HOW TO REPLY TO THE RNC

Oops. dang slow computer and faster trigger finger

If you are like me I did this yrs ago. I get no mail anymore from the pubbies. Kinda miss not flling these out like above.

We need a viable THIRD PARTY before the Demopublicans sell us out completely!

Without a doubt but how do you get the sheeple to vote 3rd party? We've got so-called conservatives that think Bush is a conservative. You got RUSH who says the nation is becoming more conservative. You got the 3 leading Pubbies that have not much to do with conservitive ideals, except at election time. Will they ever come to another party? I doubt it because of the brainwashing of this corrupt "Two-Party Cartel" & its obstruction to allow other parties to exist.

BTTT

I’ve already had the DNC pay postage on a few bricks on mailings they optimistically sent me....

Exactly what would have to happen in the field of illegal immigration before folks should restart sending money to the RNC?

When the RNC stops supporting comprehensive immigration reform and a guest worker program. The WH and RNC are fighting their own party on the issue of illegal aliens. The Secretary for Homeland Security, Chertoff, refers to illegal aliens, in testimony before Congress, as undocumented workers. Mel Martinez, one of the sponsors of the Senate bill on immigration reform that was voted AGAINST by Senate Reps 32-23 and FOR by Senate Dems, 38-4, was named RNC Chairman. Is this Bush's way of poking us with a sharp stick and saying up yours?

The WH pulled the rug out from the House Reps on their enforcement bill, calling them nativists to boot. This bill received overwhelming Rep support,203-17 with the Dems voting agianst it 164-36. Sensenbrenner: Bush Turned Back on Bill

So why is the WH and RNC so adamant and vocal about this issue. It is divisive within the GOP. Why push something that most of your own party doesn't support. Loyalty begets loyalty.

I have been receiving calls and letters about my donation. I have told the people on the other end why I am not going to send any more money to the RNC. Curioiusly, the people on the other end say that they support my position and that they have been telling their supervisors about how much of a problem this is. They say they are ignored. I guess corporate donations are more important than individual donors.

Everyone needs to think carefully about their sufficiency criterion for sending money. If it’s too high, the goal will never be achieved. In fact, if it’s too high, all illegals will become legal American citizens within about 19 months when Dems take total control.

This issue transcends partisan politics. It is a matter of principle and national survival. If the RNC and the WH are on the other side of the fence with the Dems, so be it. I will support and contribute to individual Rep candidates who are strong on this issue.

Owen, this goes beyond politics. Entitlement reform and immigration policy are the two biggest threats to our country's future. The stakes are very high.

What is going on today is unprecedented in our nation's history. Here are some facts gleaned from Bureau of the Census data that provide an indication of what is really happening:

---The 35.2 million immigrants (legal and illegal) living in the country in March 2005 is the highest number ever recorded -- two and a half times the 13.5 million during the peak of the last great immigration wave in 1910.

---Between January 2000 and March 2005, 7.9 million new immigrants (legal and illegal) settled in the country, making it the highest five-year period of immigration in American history.

---Immigrants account for 12.1 percent of the total population, the highest percentage in eight decades. If current trends continue, within a decade it will surpass the high of 14.7 percent reached in 1910.

---Of adult immigrants, 31 percent have not completed high school, three-and-a-half times the rate for natives. Since 1990, immigration has increased the number of such workers by 25 percent, while increasing the supply of all other workers by 6 percent.

---The proportion of immigrant-headed households using at least one major welfare program is 29 percent, compared to 18 percent for native households.

---The poverty rate for immigrants and their U.S.-born children (under 18) is 18.4 percent, 57 percent higher than the 11.7 percent for natives and their children. Immigrants and their minor children account for almost one in four persons living in poverty.

---One-third of immigrants lack health insurance -- two-and-one-half times the rate for natives. Immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for almost three-fourths (nine million) of the increase in the uninsured population since 1989.

A central question for immigration policy is: Should we allow in so many people with little education, which increases job competition for the poorest American workers and the size of the population needing government assistance? How did we get into this predicament in the first place?

Prior to 1965, the US was taking around 178,000 legal immigrants annually. In 1965, Congress replaced the national origins system with a preference system designed to unite immigrant families and attract skilled immigrants to the United States. With these changes and some subsequent ones, the result was that most of our legal immigrants now come from Asia and Latin America, and not Europe. Chain migration designed to unite families has also brought in aged parents, children, uncles, etc., many of whom are not contributing to our society and in fact, require more social services. Even with quotas in certain immigration categories, we are now legalizing the status of over one million people annually and millions more are waiting in lines overseas for their turn to come in. Chain migration has also changed the "mix" of immigrants, making it less diverse.

Mexico accounts for 31 percent of all immigrants, with 10.8 million immigrants living in United States, more than the number of immigrants from any other region of the world. Immigrants from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean account for the majority of immigrants, with 54 percent of the foreign-born coming from these areas. Of those who arrived 2000 to 2005, 58 percent are from Latin America. This lack of diversity has hindered assimilation and could well result in the Balkanization of the country by language and culture.

We need a rational, sensible immigration policy for many reasons, some of them economic and some of them cultural, i.e., the ability to assimilate these massive numbers into our society . Since 1970, the population of the US has increased by 100 million; since 1990; by 53 million; and since 2000 by 20 million or the equivalent of our six largest cities. The Bureau of the Census projects that we will have 364 million by 2030 and over 400 million by 2050 with one-quarter of the population being Hispanic. The annual arrival of 1.5 million legal and illegal immigrants, coupled with 750,000 annual births to immigrant women, is the determinate factor— or three-fourths— of all U.S. population growth. These additional people will require infrastructure [roads, water, electricity, gasoline, etc.], and impact our schools, hospitals, social welfare systems, penal system, etc. Couple these increases with an aging US population faced with entitlement programs about to go belly-up in 10 years and you have some serious public policy issues that could threaten the future of this country.

Just as Social Security is the third rail of American politics, so is real immigration reform. No one really talks about decreasing the numbers of legal immigrants or changing the laws to give us a system that acts to benefit this country in terms of supplying us with people who will contribute economically to our national well-being. We are after all a "nation of immigrants" and our politicians and others speak as though we have gone through all of this before. No one is against legal immigration, and some even want to increase the numbers. The real fact is that we are taking in unprecedented numbers of legal immigrants and when you add an additional 500,000 to one million illegal aliens annually, you have a recipe for disaster.

I compare what is happening in terms of immigration to the oft-repeated example of boiling a frog who is put in a pot of cold water with the heat slowing being increased until the frog realizes too late that it is being boiled alive. Eventually, the American people will realize what is happening. It will come down to whom do you believe, the political elites' spin or "your own lyin' eyes."

I’ve been doing this for about a year and they have quit calling or sending me anything.

When GOP fundraisers would call to ask what amount they can count on me to contribute? I would reply none and ask would they like to know why? They didn’t know what to say because they really didn’t want to hear my reasons but to say no put them in a very ackward position, so they had to hear me out. lol

I told the RNC that from now on I would be sending money directly to the candidates I support instead of to them.

I did something similar, but not as dramatic. Feels good, doesn’t it?