Last month, President Obama warned Hispanic voters that comprehensive immigration reform would hinge largely on Tuesday's midterm elections. He urged them to vote Democrat or else face probable setbacks. Meanwhile, an Election Day poll conducted by anti-illegal immigration group FAIR, found that 69 percent of those surveyed consider immigration an important issue and 61 percent believe Obama "has not been aggressive enough in enforcing immigration law."
So, here again, though the poll confirmed that the vast majority feels illegal immigration is a serious problem and needs to be curtailed, the president disagrees with their sentiments, and seeks support for his opposing position.
Post-election, now that Republicans gained greatly in the House and diminished the Democratic majority in the Senate, immigration reform is very much in doubt. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican expected to become chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said immigration reform will be pushed aside for streamlined enforcement of current laws.
In San Antonio, Smith said, "The enforcement of our immigration laws is critical to both our national security and economic prosperity. We need to know who is entering our country, and why." He further stated that his committee would "enact policies that will better secure our border and discourage illegal immigration, human smuggling and drug trafficking."
When you add this scenario to the ignored public outcry for employment, the immense unpopularity of health care reform, the need for renewal of tax cuts and reduction of government size and spending, you really have to wonder what the president's goal is. And, more than that, I think you need to be concerned that the man at the top is apparently willing to keep pursuing an agenda that, if not bridled, will ultimately sink the nation.
So, when does the administration wake up and realize what's really at stake when a failed attempt at socialization of the greatest free market that ever existed nearly derailed it. And, that if it weren't for the fact that that free market created the strongest nation in the world, the misguided experiment could never have been launched in the first place. Because nowhere else on the planet was there enough financial and entrepreneurial strength to absorb it.
I think, ordinarily one would look at our current situation and conclude that what we've seen is evidence of a theoretical plan that looks good on paper but could never work as a practical matter. So, I guess you could call it an ivory tower approach. The only problem is, I think the tower these folks modeled their plan on was built in Pisa.
That's it for today folks.
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