50 billion for our troops

A 50 billion dollar plan by Democrats to fund troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is in progress, and will be sent to the president for approval. The most probable outcome is that he will veto the bill. The bills conditions are for troop withdrawal by December of 2008, for the troops to spend the same amount of time at home as they do overseas, and for an end of harsh interrogation techniques like water boarding.
The House speaker Nancy Pelosi says that this will be the last bill that she will send to the president if he vetoes again. I believe that he will veto, and that the Senate and the House will do nothing about it. They could override his veto just like they did for the water bill, but they wont. How would this benefit whole of congress? It wont, at least I don’t think it does.
The troops should come back home, they deserve it. I agree with them staying at home for a year after they have spent a year or more overseas (stop loss.) We will need the rest, the money, and the resources for our next big war with Iran, maybe Russia and possibly China. Maybe I sound farfetched but seriously the way that things are going now with this current administration and Congress not standing up for what they know is right, I’d say things look very dark in our near future.
As for our men and women overseas it seems that they won’t be leaving any time soon and possibly won’t be getting any money to be mission capable over there. While back at home our Government debates on withdrawal and money.

Progress with Immigration

I agree with Snapp, we should totally do something about the illegal immigrants in this country. It’s a difficult issue for me being that my parents were illegal immigrants. They came in the amnesty of 1986, so they were very lucky. They have worked hard to assimilate into American society, something that some American people believe Mexicans can’t or don’t want to do. America is a great country, and it’s definitely a privilege to live here. I think that given a chance Mexicans can contribute greatly to our society.
Immigrants should be tested I believe that people illegally in America should prove that they want to live and that they can assimilate to our society. There are a lot of great people that can do a lot for this country, but at the same time there are bad ones. The point or purpose of these tests should be to find these bad people and send them packing. I hate to say it that way, but we already have our own criminals we don’t need more.
As far as taxes go, yes we should tax them. I pay a ridiculous amount of taxes and all because I have no dependants. They should share the burden if they want to share the jobs. Some folks that work for, lets say the restaurant business, those folks get taxed heavily and never see that money at the end of the year. So it’s a very difficult issue, but not an impossible one,

The Dream Act

The Dream Act the bill that was defeated on Wednesday the 24th of October by the Senate. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois was the measures lead sponsor. The Dream Act which stands for: Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors. The bill would have allowed young illegal immigrants the chance to eventually become American Citizens. Some of the prerequisites were, No Criminal Record, Need to have resided in the US for at least 5 years prior to the passing of the measure, have graduated from High School or have a GED. The last two prerequisites definitely made sure that the young illegal immigrants were worthy of citizenship. They are two years of military service or two years of college (an associate’s degree.) I believe that this measure would have greatly benefited the US in many ways. We definitely need people for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And it might seem like indentured servitude, but I believe that we could avoid that in this point in time. The two years of college is my favorite, what better way to show America that the young illegal immigrants can assimilate into our society: by the young people being educated before getting their citizenship. I Think this measure would have looked great for congress, they would have taken one step into the immigration problem.

http://www.statesman.com/search/content/shared/news/immigration/BC_DREAM_ACT_VOTE24_COX.html