“Months of brainwashing were cancelled out by this sharp personal experience of the ‘Yes’ campaign’s instinctive and necessary dishonesty. If it didn’t lie about its real aims, it would never get any support. The whole thing was rigged from the start (as Mr Cameron’s would be).”
This is what scared the crap out of me with Ross Perot’s plan for an electronic Town Hall (where the people, or “the volunteers”, as he called them, would directly vote on issues) - the fact that people who live REAL LIVES don’t have the time (and often the capability) to filter through the propaganda. So whoever controls what the people are spoon fed, and the wording of the questions, then controls the outcome of votes.
Example Question for the masses: “Should people who are in the United States without proper documentation be: (A) deported to a country that has one of the highest crime rates in the world, where they face certain death; or (B) pay a fine, be allowed to stay in the United States, learn English, contribute to society, pay back taxes, and, after meeting all of the preceding, be allowed to become US citizens? Please choose (A) or (B).
Slightly exaggerated, but not that much. A few things worth noting for the above:
1) Even in Honduras, with the highest murder rate in the world, the vast majority of people live their lives in peace.
2) What is the definition of “Learn English”? Does that mean learn to read some English words at a 2nd grade level, or be able to converse comfortably in English? Who gets to decide that?
3) How much is the fine? Does everyone pay it, or are their hardship exceptions? And note that nearly everyone from Central America will be a hardship exception. Also, will federally-funded groups like ACORN be allowed to step-in and pay the fines for these people, using federal money.
4) Who calculates “back taxes”. Back taxes are easy for the IRS to calculate if the employer is properly informing the IRS of your wages (i.e., 1099 and W4 forms, etc.), but how does one calculate back taxes for someone that has been paid under the table...maybe take their word for it?
5) How long until these people become citizens, and what happens to the ones that choose not to become citizens? Do they still get to stay here and have kids (can’t send them back, after all)? Do their kids become citizens, even if not born here?
Other than the “certain death” comment, the above “Electronic Town Question” is almost identical to a polling question that seemed to come out of NOWHERE 3 hours after Eric Cantor (top Amnesty pusher in the Republican Party) was defeated in his primary. And guess what, the majority of people answered exactly as the pollsters had hoped, which was Answer B.
So you say, well, we have a First Amendment, so the debate will open and people can argue back. Well, not in England in 1974, per this article - the media was 100% on one side and would not allow the other side to get its word out. I suspect that England also has “Campaign Finance Laws” to permit “fairness”, but actually intended to silence all but the media. Sure, you can stand in your front yard and scream your side of the argument until you’re blue in the face, but good luck competing against media outlets that reach 200 million people in this country.
The GOPe made so much political noise about amnesty that Obama had to back off until after the election.
But they (the GOPe and Obama) will sneak in amnesty anyway they can after November.
The big money elites that support both major parties demand it.
China isn’t the great place business thought it would be so jobs will come back to America we are told. But will American citizens be getting those jobs.