Posted on 06/26/2006 3:34:14 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
"Go, Jim! Go!" Ping. :)
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Yo, Dane, you're needed in Wisconsin.
LULUAC
"Both the House and Senate have passed immigration bills. The House version, with Sensenbrenner as a main sponsor, focused on enforcement. A measure passed by the Senate would provide the opportunity for some illegal immigrants to gain legal status."
Complete mischaracterization of the Senate bill. Rove/Dem spin gaining hold I've seen this characterization grow.
"The League of United Latin American Citizens says it wants to hear from U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrennner on why he proposed a bill that would make it a felony to be in the U.S. illegally and, among other things, build a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border."
So do I. I'd like to hear him explain why the wall shouldn't be 2000 miles long and 40 feet high.
Jim is really something else. A TRUE Statesman, the likes of which we rarely see these days. I'm generally against cloning, but in Jim's case, I'll make the exception, LOL!
Same goes for our Paul Ryan and John Gard. Good men. :)
The OBL seems to have adopted a "screw the constituents" stance and replaced it with a fantasy that our reps are supposed to serve the party like they did in the soviet union.
"In fact if I were Ken Mellman I would find an excuse to not show up for this thing."
I was VERY surprised to see him as a guest speaker. The only thing I can think of is that he's hoping to get the LEGAL immigrants worked up and on our side to fight the illegals?
Other than that, I dunno. GOP Eyewash?
Were it not for the hispanic vote, Kerry would be President.
LULAC is out of touch with many Hispanic people it thinks it represents... the ACLU doesn't speak for MOST lawyers either. And the MSM is out to lunch.
How is that so considering Kerry got 60% while Bush got 40%? Wouldn't that mean Kerry received more votes nationwide?
Maybe you should explain your take on it to Mehlman? I'm sure he is anxious to hear from you.
Mehlman's pushing amnesty, there's nothing more to explain. Of course he's going to find ways to spin. Maybe nobody's confronted him on the fact Kerry got between 15 and 20% more of that vote. It's just a fact.
Would you have preferred Hispanics given Kerry 100% of their vote ? He most assuredly would've been President in that instance.
EXCERPT: Some Immigrants Are Offering Social Security Numbers for Rent
NY Times | 6/7/2005 | EDUARDO PORTER
Gerardo Luviano is looking for somebody to rent his Social Security number. Mr. Luviano, 39, obtained legal residence in the United States almost 20 years ago. But these days, back in Mexico....he is looking for an illegal immigrant in the United States to use it for him - providing a little cash along the way. "My brother in California has a friend who has crops and has people that need one."
Mr. Luviano's pending transaction is merely a blip in a shadowy yet vibrant underground market....undetected by American authorities, operating below the radar in immigrant communities from coast to coast, a secondary trade in identities has emerged straddling both sides of the Mexico-United States border.
Illegal immigrant workers usually earn so little they are owed an income tax refund...........The illegal immigrant "working the number" will usually pay the real owner by sharing the tax refund. Since legal American residents can lose their green cards if they stay outside the country too long, it is useful to have somebody working under their identity north of the border.
"Sometimes the one who is working doesn't mind giving all the refund, he just wants to work," said Fernando Rosales, who runs a shop preparing income taxes in the immigrant-rich enclave of Huntington Park, Calif.
The income tax "refund" is almost certainly generated by Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) fraud, which as a "legal resident" the number renter would qualify to receive, especially if they have have or claim children. The EITC is a "refundable tax credit, which means the IRS will pay it out even if no taxes have been withheld or paid in. So the IRS gives filers who claim the EITC "refunds," even if they have had no taxes withheld.
These number renters can claim up to $4,400 for the 2005 tax year in EITC "refunds," most of the number renters probably claim this maximum refund. The Additional Child Tax Credit is another "refundable" credit which is no doubt routinely claimed by these renters.
For 2005, if the number renter claimed $14,400 in wage income, and three children, between the EITC and the Additional Child Tax Credit the renter would, without having any taxes withheld from wages, receive a tax "refund" of $4,898, plus have $892 credited to Social Security; in addition to the potential of thousands of dollars in California unemployment compensation.
Yes we should always keep trying for more but I don't think pandering by way of amnesties is the answer.
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