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		<title>Iowa Is &#8220;King&#8221; Country &#8211; Illegal Immigration Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 19:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so tired of the rhetoric we are hearing from all the Presidential candidates regarding this Immigration bill S. 1348.  We can’t round up the illegals and send them home.  We need these workers because Americans won’t do the work they are willing to do.  We can’t enforce the law against  employers because they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bcuzofhim.wordpress.com&blog=1161462&post=4&subd=bcuzofhim&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I am so tired of the rhetoric we are hearing from all the Presidential candidates regarding this Immigration bill S. 1348.<span>  </span>We can’t round up the illegals and send them home.<span>  </span>We need these workers because Americans won’t do the work they are willing to do.<span>  </span>We can’t enforce the law against<span>  </span>employers because they are not trained to determine whether the documents are fraudulent or not.<span>   </span>Excuse after excuse by the Justice Dept. and the Immigration Dept. as to why they have not enforced the law since 1996.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have these Presidential candidates forgotten that this is “King Country”?<span>  </span>Don’t they realize that we are better educated on the subject of illegal immigration because we have a courageous Congressman who does the required due diligence to research a subject and come up with practical solutions?<span>  </span>I have decided that the “King” standard is going to my standard for determining who will get my vote.<span>  </span>If they don’t get serious about illegal immigration enforcement first and adopt Congressman King’s plan to solve the illegal immigration problem, they will not get my vote.<span>  </span>I recommend all of us in Northwest Iowa do the same thing.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have a treasure in Congressman King as our representative and I want to see more independent thinkers with courage in the highest offices of this nation.<span>  </span>This nation was built upon “the rule of law” but the decision makers in Washington have found ways to skirt this basic tenet of our democracy.<span>  </span>Yet, you or I could try to break the law and we will be strung up by our bootstraps and go immediately to jail.<span>  </span>What is wrong with this picture?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just one more thought on this subject?<span>  </span>Remember when the Democrats decided that the current minimum wage was not a livable wage and so they had to increase it to $7 +?<span>  </span>At the same time out of the other side of their mouths they justify bringing in millions of illegals who are illiterate in English and Spanish working for what they have already determined is not a livable wage.<span>  </span>Who is going to foot the bill for the welfare benefits these illegal immigrants are going to need by the Democrats own words, “working for what is not a livable wage”?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join me in requiring the presidential candidate you are going to support pass the “King” test!!</p>
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		<title>Whatever happened to our representative government?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 01:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In watching the development of the Comprehensive &#8220;Illegal &#8221; Immigration Bill in the Senate S.1348, it has become abundantly clear that we, the citizens of the United States of America, are no longer part of a representative government.  These elected officials  have decided to give in to the powers that be from both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bcuzofhim.wordpress.com&blog=1161462&post=3&subd=bcuzofhim&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>In watching the development of the Comprehensive &#8220;Illegal &#8221; Immigration Bill in the Senate S.1348, it has become abundantly clear that we, the citizens of the United States of America, are no longer part of a representative government.  These elected officials  have decided to give in to the powers that be from both the right and the left.  On the right, is the President, his relationship with Mexico,  the Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s and big business who want cheap labor and open borders.  They have bought in to  a North American Union which would abdicate the sovereignty of the United States for monitary gain for themselves.  On the left are those who want to import a permanent underclass of people who will become Democratic voters in the future if they offer welfare benefits.  They want you to think they are compassionate.   Does this sound like compassion?  The Democrats passed a minimum wage increase because the current wage , it was decided was not a livable wage.  Interestingly enough, they are willing to import a permanent underclass of people who will be paid less than minimum wage which ensures they will live in poverty.  Is this compassion?  Or is it organized slavery ?  There is also another reason for increasing unskilled workers in this country.  It is to eventually increase the union membership which has been decreasing for years.  The power of unions has slipped and like every power monger they want to re-gain their powerful position to influence legislation.</p>
<p>The Senate is deciding they know better than we do about what will be good for this country.  They have refused to listen to the grassroots voters who see the detrimental effect of this current bill to the pocketbook of the taxpayer and to this nation&#8217;s sovereignty.  Why are the Senators giving a higher priority to illegal aliens than to those who will be required to pay the bill to the tune of trillions of dollars.</p>
<p>I refuse to give in to this power play of the President and his coalition of 12.  It is time for each citizen to call their Senators daily until their will is broken and they are willing to listen to those who voted them into office.  This cannot be a situation where you are unwilling to vote them out of office if they choose to ignore their constituencies.  It is time they pay a price for ignoring the public who if they get their way will burden our children and grandchildren with untold trillions of dollars in taxes yearly.  Who will join me in this battle?</p>
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