Dirty Indiana Democrats

Here in Indianapolis, the Indiana General Assembly is focused on fixing the state-wide property tax crisis. They are also trying to push through other important legislation such as a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman. The Indiana Senate, which has a Republican super-majority, passed a bill that would impose heavy consequences on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use the federal e-verify system. The Democrats, who have a 51-49 majority in the Indiana House, tried to tie this legislation up in committee preventing it from reaching the floor. Thank God, the language of the legislation, Senate Bill 335, is going to be amended into Senate Bill 334 and hopefully passed. But Democrats tying up good legislation in committee only represents a fraction of the mess the Democrats are creating in the Indiana House of Representatives.
Last Thursday the Democrats passed an amendment to a bill that was not at all germane to the actual bill. This is against the rules that the members of the Indiana House of Representatives agreed to follow. However, when the Republican minority made a point of order to throw the amendment out, it was overruled by the frumpy, old, Democratic Speaker B. Patrick Bauer (D-South Bend). This angry little man and his lackies are egregiously abusing their 51-49 majority. The Republican minority would not stand for it and walked out. The House stood in recess from Thursday until today, losing four session days in this, a short session, which ends on March 15th. Speaker Bauer and the Democrats even instructed the Clerk’s office staff to come in late today so that the Republican members could not file any amendments by the eight o’clock deadline.
I was on the House floor today to witness Republican Leader Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis), red in the face, scold the Democrats for their blatant abuse of power. Speaker Bauer ended the argument before it went too far (mostly to save face I suspect) and it is sad that the Republicans, who are only in the minority by one seat, had to bite their tongues and move on so that they can get the people’s business done before March 15th. The Indiana House Democrats are destroying six years of bi-partisan progress and trying to derail four solid years of economic and social progress made in the state of Indiana largely by our wonderful Republican Governor, Mitch Daniels. These dirty tactics and backwards politics are sure to continue, especially in this, an election year. So stay tuned for updates!

P.S. Is Bauer's toupee fooling anyone? I didn't think so

ILLEGAL

Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”. Illegal aliens are not just a nuisance in this country. Sure, it bugs the hell out of me that everywhere I go I have to see signs in Spanish, and every time I call a customer service line I have to press 1 for English. I live in the United States of America for Christ’s sake, it should be assumed that I want you to speak English to me! But illegal aliens are damaging this country socially, economically and in every other way imaginable. You may not agree with me, but let me tell you something; you are entitled to your own opinions, but you are not entitled to your own facts.

FACT: 33 percent of our prisons are now filled with non-citizens.
What does this mean? This means that those of you who defend illegals by claiming that they are merely coming here to do work that Americans will not do, are dead wrong. This means that illegal immigrants have drastically increased crime in this country, especially border states. The Hispanic gang, MS13 is growing at such an alarming rate that police departments in California and other border states have had to create special task forces to deal with it.

FACT: It is estimated that 36-42 percent of illegals are on welfare.
Again, this means that they are not coming to this country to WORK!

FACT: There are an estimated 18 million American citizens that cannot find a job. Many employers would much rather hire an illegal who will work for a barely livable wage.
Illegal aliens are not doing work that Americans won’t do. Americans still landscape, clean hotel rooms, work in fast-food restaurants etc.

FACT: Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than $26.3 billion in costs on the federal government in 2002 and paid only $16 billion in taxes, creating a net fiscal deficit of almost $10.4 billion, or $2,700 per illegal household.
Our economy would not collapse without illegal aliens. In fact, we would be much better off without them.

FACT: In 2003 56 million dollars in pure cash was sent back to illegal aliens’ home countries, taking money out of the American economy.

FACT: Emergency rooms are shutting down in border states. Over 300,000 babies are born to illegal mother each year. These babies are being delivered at the cost of the American taxpayer, many of them being paid for by Medicaid. It is not just births however. Illegals have no choice but to go to the emergency room and without insurance guess who is left holding the bill? In California, the losses are calculated to be about $79 million, with $74 million in Texas, $31 million in Arizona, and $6 million in New Mexico.
All you left-wingers are hollering for lower health care costs, or even more preposterous, universal health care. If you want lower costing health care, get rid of illegal aliens. Maybe then old folks could afford the prescriptions they can’t live without.

FACT: Behind many of the nation’s millions of undocumented workers are someone else's documents. To get a job, illegal immigrants need a Social Security number, and they often borrow one. Every year, nearly 9 million people pay their taxes using the wrong Social Security number. The name used on W-2 tax forms used by employers doesn't match the name on file with the Social Security Administration. There can be many reasons why -- a data entry typo by a human resources department, a woman changes her name after marriage and forgets to report it, or an illegal alien uses someone else's SSN to get a job.
Social Security calls this a "no-match" situation. When this happens, the Social Security Administration collects the money, but the wage credits go into limbo. They don't end up on anyone's annual Social Security statement, they end up in something called the Earnings Suspense File. Since 1984, when the Social Security card employment verification requirement kicked in, nearly $500 billion in wages has ended up in that file. (Bob Sullivan MSNBC)
I could forever list the growing costs of illegal immigration in this country, but I think I have made my point. Illegal aliens are not benefiting America. They in fact are a detriment to our beloved way of life. They do not come here to do jobs “Americans won’t do”. They are generally not good people. Let’s face it, they are criminals. They don’t call it illegal immigration for the hell of it. They are criminals. They are responsible for billions in lost tax dollars, high health care costs, identity theft and they are even responsible for much of the drug trafficking between Latin America and the United States. If you claim to be a patriot, do not defend these people. If you suspect your neighbor, your co-worker etc. to be an illegal alien, visit reportillegals.com to report them to the correct government agency.