Reader does not support amnesty for illegal immigrants

I watched Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., hard at work recently on C-Span, showing on his charts how seven million U.S. citizens are presently unemployed. He also showed how presently there are only four million jobs available in the United States.
How can Democrats push for the amnesty of 20 million illegal immigrants, while providing us with the best evidence against it?
Illegal immigrants are the biggest contributors to unemployment in the United States, and they are forcing many U.S. citizens into early retirement. Two illegal immigrants are working for the price of one American and with no employee benefits. They help the employer in the present and future.
My school taxes have doubled because of the illegal immigrants’ many, many children in our public schools.
While our troops are bravely fighting for freedom in the Middle East, at home it appears freedom is free for illegal immigrants as they invade our nation.
The Democrats advocating for amnesty are saying that citizenship for illegal immigrants will cost them each a $5,000 fee. In reality, what these politicians are saying is that the lives of the brave heroes we lost in this war on terror are each only worth $5,000.
In Pennsylvania we have veterans living underneath bridges and employed illegal immigrants living in the rental properties.
How can our government propose to give amnesty to 20 million low-wage-earning illegal immigrants, all of whom will then be eligible for free government welfare programs, when it cannot help just a few hundred thousand veterans, many of whom just need proper medical care or are truly homeless or unemployed?
Pat Smith Duryea

http://www.timesleader.com/opinion/letters/20080518_Smith_letter_ART.html

p.s. After 50 years I am still a Roman Catholic, but one of many who will no longer pay church dues to help support these illegals.

It does need total overhaul.

We’re paying companies that often rape female employees and do not prosecute, it figures that women serving for the “usual” forces fail to receive proper medical care.

It shows where the priorities are. This war, strife, and suffering is meant to be ongoing and interminable, the new century. We must fight Eurasia…

May 19th, 2008 at 11:02 am Recommend (0) | Report Abuse

The problem is the only ones who vowed “Semper Fidelis” were the marines, not the DoD or the GOP. For this GOP, the usual motto is “Semper Screwis”.

“An Army of Your On Your Own”

“Be Whatever’s Left of You Once We’re Done with You”

“Not Just Strung-Out; ARMY Strung-Out”

“The Screwed, the Disavowed, the Stop-Lossed—-The Marines”

“Aim Low”

Then why does the VA keep denying these women? It is going to keep happening until the VA gets a complete overhaul. These women deserve better than this. How can they possibly lead a normal life at home without the proper treatment? We are going to see a rise in the suicide rate for women if this is not corrected.

And, don’t forget there are more tough guy Republiscum chickenhawks than ever in our country’s history!

One would think the rightwingnut war cheerleaders would be embarrassed into actually showing up for the wars they pine away for – what with women fighting their wars and what not, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

These manly men of the right don’t even have the courage of our nation’s women. Says it all, doesn’t it?

– - Maybe the VA should outsource the military females to KBR, since they seem to treat women SO well.

Obviously, since so much of our money is going to Blackwater instead of taking care of the needs of our own soldiers and veterans, they should go where the money is — right?

/snark off