Obama Challenges GOP on Immigration

I may be wrong, but it seems like there are lots of things wrong right now that are far more important than immigration reform. I'm sure that some of the millions of unemployed folks would agree with that. And the people who are facing foreclosure or are upside down in their mortgage may agree. I'm willing to bet that the countries that hold TRILLIONS of dollars worth of our debt might even agree.

obama plans to push for immigration reform... again. How about this, how about we seal our borders, make them secure, and then round up all the criminals in our Country and send them back where they came from. Any politician that is willing to talk about immigration reform before we accomplish those tasks should be fired immediately. Illegal aliens cost us (taxpayers) BILLIONS of dollars a year. Not hundreds, or thousands or even millions, BILLIONS, every year.

obama has one goal in mind, voters, that's it. He doesn't care that we can't afford millions of new leaches on our entitlement programs. He doesn't care that our healthcare system is already overburdened with illegal aliens using emergency rooms as primary care providers. He doesn't care that our school systems spend millions of dollars a year to hire spanish speaking teachers to instruct the non-English speaking children of illegal aliens.

These people should not be rewarded for breaking our laws. What kind of message does this send to the world. Our laws our all equal. It's not as if some laws are more important than others. Illegal aliens are called that because by entering our Country in a manner other than that prescribed by the law, it is ILLEGAL...

by Kelly Chernenkoff - FoxNews

President Obama has revealed fresh resolve in pressing for immigration legislation Tuesday; challenging Republicans to join his path for reform or face the electoral consequences.

"[P]erhaps some of my Republican friends are gonna start recognizing, if they looked at the last census, that they are gonna have a very hard time winning any elections if they continue to deliberately target anti-immigration sentiment," the president told Spanish-language CNN en Espanol Tuesday in El Salvador.

"I find it ironic that a president who promised immigration reform and failed to deliver, like he has on so many other issues, is now criticizing the other party for issues he has done absolutely nothing on," Republican National Committee Spokesman Sean Spicer tells Fox News.

Mr. Obama has been down this road before. He pushed for passage of immigration legislation in both 2009 and 2010. Those efforts failed.

Now the president wants to tackle the issue anew.

"The president will be making the case to the American people soon about why we need to fix the broken immigration system, as he has done before," a senior administration official tells Fox. "But as he has repeatedly said, it will require Democrats and Republicans working together to get it through Congress."

The president himself reiterated that need for Republican support on the issue Tuesday, then went on to critique the failings of GOP-backed ventures, like the Arizona immigration law. He cited the down-sizing of Republican Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's controversial immigration law because, Mr. Obama said, businesses recognize it's not good for them.

The president appears to think momentum is on his side, saying the American people can rally behind a strong immigration reform effort. He will be testing that theory again when he speaks out on the issue and notes one of the things people always underestimate him on is "how persistent I am."

Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages

35% of paychecks come from government handouts. If you figure how many people have run out of unemployment and haven't gone back to work, we are looking at about 50% of the population being either unemployed or on some sort of welfare. So the other 50% of us are paying all the bills for the entire Country, except for the huge deficit. I guess it would be 50% of us and China, are paying the bills. And obama and the democrats keep on spending.

Be sure to read the part below about the ratio to get things back in line. Either wages have to rise by $2.3 TRILLION dollars or welfare benefits need to decrease by $500 billion dollars. Umm, I don't know about you, but I doubt I get a raise at all this year. Those of us that are working are damn proud to get what we get. It would seem to be to our advantage for people to get back to work and reduce the welfare roll...

By: John Melloy - CNBC

Government payouts—including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance—make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population, a record figure that will only increase if action isn’t taken before the majority of Baby Boomers enter retirement.

Even as the economy has recovered, social welfare benefits make up 35 percent of wages and salaries this year, up from 21 percent in 2000 and 10 percent in 1960, according to TrimTabs Investment Research using Bureau of Economic Analysis data.

“The U.S. economy has become alarmingly dependent on government stimulus,” said Madeline Schnapp, director of Macroeconomic Research at TrimTabs, in a note to clients. “Consumption supported by wages and salaries is a much stronger foundation for economic growth than consumption based on social welfare benefits.”

The economist gives the country two stark choices. In order to get welfare back to its pre-recession ratio of 26 percent of pay, “either wages and salaries would have to increase $2.3 trillion, or 35 percent, to $8.8 trillion, or social welfare benefits would have to decline $500 billion, or 23 percent, to $1.7 trillion,” she said.

Last month, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a $61 billion federal spending cut, but Senate Democratic leaders and the White House made it clear that had no chance of becoming law. Short-term resolutions passed have averted a government shutdown that could have occurred this month, as Vice President Biden leads negotiations with Republican leaders on some sort of long-term compromise.

Go read the rest at the link above...

Romney Slams President Obama's Health Care Law

I agree with Romney a some of this. obamacare is bad, horrible policy. It's bad for America and American families. And I agree obama will be a one term president.

I don't agree that he will be a one term president strictly because of obamacare though. The list of reasons for obama serving a single term is a long one. Sure, obamacare is on that list, but it's not the whole list. Every single thing on obamas radical agenda is on the list. The messed up economy, the refusal to allow drilling on American soil and in American waters. Bowing to foreign dictators and despots. Skyhigh unemployment. Very poor foreign policy. Refusing to support our allies. Dude, I could go on and on, but you get the picture. Add your favorite reason in the comments if you want...

Associated Press

BARTLETT, N.H. -- Call it an attempt to address an obvious political vulnerability.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Saturday derided President Barack Obama's health care law -- modeled in some ways after one the ex-governor signed in Massachusetts -- as a misguided and egregious effort to seize more power for Washington.

"Obamacare is bad law, bad policy, and it is bad for America's families," Romney declared. "And that's the reason why President Obama will be a one-term president." He vowed to repeal it if he were ever in a position to do so, and drew hearty cheers from his Republican Party audience.

Then, raising the Massachusetts law, Romney argued that the solution for the unique problems of one state isn't the right prescription for the nation as a whole, and he acknowledged: "Our experiment wasn't perfect -- some things worked, some didn't, and some things I'd change."

"One thing I would never do is to usurp the constitutional power of states with a one-size-fits-all federal takeover," Romney said, again earning applause. "The federal government isn't the answer for running health care any more than it's the answer for running Amtrak or the post office."

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obama, Motown and Libya...

While the entire middle east falls apart and is chaos, obama and his girl mobama enjoy the mellow sounds of motown...

To celebrate black history month obama is having a party and a star studded concert this evening. Meanwhile, people are dying in the streets of Libya. The price of oil continues to skyrocket. Millions of Americans are unemployed. And the sounds of motown spill out of the whitehouse.

And oprah wonders why there is no respect for her buddy obama...