Dear DNC Chair-person,
I
have received and responded to this mail-out "Offical 2014 Democratic Party
Survey." Possibly, you
have been cooped up in our nation's capital so long that you have lost touch
with the national mood - or simply don't care (which is worse). The point is - and all the national
surveys conclude the same thing - the average American is not happy with what's
going on in Washington DC - or what we now term as "Wah-Wah Land!" So you send out a survey - which I
presume is to find out what your Democratic constituents are thinking - but
your survey is limited to a list of incredibly dumb questions:
Do
you support President Obama's goal of comprehensive immigration reform . . .?"
Reform? Really?! Most of us would like to see someone enforce the existing immigration laws! Some might recall former President
Ronald Reagan's 1987 amnesty program for 1.4 million illegal aliens also
included a requirement for employers to verify legal status of their employees
- so what happened? If an illegal
cannot secure a job, he cannot survive but the better argument is that if word
gets out that the U.S. is enforcing its immigration laws to include employers,
then it follows the only path into America is by securing some form of legal
entry.
Obviously, if more than 11
million illegals crossed our borders in the 27 years since the Reagan amnesty,
the employer check of legal status simply did not work because no one bothered to enforce the law.
In
fact - it is difficult to know what Obama's immigration policy is . . .the
President put in place a policy that local jurisdictions were to hold prisoners
to determine their legal status in the U.S., but then allowed California (my
state) to get away with Assembly Bill AB 4, introduced by Tom Ammiano (D-San
Francisco) which prohibits local law enforcement agencies from detaining people
for deportation if they are living in the country illegally and are arrested
for a "minor" crime (whatever that
means).
But
there's more. In contradiction to
a long standing rule of law, local Assemblyman Luis Allejo (D-Salinas)
introduced AB 60 which would allow drivers licenses to be issued to persons
unable to prove their residence is in accordance to federal law. Well . . . we are waiting for someone -
President Obama or the Attorney General - or anyone in a responsible
"Legislative" position - to step
in and put a stop to this outrageous breach of Federal law.
And
what about the "Motor-Voter law" which allows the DMV to register licensed
drivers as voters?
American citizenship: a privilege!
I'm
sure you can recall a time when it was considered a privilege to be an
American Citizen. People from all
over the world respected our nation's immigration laws and assumed the
responsibility of learning our language because they had a compelling desire to
be an American citizen.
The
Cuban Adjustment Act, enacted in 1966, is the only law in history that has
paroled foreign nationals into the U.S. for more than four consecutive
decades. But the real question is
why has this country allowed the Cuban Adjustment Act to continue? Any political danger and persecution of
Cubans associated with the ill-fated overthrow of the Castro regime has long
since passed.
I could go on and on, but the real question here is: "If
we were actually able to determine what Obama's immigration policy is . . .does
it follow that he is willing to actually enforce the laws resulting from that
policy?!"
Your
survey goes on to pose more vague and thoughtless questions i.e. raising the
minimum wage, or closing tax loopholes or equal pay for equal work or allowing
American workers to gain modern job skills . . .
What's
the real issue here?
American workers are simply too expensive because State and Federal
Legislators keep passing more and more laws which burden the nation's employers
with incredible expense - not only is it an effort to know what these laws are
but excessive costs created by more and more benefits has led to the
unemployment problem this nation is faced with today.
Moreover, raising the minimum wage has
become necessary because this
administration has borrowed $-trillions (the national debt has
doubled under the Obama administration) thus
rendering the American dollar (which was once a worldwide standard
currency) to a smaller and smaller
value. . . which means the average worker needs to make more because of the
resulting loss of value.
Your
survey is a disappointment because it ignores the real issues facing this
nation. And, to add insult to
injury, your very partisan questions concerning the "other" party taking over
the House implies the very thing most voters are angry about - the battle
between Republicans vs Democrats seem to take precedent over what's best for
the country.
Possibly,
if you had phrased your questions in a form that offered reasonable questions
which might lead to a reasonable solution you might get a reasonable
answer. Instead, this
questionnaire appears to be a poorly disguised attempt to get political
donations!
I'm sure you can do better
than this . . . if not, well - not only is the Democratic party in trouble, but
I fear for the nation as well.