After decades of supporting an immigration law that, by design, encouraged illegal immigration, a bipartisan effort is finally underway to remedy an immoral and inhumane situation. The changes are influenced, in part, by moral imperatives, a sense of humanity, awareness of the values and history of our country…and political and economic considerations.
Latinos-Hispanics are the largest ethnic minority group in the USA. Their buying power, involvement in politics, and willingness to work hard and contribute to the betterment of our society could no longer be ignored.
It remains to be seen how far our politicians will go to remedy an untenable situation. The consequences of this attempt are far reaching and include finding a solution to the status of illegal immigrants, making changes that allow semi-skilled immigrants to enter the country legally to satisfy demand and be consistent with the immigration law clauses that allow foreign professionals to enter the USA legally with H1b visas. Most importantly, it must solve once and for all the citizenship status of children of illegal immigrants born in the USA. The latter, which should not be an issue or a question, is an embarrassment to our society.

I am all for Immigration reform but we should ask ourselves how we got here. If the border crossers did not find work here they would not have stayed. Those who profited from their cheap labor do not want to pay the attendant social and economic costs. Rubio, not unlike some members of the GOP, is getting in on the action for political gain. If we apply the embryo theory propounded by his colleagues, we may find that he was conceived in Cuba, hence ineligible to run for President.

DISTRACTIONS………. DISTRACTIONS………………. DISTRACTIONS……….

This is all just fodder to keep your minds away from the real disaster that looms on the horizon: Our nation’s fiscal house. Hat tip James Agresti, JustFacts(dot)com. Go there and follow the links to actual government data. Read it and weep……..

Federal government finances deteriorated by $6.5 trillion in 2012
By James D. Agresti
January 30, 2013

In January 2013, the U.S. Treasury released its annual “Financial Report of the United States Government,” which presents an “accrual” accounting of the federal government’s finances. In contrast to the White House budget, which primarily uses “cash” accounting, this Treasury report uses accounting standards like those that the government requires of large corporations.

Based on this newly published data, Just Facts calculates that our national government has $67.4 trillion in debts, liabilities, and unfinanced Social Security/Medicare obligations. This represents a significant deterioration over the past year. Although the official federal deficit for fiscal year 2012 was $1.1 trillion, this comprehensive accounting reveals that the federal government’s fiscal position deteriorated by $6.5 trillion—or an average of $53,000 per household.

Beyond the commonly cited national debt, the accrual accounting methods used in this Treasury report account for other federal financial obligations, such as retirement and healthcare benefits for federal employees, liabilities from government-sponsored enterprises (like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), and obligations to current participants in Social Security and Medicare that exceed the programs’ dedicated revenues.

The report also accounts for federal government assets, such as cash on hand, certain properties and equipment, and stocks in companies such as General Motors. The report, however, does not account for federal stewardship land and heritage assets, such as national parks and the original copy of the Declaration of Independence. While these items have tangible value, the report explains that the government “does not expect to use these assets to meet its obligations.”

In total, the federal government’s comprehensive fiscal shortfall now equals $214,000 for every person living in the U.S. or an average of $557,000 per household. The precise methodology for computing these figures is detailed in Just Facts’ national debt research, which will soon be updated with this new data. This research also shows that this shortfall is based upon federal agency projections that incorporate some highly optimistic assumptions. As such, the true shortfall may be considerably worse.
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Have nice day!

“You can only confiscate the wealth that exists at a given moment. You cannot confiscate future wealth — and that future wealth is less likely to be produced when people see that it is going to be confiscated.” – Thomas Sowell

Finally, secure the border, make them pay for being here illegally, and then create a path to citizenship for the one’s that are here. Proof once again that if congress works TOGETHER! good thing can get done!

How bout if we tax immigrant business owners likke we do domestic business owners.
Immigrant business owners run their businesses tax free for seven years. Then they put the business in a cousin or brothers name sand get another seven years tax free…REALLY…we discriminate against U.S. born small business owners giving huge tax advantages to immigrants?

Fern, I am sorry my comments were directed to the wrong person they were meant in answer to a remark Mary K Pike posted defending lana Ward after a remark you posted to to Lana repeating her name backwards if you took it as a cheap shot at you I am sorry I have always been on the same side as you, I don’t give a rats ass about people like Lana, omg, cannistercook, or anyone of those assholes that are constantly putting down the Democrats and the President, those ungrateful bastards don’t belong to be here after all hes done to try to get the country back on it’s feet they should be set a drift on the way to some deserted Island where they can all be together and tell each other lies to their own content, maybe throw in a few others like McConnell, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, and a few Democrats that are constantly bucking the President and voting against him. And we send those off we could set up a program whereby once a month send a few more maybe a boat load of teabaggers and before you know it we could have those 1% step inline start doing the right thing for the middle class and everyone else.

People I had written a post explaining something that people do not know about Mexican immigrants and some how I erased it so later I will try to rewrite it later because I will tell you something that should make you very angry about the treatment some of these people have had to endure at the hands of some supposedly good Americans that have used the people when they needed them and when they didn’t called them wetbacks and all other kinds of names besides immigrants. My next post I will tell you a true story, I am tired and it’s late so after I get some rest I’ll rewrite my first post concerning the Mexican immigrant.

Hey, OMG you can spout all the figures you want, but the main ones that count is that, Social Security can count among it’s finances a total of 2.7 T to the good thats enough to last until 2032 without adding another cent and I’m pretty sure that there will be several billions added to that amount by 2032 and if the people put back all the money taken out of the fund and take back their IOUs I’m sure that SS will be solvent for a lot longer and one of these days all of these accountants will stop using SS as a part of the National Debt, we didn’t create it because we didn’t dip into the budget funds to pay the SS recipiants that came out of a different account. also you and those Republicans asssholes are constantly bitching about the Government, well sport tell me what would you guys do with the country if the goverment went away altogether, when the Republicans needs the government it’s the greatest thing in the world otherwise it just gets in the way, well thank God for the Government someone has mto watch those sticky fingers in the Congress or they would probably have already sold the whole country to the Chinese by now. Take idiots like Lana Ward and others that hate the President keep stating that Obama has been giving billions to foreign countries and obviously they don’t that Obama can’t give nothing away unless he gets approval from Congress, so if any funds are missing check the Congress’s pocket they control the purse strings.

In answer to Gary Godfery and Joe Ham1 apparently you don’t keep up with the latest news since Fox news skews the news to fit their patterns of misreporting the truth, so I will clue you in since Obama got reelected there has been a steady flow of reverse immigration, over a million Mexicans have returned back to their own country because of the work situation here and the fact that the situation in Mexico has improved and the border is more secure than it’s ever been under all the past presidents together, thanks to President Obama so you guys can put that in your pipe and smoke it.