I was born in 1938, in rural Oklahoma, so I know of what you speak. It is the loss of American Culture that saddens me the most, but neither party is going to change that.
in 1955, I had an appendectomy along with peritonitis. I spent three days in the hospital, the total bill for hospital, surgery, and doctor $300.00, about a month's pay at the time
A couple months back, I had a laporoscopic surgery to look at a kidney, the bill was $60,000.00 and rising, a little more than a month's pay for most I would say.
American culture could have been saved by strenuous GOP action on the border. But the GOP divided on it. Now the Democrats are in charge, and the faster amnesty happens, the sooner they are assured of insurmountable majorities forever unless the Republicans can find SOMETHING with which to woo Latinos.
Pro-family, pro-life is one such thing, but that isn't enough to bring blacks (who are more religious on average than whites) to vote GOP, even when the GOP runs sterling black candidates like Steele.
No, it's about the money.
People have their moral beliefs, but their urgent, pressing economic needs trump, and always will.
That is why I say we have to be REALISTIC. Waging a jihad against Social Security, Medicare, public education, etc. will never end in victory. At the end of the day and life 95% of Americans are dependent on these things. And they won't undo them.