Posted on 05/26/2006 12:05:55 AM PDT by peggybac
In a stunning act of treachery against the American people, the Senate has set the stage to plunder America’s Social Security system and give the spoils to illegal immigrants. The phony “compassion” of liberalism is on display and the dive-by media and its allies remain silent.
According to populist presidential wannabe John McCain (R.-AZ), illegals deserve access to the Social Security funds because they paid taxes. Yet nobody seems to know how much they paid, what percentage of their paychecks was withheld by the government, or how much more they have cost American society than they may have paid into the system.
Although liberals in Congress wailed that President Bush’s proposal to privatize a tiny portion of Social Security would bankrupt the system, they are now perfectly willing to give away an enormously larger portion of those funds to the millions of illegals working in the dark fringes of the U.S. economy.
In truth, liberal abhorrence for the privatization plan never had anything to do with a possible lack of funds. Furthermore, every privatization proposal offered by the White House ensured that sufficient funds would be available for those who opted to remain within the present system.
What the liberals could not stomach was the possibility that, by maintaining ownership of those funds, Americans might forestall congressional access to them. Had such been the case, no opportunity would exist by which the Senate could misuse the monies in this misbegotten attempt to curry favor and loyalty of the illegal population.
Worse yet, the far greater returns historically reaped from private investment would mean that average citizens might gain greater independence from the government trough. Hence they would realize that they had little further need for the benevolence from liberals.
The conventional wisdom has been that Social Security constituted the “third rail” of politics, alluding to the idea that even barely brushing against it would be tantamount to committing political suicide. So, in comparison, the Senate action ought to equate to grabbing hold of that third rail, while standing knee-deep in water.
The fact that such Senate pandering might bankrupt the system sooner than is presently expected is apparently a “yawner” to the left and the antique media. This is strange, especially when considered in comparison to the hysterics with which every mouthpiece of the “nanny state” responded to the President’s plan to bring fiscal sanity to the program through partial privatization. Yet this situation does not represent some incomprehensible dichotomy.
In truth, the present system is, by design, a scheme to maintain a mentality of dependence on government among America’s seniors. Diverting the funds to illegals will not change this all-important status quo. And, by incorporating the twelve million illegals into the system, America’s dependent (and thus compliant) class can be enlarged to a breathtaking degree.
Meanwhile, those gullible seniors who, on cue, expressed such vehement outrage at the possibility of privatization, and who insisted that all future generations of Americans be consigned to the same dismal system into which they have been sold, are relatively quiet as this theft of the funds is being perpetrated. Far from being mindful of how Social Security’s Ponzi scheme actually works, they are content to be demagogued by the nightly news and other liberal institutions who presume to do their thinking for them.
Thus far, the liberal media has said little if anything of comparative alarm over the Senate plan. And, not surprisingly, other liberal institutions such as the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), who have historically engaged in a charade of support for the cause of senior citizens, are instead conducting their typical, clandestine advocacy of liberalism.
Here again, their rationale, while seeming totally contradictory on the surface, becomes entirely consistent when one considers where their real concerns and sympathies lie.
Hardly true to the notion of bettering the lot for seniors, the AARP understands that its own fortunes rely on the size of its membership rolls. And any horde of new “dependents,” regardless of the degree to which they constitute a drain on Americans, will nonetheless only increase those rolls.
Thus it should surprise no one that, far from seeking to secure the nation’s borders and ensure America’s security and stability as a haven for seniors, AARP has in fact supported pro-illegal organizations such as MALDEF, the “Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund,” to which it has contributed thousands of dollars.
In this it shows itself to be virtually indistinguishable from every other liberal institution presumably dedicated to the plight of the downtrodden, but in reality only exploiting such people as a resource to further its acquisition of power.
Such outrageous betrayal of the American people by the “compassionate” members of the United States Senate (and virtually unopposed by the likes of the AARP) plainly illustrates the sinister mechanism fueling the massive growth of government in recent years. Furthermore, it could provide a backdrop against which President Bush might present his privatization plan with great success.
Unfortunately, having been absolutely on the wrong side of the illegal immigrant issue from almost his first day in office, the present situation provides the President with no such political leverage.
Thus Republicans once again cede the moral high ground, and in the process thoroughly undermine the conservative cause. And another golden opportunity to turn back the tide of liberalism is disgracefully squandered.
It is all a liberal wet dream. The funny thing is, many Republicans are falling for it.
Certainly the media has an agenda to support the Democrats. We won't get a wimper out of them as to what is wrong with this bill.
WOW in the good sense at how impeccably accurate and incisive this essay is.
And WOW in the bad sense at how correct he is and how bad the current situation is.
Oh if only we had a conservative as president ...
I can hardly talk about this without getting bent out of shape. Empathy for the poor of Mexico and beyond is a given, but that begs the question. Our leaders are not representing us well. The US public is with us on this overwhelmingly, but corporate interests and leftists in concert are blocking us.
37 Dims voted for amnesty already.
Besides the obvious points stated in the article, I like the way he comes down on AARP. I wish more people knew about this organization - unfortunately, most don't.
Point well taken. The insidious distruction of this country by these tye of groups, boggles the mind. People don't even have a clue....unless you ask them who will win American Idol.
Actually, no one will be able to figue out who qualifies for benefits, based on who has been here two years or longer. They will have to give it to everyone and anyone in the country. Plus, the whole world will beat a path to our door, causing us to asorb a few hundred million more in the next 20 years. The country we know and love will cease to exist.
"The country we know and love will cease to exist."
This is true. It's just mind boggling what our elected senators are doing to this country now. Our representatives are quite aware of what their constituents want and they just snub their noses at us. Bush is nothing but the leader.
Here's the breakdown - just in case anyone here hasn't seen it yet:
Republicans who voted Yes (23):
Bennett (R-UT)
Brownback (R-KS)
Chafee (R-RI)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
DeWine (R-OH)
Domenici (R-NM)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Democrats who voted No (4):
Byrd (D-WV)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Nelson (D-NE)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Republicans who voted No (32):
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Democrats who voted Yes (39):
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Wyden (D-OR)
Hell, while they're at it, why not just put all 5 billion inhabitants of planet Earth on Social Security and give them full rights to welfare, EIC, and voting. If you're going to commit suicide, why go just half way? Why don't we just invite Saddam Hussein to come and run for US Senate on the Republican ticket? He's not doing anything at the moment! Plenty of spare time! Moreover, I've no doubt that he would surely be at least as competent and patriotic as the illustrious Senator from Pennsylvania and Scotland, His Lordship Sir Arlen Specter!
How comforting to know that the brave folks who died trying to stop the jihadis on Fight 93 died in vain.
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John 10
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
If only we didn't have a House of Lords.
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So what's the pretty side of the Nanny State?
Sen. Jeff Sessions discussed this with Lou Dobbs on CNN last night. Lou blamed the PC climate in the senate for the craven behavior...they're afraid of being called racists/antiHispanic, so they're giving away US sovereignty. But it's much more than that, and nothing has happened by accident. Follow the money. Unions are behind it now because they're trolling for more members. Business sees cheap labor.
Mexico actually came out yesterday and said they weren't in competition with the US, but that they were in competition OF the US. Mexican big shots, Fox, etc., believe integration with the US is already a matter of fact. Fox's trip really is a victory tour. Democrats saw illegals as a way to seize power for the next hundred years. Give them the vote and it's a done deal. The admin. was looking for workers to shore up Social Security, and Mexico decided they could do without the lower quarter of its population. (Those illiterate, ignorant Native Mexicans.) Ethnic cleansing. They told them to head north and send back money, now in the billions...more than oil, tourism, or drugs, but it's a one way street.
Mexico continues as usual with endemic corruption, violence, murder, mayhem. The US is giving Mexico a blank check, and it won't stop with Mexico. We'll end up with millions from Central and South America, too. None will be made to assimilate or leave. The unique character of this country will be a dim memory.
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