Federal Campaign Financing has Become a "For Sale Sign for our Politicians in Washington"

Article "E"

August 25, 2010

          Over the last forty years, a shift has occurred in the manner our political representatives to Washington have sought to finance their political campaigns.  You may assume every office holder in Washington has a "For Sale" sign on his/her office door and another on their suit lapel, instead of the traditional flower.  Whereas, in the past, politicians depended on personal contributions from the voter, their constituents', more and more, lately, the office holder has found it more convenient to rely on large, easily available political contributions from lobbyists representing big businesses like oil companies, lending institutions, credit card companies, unions and the like.  After all, the lobbyists peddle their influence and money, strolling along the halls of Congress, regularly every day, delivering their envelopes and packages like the dependable mailman making his rounds every day, but Sundays.

          Now, you know why, when Congress is in session, there are but a few members present to hear the arguments and speeches of their brothers, because the member is in his/her plush office collecting his/her presents, like it was Christmas.  You may be assured that these big contributions are not for something the American people may need or want but especially for what the contributor may expect in return.

          This practice eliminated the consuming task of raising a few dollars at a time from the voter to run his/her campaign.  Of course, every office holder will assure you that these contributions never, never influence their actions or vote since they will tell you; they always have the voter's interest in mind primarily.  However when the vote is cast the voters interest and needs seem to fall far short of expectations while the lobbyist and big business seem to get all the help they pay for.

          As a result, it is now common place for the politician to be beholden to the whim of the lobbyist instead of the people they, by law, are sworn to represent.

          In addition, political parties and labor unions are strong because of their positions to raise large sums of money for the party members, whereas, voters and individuals are restricted by law to very modest limits of contributions to candidates.

          The death knell has been sounded on the power and influence of individual voters or "We, the People" of the U.S. to control campaign contributions and thusly the influence of money on the election of candidates by swaying advertising.  Now that our August Supreme Court has actively decided to reverse long standing prior decisions of the Court, banning corporations from contributing money to political candidates by ruling corporations as individuals may contribute unlimited funds in political parties and campaigns without the restrictions or limitations placed on us, the voters. 

          The sad result is that, more and more, of our elected politicians, be they Republican or Democrat, are beholden to the demands of their political parties and not the American voter, or risk ostracizing.

          Under our system of Government, it seems that for the last one hundred years, without exception the two major political parties and their members, "Democraps" and "Repugnantcans", have selected their candidates at primary elections to run in the final election in November, for all the Federal Offices.  As a result, at the same time, it has become more and more evident that these elected officials, from either party, vote in lockstep to the demand of their political party and not in the interests of the American people, they represent and who elected them.  After all, these same elected officials are elected by members of their own party but also the other unregistered for one or the other party because of their dissatisfaction with both parties as such, once elected, and in their District, State or Country.  Therefore, when they act politically for their party, instead of the wishes of their constituents', they are violating their trust and obligation to them.  The people's needs should always come before the demands of their political party, but unfortunately, at present, they don't.

          Since each and every attempt to limit political contributions and financing has been struck down as unconstitutional, the only way to limit these influencing contributions would be by Constitutional change, a long, drawn out process which has no guarantee of success.

          I suggest that collectively the majority of the American voters have the power of their single vote, joined with others to elect a representative to Washington without spending that contaminating money or contributions.  It is the vote that is counted at the polling placed not the money spent at each campaign.  All each voter needs to do, is to put their interest and that of the American people first by taking an interest in their Government first, then voting at each election for the candidate, they feel will consider the needs of the American people first and foremost.  This is what is expected of us in a democracy, and this is what we must do to elect the Peoples' candidates for office.  There is no excuse, during these trying times, not to get involved so that the people take back the control of our country from our sold out political representatives in Washington who are controlled by the lobbyists and their political party and not by the American people they were elected to represent.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS

 IN THE U.S.A. ARE INTERRELATED WITH OUR

PRESENT IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS

AND SYSTEMS

August 22, 2010

Article D:   With a rising unemployment problem for the last three years, illegal immigration and work visas have compounded this problem and made it untenable.  For the last twenty five years, the illegals have been flooding over our borders to work at menial jobs most Americans did not want, working in fields and factories at near minimum wages.  This rising unemployment and the threat of terrorism since 9/11 have caused the American people to take notice of the illegal's caused the American people to take notice of the illegal's pouring over our borders seemingly at will.

          Suddenly, Americans began to realize that, in spite of the 1985 Amnesty Act for millions of illegal's, then in the United States this act of kindness and generosity, it only triggered a new flood of illegal's over our borders, as if to signal that eventually another Amnesty Act will allow them to stay here also.

          Now, with the United States economy in shambles, and empty treasury and unemployment higher than any time since the great depression of the 1930's, suffering Americans began to take a good hard look at our immigration system and found it totally lacking to the safety and well being of the American people.  Suddenly we are taking notice of student and visiting visas where the person have overstayed their visas and took jobs in competition with the American workers.  In many cases these illegal workers were willing to take jobs for fewer wage for many past years, with a shortage of skilled employees, they saw Congress pass legislation, adding more and more foreign work visas to foreigners to work here in America.  This was especially true in the computer field, where Bill Gates, not satisfied to be a multi billionaire has visited Congress many times seeking more and more work visas for English speaking workers in the computer field, claiming there were not enough Americans to fill these jobs.  To this day, no one knows how many millions of these work visa persons are working in American jobs since our Government has no system for keeping track of them or their numbers.

          If the total number of these people is added to the illegal fence jumpers, it is reasonably estimated they may exceed the total number of our unemployed 15 million people.  These are jobs most Americans would be happy to perform or could be readily trained to perform in order to feed their families and help keep their homes, in these trying times.

          From time to time both Democratic and Republican members of Congress have been in favor of amnesty for these illegal's, but for different reasons.  The Republicans representing big business are always in favor of cheap labor, while the motivation of Democrats has always been for their potential votes.  Either way, the American people lose if they have their way, and that is the problem with both political parties.  Each is working in the best interest for their, own reasons, and not as to what is best for the American people.  All the while, neither party has been serious about securing our borders nor ports which should be our first priority while both are anxious to leave our borders open to the illegals.  It has been something of a miracle that terrorists have not attacked the U.S.A. since 9/11, since the last two administrations have deliberately left our borders open and not securely closed.

          To cite the urgency of this problem, the State of Arizona has recently passed a law under which illegal's may be fettered out and sent back to their country of origin because our Government has steadfastly refused to enforce the law by preventing people to enter the United States illegally.  Many Border States have been complaining of the violent acts of these illegal's carrying drugs for sale in the United States in addition to the cost of welfare and medical services the illegals have been causing.  In addition they rush here to have their children born here and automatically become American citizen, under our Constitution.

          President Obama has done NOTHING to help secure the borders Just as President Bush did during his terms of office.  They both have taken sides with the illegals, instead of the American people who insist on the borders being made secure. 

          There is no question, but that the United States has exclusive jurisdiction to handle the immigration problem, but in the event the Government fails to enforce the law when people blatantly and continuously violate the law of immigration self help by any state hurt as a result should be justified.

          President Obama is deliberately violating his oath of office under Article 2, Section g, of our Constitution, in that he is not preserving protecting and defending the laws under our Constitution.

          Illegals should not have the protection of any rights under our Constitution, since they are no different than invaders.  Our visa laws should be reviewed by Congress, so that all work visas should be cancelled and their jobs give to some of the 15 million unemployed Americans until we have full employment.  While we are reviewing our visa system we should also root out all overstayed visitor visas since many if not all, are unlawfully gainfully employed here in the U. S. A., in jobs that Americans have the exclusive right to hold.  In the meantime, as usual, Congress and the President are turning a blind eye to this serious unemployment problem since they are fat and content in their jobs, in Washington, with big salaries and the best of medical and pension plans while the American people are losing their jobs, their homes and are increasingly desperate and discouraged with their representatives and their Government.

          It is time for the American people to vote out all their incumbent representatives and leaders so they may state the feelings of unemployment and the continuing recession themselves, since they caused it.

"We the People's Plan" to Take Back Control of Our Country

August 11, 2010

Plan Number Three:  The Four Year and Never Ending Recession

C.  Since 2006, this country has experienced a deep recession, the likes of which we have not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930's.  The first signs were the slowing down of the construction field and the housing and mortgage market which finally collapsed in the autumn of 2008.

Who does not remember President Bush and his Treasure Secretary, Henry Paulson, rushing to the Capitol in 2008, asking for a nearly trillion dollars to bail out the financial industry, because of the collapse of mortgage market by defaulting borrowers who had lost their jobs and could not make their payments.  Presidential candidates Obama and McCain rushed to Washington to vote for this "Emergency Bill" to bail out the financial institutions, only to find out later, that, in their haste they failed to attach any conditions on the loans while they took the money, failed to correct the mortgage problem while the American public learned they had lost all this money due to their greed and lack of government controls.  Huge bonuses were given out to the very people that should have been fired.  Instead, costly, lavish parties were held in celebration of their failings.

Due to this problem and the failure of the Obama administration to address it vigorously, unemployment has doubled to nearly 10%; the falling real estate values have spurred continuing mortgage foreclosures and prevented the construction industry from recovering from a standstill, due to the bargain prices of foreclosed homes and commercial property.

Congress and the Obama administration have passed a supposed "Bank Reform Bill," recently which has only partial addressed this problem due to the fact that traditionally these financial institutions are big contributors to the campaign funds of Congressmen, the President and both political parties.  This bill was "watered down" to the point it's 2,800 pages gives only "lip service" to the banking and finance world.  If anything, its provisions are intended to hold these institutions as hostages, in order to do their bidding and squeeze continual contributions from them.

Real bank reform should include the following, in order to help jump start the economy with the necessary loans and keep people in their homes to stop this foreclosure problem:

• 1. The government guarantees on mortgages should be reduced to 50% of the mortgage while the lending institution is made responsible for the other 50% in order for the lender to be more careful and prudent it it's lending practices.
• 2. All existing home and business mortgages must be reviewed and their balances reduced to current market value in order to give. The borrower the incentive to remain in their property and continue payments thereon. This action is guaranteed to stop the decline and surplus of real estate values, stabilize the market and encourage the start up of the construction field to provide needed employment in this static field.
• 3. Mortgage and loan insurance companies must be bonded for 100% of all mortgage insured to prevent another debacle as happened with A.I.G in 2008 and the need for another government bailout.
• 4. Banks and lending institutions must hold every mortgage they write and not be allowed to trade them on the open or stock markets.
• 5. The government's guarantees on deposits must be reduced to 50% to make the lending institutions equally responsible for its business transactions and cost expenditures to stop irresponsible actions by them, knowing the government will bail them out of 100% guarantees.
• 6. Interest rates and charges for services must be strictly controlled by the government as well as the forms and terms on loans and mortgages in order to prevent the consumer from being taken advantage of as a borrower.

These are but a few of the suggested actions that our government must take to stabilize the lending and mortgage market.

These articles and possible solutions will be continued.

THE PRESIDENT'S INSENSITIVITY TO THE SENSITIVITY OVER THE PLANNED LOCATION OF A MUSLIM MOSQUE NEAR THE WORLD TRACE CENTER SITE

August 17, 2010

          There has been a controversy brewing over the proposal by Muslims to locate a Mosque within a block of the location of the former World Trade Center in New Your City.  It has been determined that legally the proponents have the right to build a Mosque there, but still the controversy continues by the families of the three thousand victims who died there y the families of the three thousand victims who died thereby the hands of a handful of Muslim extreme terrorists, and those of us sympathetic to the sensitivity of these persons.

          Sixty percent of those Americans polled came to the conclusion that they believe, under the circumstances, the Muslim Mosque should be built elsewhere, because of this sensitivity and in respect to those who died, or were injured.

          It seems the Muslim supporters have been seeking funds for this project worldwide, stating it will be located within a block of the site.  This statement gave rise to the belief that these Muslim supporters are planning this Mosque, more as a tribute to their heroic Muslim terrorists than to the desire to build a Mosque for worship of Muslims as they have a legal right to do under the First Amendment of our United States Constitution.

          Into this controversy miss-stepped our President Obama, to announce, he personally and as President, felt the Muslims had a Constitutional right to build the Mosque there and that fact alone should be accepted by the American people to allow the Mosque to be built there.  Coming from a man whose father was a Muslim and who as a child spent part of his youth in a Muslim school in Indonesia, shocked the American public to the realization that our President was favoring the position of the Muslims and insensitive to the majority of victims of the Trade Center and the majority of the American people who sympathized with them.

          There very next day President Obama tried to backtrack on this statement by saying he only meant to quote the law, but it was too late since it was clear from his statement that he intended to side with the Muslims and not those injured or the families of the victims and the majority of American people.

          This is not the first time the President Obama has failed to respect the sensitivity of any individual or group since, he wrongly came to the defense of his black Harvard College Professor and friend, by calling the legal action of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Department, "stupid."  On a more recent example, he deliberately forced the resignation of a competent longstanding member of his Agricultural Department, before he learned her alleged racial statement was taken out of context and untrue.  To add, insult to injury, although the President took the time to talk to the innocent woman employee, he failed to specifically apologize for this gross and damaging mistake.

          It is now clear to the American people that this President is out of touch with reality and he and his Administration is only interested in the politics of the time and not the plight and needs of the American people he steadfastly promised to help during his campaign for President, but soon has ignored since he was elected.  Every action his Administration has taken for nearly two years has been political and devoid of any consideration or sympathy for the American people he swore to represent and help.

The Dilemma of the American Voter in 2010 and 2012

August, 2010

          Between now and November the American people must select a new U.S. House of Representatives and one third of the U.S. Senate.  At the same time, they are disappointed and disgusted with their Washington Representatives and leaders, especially for the last ten years.

          Starting with our Republican President, George W. Bush, and his Republican majority in Congress, they pushed us into a never ending war in Afghanistan and needless war in Iraq, which has drained the lifeblood of our brave servicemen, with endless tours of duty which has caused them and their families to suffer untold physical and emotional harm.

          At the same time, the monetary costs has been added to our national debt which now is reaching the 13 trillion dollar mark, a figure Congress has thrust upon our children and grandchildren to bear, unjustifiably.  Part of that deficit was caused by the Bush Tax Cut for only the rich.

          In the meantime, the serious energy problem with rising gasoline and fuel prices dating back to the Arab OPEC Embargo of 1973 have never been addressed by Congress or successive Presidents, simply because they are controlled by the lobbyists for domestic and foreign oil companies with political donations in return for huge, shameful profits at the expense of the American people.

          Problems of the high, triple costs of prescription drugs have never been adequately answered while the American people are prohibited from buying cheaper drugs from overseas. 

          The American stock market continues to experience periodic gyrations up and down wiping away the retirement funds of financial institutions and the U.S. Treasury access to cheap money at the expense of retirees and the American people.

          We have been faced with a serious and worsening economic recession starting in 2006 with unemployment rising to an alarming rate of ten percent while continuing mortgage foreclosures depress values of real estate and prevent the construction industry from any hope of recovery.  Instead of our Congress and Presidents, including Barack Obama, helping this problem, they instead threw nearly a billion dollars to the greedy financial institutions who caused the financial problem in the first place, instead of the unemployed, and a plan to rid us of dependence on oil fuels.

          First, in 2006, the American people voted out the Republican majority in Congress and installed a Democratic majority as a protest to the wars and worsening economy, more as a protest against the Republican majority and administration than a reward or acclaim for the Democrats.  Still Congress let the war drag on while the economy worsened with more and more gridlock and vetoes between Congress and President Bush.

          Then, in 2008, the American people, increasingly, disillusioned and disappointed with their Representatives in Washington, chose to elect a Democratic President for the Democratic majority in Congress, who promised the "Change and Can Do" the American people, needed and wanted in these trying times.

          Instead of confronting and cajoling his Democratic Congress to work with their republican counterparts, President Obama gave them a "Carte Blanc" to pass a much needed stimulus package filled instead with unneeded and wasteful pork projects that have helped Congressmen and state, public and union employees instead of the unemployed American people or to help the economy recover.

          President Obama's promise to end the wars was broken when he agreed to add thirty thousand troops in Afghanistan on a mission that has only killed and wounded more servicemen/woman than ever before, while the Taliban have increased their control of their country and his own commanders say we are losing the war there.

          At this point and juncture, the American people are so disgusted with their Representatives for their inattention to all these pressing problems, that they feel the only thing they can do is to turn our their incumbent Representatives and elect anyone else who appears on the election ballot, in frustration, next November.  I believe they are right in their actions simply because, they have no choice since at this point the choice has been the same for many years, vote for either a Democrat or Republican Candidate.  This has been exactly what they have been doing without success for years and especially since 2006.  Therefore, what is needed is for the American people to have an added choice, other than to vote for either a Democrat or a Republican, since neither is worthy.

          It is obvious to me that the American people have already become disenchanted with both major political parties since over the years the American people have increasingly changed their party affiliation to that of an "Independent" voter, without party affiliation.  On the average, the Independent voter outnumbers either the Democratic or Republican voter in most states while in the State of New Hampshire, the Independent voters outnumber both major parties combined.

          Therefore, it is logical, to ask, "Why haven't the voices of the Independent voter been heard in Washington?"  The answer is simple, because they are not organized as a party; they have been ignored by both political parties.

          Article 1 Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution prescribes to each state Legislature the times, places and manner of holding elections for members of Congress.  Each state Legislature is obviously controlled by one major party or another.  Therefore, in almost every state, the primary elections are designed purposely to prevent non party voters from voting for an Independent Candidate since they are deliberately excluded from primary voting.  An Independent voter is therefore only allowed to vote in a Primary if they select a Democrat or Republican ballot.  By excluding non party Independent Candidates from the primary ballots, because they are non party members, they are left to be voted for in the General Election.  Since in most cases, more than a few Independent Candidates run for office, their vote is diluted between competing Independents whereas at the Primary Election once a Party Candidate is chosen from any running group and the rest are eliminated, giving each Party Candidate the decided advantage over a usual group of Independent Candidates for office.  Whereas, only party designated voters may vote at most state Primaries, most debates are party oriented and Independent Candidates are usually ignored and not invited to participate.  Couple this fact of little or no free publicity, with the moneyed power of each political party to advertise for their respective selected Candidate, you can readily see the political advantage of existing political parties.  Everyone knows from experience that once on party Candidate is elected to Congress or the Presidency that the political party has its elected members collared and controlled with money, power and intimidation to vote along party lines only in all cases while the votes and needs of the Independent voter are ignored by both.

          Based on these facts and this circumstance, it is obvious that an Independent voter's desired needs and wishes can only be heard if they organize into a political party under present rules.  In addition an Independent voter may then be able to vote for an Independent Candidate of their choice at the primary election rather than a member of the other political parties and their votes will not be diluted as it is at present.

          This is the only way "We the Independent People" may be able to take back our Country from the politicians and have our voices heard and help elect an Independent of our choice.

"WE THE PEOPLE'S PLAN" TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF OUR COUNTRY

August 10, 2010

          On July 5, 2010, we filed our first reason in a plan to throw out our incumbent representatives in Washington, that of actions of OPEC and our Domestic Oil Companies in gouging Americans by raising the prices of gasoline and fuel oil, with the help of our elected officials in return for campaign contributions.  It is interesting to note that Americans are running a Trade Deficit with the OPEC nations in the amount of a trillion dollars a year, money that is leaving our Country all this could be avoided if only our Country adopted a crash alternative energy program, to rid us of our dependence on foreign and domestic oil, which, it is estimated, would reduce the price of these fuels by one half.

          This next article, deals with our Free Trade Agreements with foreign Counties like China and under CAFTA and NAFTA.

          B.  In 1985, President Clinton, A Democrat, began signing Free Trade Laws passed by the Republican controlled Congress, in the interest of allowing cheaper goods to enter the Country.  After twenty five years, those laws have caused our entire American manufacturing base and companies to leave the Country in search of cheap labor in order to compete with foreign Countries.  This is the main cause for our ten percent unemployment today.  In addition, we are running a trade deficit of more than a trillion dollars with Countries like China, and if this continues, China and the foreign countries will own all our assets soon.

          It is a simple fact that poorer nations have a lower standard of living and an ample supply of cheap labor which American has tapped into, in the interest of lower prices.  However, in spite of the good intentions, the price for these cheap goods has resulted in the loss of our manufacturing and tax base and about ten million jobs, since Americans cannot make these goods as cheaply.

          Even though this problem has been apparent to our government for the last fifteen years, our representatives have done nothing to attempt to solve this problem so that these jobs may be saved or some jobs created to replace them.  In fact, our representatives have helped many of our industries to move overseas by voting tax breaks, which only adds insult to the injury to their loss. 
 

          One simple solution to allow us to keep importing these cheaper goods would be for Congress to change our "Free Trade Laws" to "Balanced Trade Laws."  This would mean that these same Countries may continue to sell us the low priced goods, but must buy American goods in return, dollar for dollar value. This plan would automatically put millions of Americans back to work while our trade deficit would be eliminated, immediately.

          One might wonder why Congress and President Obama have not come up with this or a similar plan in the past to help our unemployment or Trade Deficit problem.  It is because they are being paid by the big business lobbyists to assist big business and not the American people they should be representing.

          It is time that all the American people become aware that our Democratic and Republican representatives in Washington, along with their respective political parties, have been bought and paid for by special interest groups, like labor unions and big businesses, through their respective lobbyists.  All this has been going on for years under the guise of campaign contributions to run for re-election.  Where I come from, if a representative does a good job representing the people, the people will know that and readily re-elect them without the necessity of spending or needing campaign money.  That was one of the reasons the Free Stamps or Franking Privilege was included in the Constitution, to allow our representatives to inform their constituents at all times, what they have done for them.  This practice has fallen by the wayside, because, our representatives are busy filling their pockets with campaign contributions and also have done nothing good for their constituents to inform them about. 

          It is time for the American people, especially the ever increasing block of Independent voters, join with those disgruntled and disappointed Democratic and Republican voters to throw out all our incumbent representatives in Washington and elect new representatives who will once again represent the American people who elect them and no one else.

          This is the second of a long series of articles which will be posted to inform the American people of the problems facing our beloved Country along with some possible solutions for them to consider when they take this Country back from our Washington politicians, who only work for themselves.

WHY ARE THE INDEPENDENT VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES DISENFRANCHISED AND TREATED AS A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN AT STATE AND FEDERAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS?

August 7, 2010

• 1. Did you know that Independent voters cannot vote in the State and Federal Primary Elections held in each state unless they ask for either a Democratic or Republican ballot? If you do, your designation is changed to the party whose ballot you selected. But then you must ask to return to an Independent.
• 2. Article 1 Section 4a, of the U.S. Constitution prescribes to each State's Legislature, the time, places and manner of holding elections for members of the U. S. Congress, although the Congress may at any time, make or alter said (State) regulations.
• 3. Did you know that in most states, the leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties decide the question of the date of the primary for those states?
• 4. Did you know that you as a taxpayer in the state pay the entire cost of holding said Primary Elections, which are being held exclusively for Democratic or Republican candidates?
• 5. Did you know that each Independent candidate for office must pay a separate fee to the state or must also obtain a certain amount of approving signatures of registered voters to run for Federal office in the November election?
• 6. Did you know that there is no provision for an Independent voter to vote for an Independent candidate at said primary election?
• 7. Would it make sense for Independent voters to be able to vote for an Independent candidate, also if they choose, at a Primary Election, as well as to vote for any candidate regardless of party affiliations?
• 8. Do you feel disenfranchised if, as an Independent voter, you are prohibited from voting for the person of your choice at a Primary Election?
• 9. Are you willing to sign a petition asking both your, State Legislature or Congress, to change the present Primary Law so that you as an Independent voter may vote for the Candidate of your choice at future Primary Elections?
• 10. Would you be interested to join the "We the Independent People Party" run by you at regular town or City meetings where only the vote of the majority of the people controls.
• 11. If you are interested, please respond.

Illegal Immigration

May 6, 2010

     The attached letter was sent to Senator Kennedy as a result of his stand on illegal immigration and the legislation he co-sponsored in early 2007.    Fortunately, public opinion stopped him, the President and most Democrats in their tracks. This is an example of the power of public opinion the voters have collectively, over our representatives in Congress. This is our only key to success until we have representatives that put the voter's demands and needs first and foremost.

    Three years later, may, 2010, the same illegal immigration problem remains and has worsened, with higher unemployment and a sagging economy when Arizona's Governor and legislators passed a law to try to control immigration into their state, they were chastised by our President Obama instead of applauded for doing the job the United States government has failed to do it seems our president favors the illegal's over the vast majority of the American people.  Please contact your Representative, Senator or President and if they do not listen to us in our just demands, vote them out in November, the message is "re-elect nobody".

Dear Senator Kennedy:

Enough is Enough

      As usual, the President and Congress have failed to handle the illegal immigration problem properly.

      In 1986, Congress passed an immigration amnesty bill to provide citizenship to millions of illegal aliens.  Most of them had crossed our borders illegally or had overstayed their visitor's visas.

     Since then, because our borders were not secured and the visa programs were not corrected, this very amnesty bill encouraged millions upon millions of illegal aliens to enter our country illegally or to overstay their visa permits, simply because our borders were not made secure and our visa laws were not corrected and violation enforced.    Now, it is said we have about twelve million illegal's here, but there is no way to really determine the precise figure.

     Without a change on the U.S. Enforcement of our borders laws and  policy, we can expect  this problem to increase with millions of illegal's continuing to enter our country each year, assured and encouraged that they will be granted amnesty, again as in the past.

      The 9-11-01 incident has driven home our country's need to secure our borders and ports of entry.   Our laws concerning the issuance of visas to visiting aliens need to be tightened and enforced so we know where they are at all times.

       The so-called "guest workers program" should be put on hold until we ascertain how many uninvited "guests" we have in this country. The question of granting of so-called amnesty to illegal immigrants should be put on hold until they come forward, are identified and are counted.  There is no question that these illegals are depressing the wages of the low and middleclass while filling the pockets of businesses that see and want the illegal's as cheap labor.   Why hasn't our Government enforced the existing laws against hiring illegal aliens?   It is because President Bush and Congress controlled by big business have been paid off with the help of their hired hands, the lobbyists.  It is certain that Americans are willing and able to do the work of these illegal's, if they are paid a living wage.  The cost of labor to pick agricultural products  is measured in pennies a pound, a mere tiny fraction of the cost to the consumer, while the farmer and middleman charges two dollars a pound for tomatoes, which should cost no more than one half the price.  Go look at the abandoned fields; they are full of unpicked vegetables, as away to keep the prices high.

      We all sympathize with the plight of the illegal immigrants; however, their plight comes second to the security of the U.S. and the welfare of its citizens. In my opinion, they should return to their homes, because they are one cause of the unemployment problem in the U.S.

      Therefore, it is of vital importance for Congress to prioritize this problem, by first securing our borders and ports in the interest of national security and to stop this uncontrolled influx of illegal immigrants.

     The vast majority of Americans have taken this stand against illegal immigration and they want it stopped in a quick and efficient manner.

      The American people should not need to demonstrate in the streets to let their feelings heard.  They have their elected officials who should do the bidding of the majority, not that of lobbyists or even the President when it is against public opinion.  Such considerations as the human plight of these illegal should not and cannot be considered when coupled with the needs and opinions of the majority of American people who come first.  I can readily understand why the Roman Catholic Church is sympathetic to the illegal's cause, but that is a religious or moral argument, which has no weight in law.   We have too many illegal immigrants here now, and we definitely don't need more to compound the problem.  I urge you, and other Democrats and the President to reconsider your position in this matter, which is one hundred and eighty degrees opposite from public opinion, today.

      In addition, it is the power of the American voter who will ultimately decide the fate of members of Congress, who go against the wishes of the majority of American.  They will be tested at the voting booth.

     The way to reward Congressmen who fail to put the interests of the American people first is at the ballot box in the next Federal election, by voting to "re-elect nobody", democrats and republicans alike.

     This Congress has failed miserably, to pass legislation to solve the pressing problems of homeland security, the economy, social security, health care, the cost of prescription drugs and the high cost of gasoline.   For this reason alone, they do not deserve re-election. We should not re-elect anyone to Congress until these problems have been solved by meaningful legislation.

Very truly yours,

Andy Looney

March 15, 2007