO USE E-VERIFY!!!
*http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2011/11/mexico-makes-america-colony-and.html
Immigrating America Into a Colony of
Mexico
Article
by Frosty Wooldridge
2004
America
faces a greater and more dangerous threat from within than from without. While
our armed forces secure Afghanistan and Iraq, our own borders stand unguarded
24 hours a day. Al-Qaeda insurgents plan their next attacks somewhere inside
our country. They advocate a violent overthrow of America.
We’ve got an even more
ominous enemy within our borders that promotes “Reconquista of Aztlan” or the
reconquest of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas into the country of
Mexico. With 9.2 million Mexicans now
living in America, their goal of colonizing our country back into Mexico moves
forward. A more sobering reality stems from the evidence that it’s
Mexican-American citizens in the forefront of this disintegration of our
country.
*
“The inspections have
determined that hundreds of companies throughout the U.S. have significant numbers of illegal immigrants
on their payroll yet none have been punished, according to a Houston newspaper
that obtained internal ICE records through the Freedom of Information Act. At
least 430 audit cases listed as “closed” by the agency had high percentages of
workers with “questionable” documents yet they faced no consequences.”
THE
ENTIRE REASON THE BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN IS TO CUT WAGES!
*
“The principal beneficiaries of our current
immigration policy are affluent Americans who hire immigrants at substandard
wages for low-end work. Harvard economist George Borjas estimates that American
workers lose $190 billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant
flooding of the labor market at the low-wage end.” Christian Science Monitor
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LA RAZA OCCUPIED MEXIFORNIA – MUCHO LOOT FOR
WELFARE FOR ILLEGALS… BUT WHO REALLY PAYS, AND WHO VOTED FOR THE LA RAZA
WELFARE STATE IN OUR BORDERS? ILLEGALS!
The California Budget Project, a liberal study
group in Sacramento, brought the income squeeze down to the state level in its
Labor Day analysis.
Using state tax data, the project said that the
average adjusted gross income of all California taxpayers - whether filing
individually or jointly - fell from $82,268 in 2000 to $68,434 in 2008, after
adjusting for inflation.
TOM ABATE SFGATE.com
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BOOK:
Mexifornia: SHATTERING OF AN AMERICAN DREAM (illegals call it their DREAM
ACT)http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2011/05/book-mexifornia-shattering-of-american.html
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THESE FIGURES ON WELFARE FOR ILLEGALS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARE DATED. IT NOW EXCEEDS $600 MILLION PER YEAR!!! (source: Los Angeles County & JUDICIAL WATCH)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949085/posts
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