[JasonC]

I am quite sure you can. An entirely comfortable middle class living, for which any human being ought to be incredibly thankful. I see precious little of thankful - or of work ethic - or of fairness - or of confidence - in this thread. And I don't find that terribly conservative.

[raybbr]

An entirely comfortable middle class living, for which any human being ought to be incredibly thankful. I see precious little of thankful - or of work ethic - or of fairness - or of confidence - in this thread. And I don't find that terribly conservative.

What does being conservative have to do with being thankful? I am thankful for the things I have. It doesn't mean that disagreeing with Bush about his open borders policy is not conservative. In fact, I think it is very conservative.

People live in reality. There are hard times coming unless the policies of this administration are changed vis-a-vis immigration, both legal and illegal, and trade policies which are one-sided. It would take decades to truly level the playing field with those foreign countries and in the meantime Americans will suffer. Not all but those in the middle class will. The lower classes will be taken care of by your taxes. The middle class will be left hanging in the breeze.