The Democratic party is killing main stream America. 9-15-07

• By Mike Moseley

     The open border Democrats sanctuary city policy and the politically correct government regulations of Washington is killing the American union. The liberal leadership is clearly outside of the bounds of main stream America. Just as they have turned on our soldiers on the battlefield of Iraq, the Democrats have turned on the American working man.

    Numerous political defeats have shown that the Democratic party is clearly outside the main stream of America. With Senators Harry Reid ( D Ne.), Dick Durbin ( D Il.),Hillary Clinton (D.N.Y.)and House speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D Ca) leading the way to defeat in every significant political battle, the left has shown that they are out of touch with American citizens. No finer example of Democratic failure was the recent debate in which Senator Hillary Clinton (D. NY.) espoused two widely differing positions, within minutes of each other, on the immigration debate. First, agreeing with N.Y. Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer's decision to issue drivers licenses and the rights that go with them, to illegal aliens and then trying to defend a position quite opposite of that. In a recent Opinion Dynamics poll, 91% of Americans find that illegal immigration is a “very” or “somewhat” serious problem for America. Another interesting fact, was that 67% of Americans support protecting the U.S. border with the U.S. Military. This is a significant statement in itself and a clear warning to President Bush and the Democrats. With the two embarrassing defeats of Sen. Dick Durbin's “Dream Act”one can conclude that the Democrats are willing to bring this subject up again if they ever regain power in Washington.

     Historically, the Democratic party has represented the American working man. However, since Democrat President Bill Clinton signed NAFTA into law , the union worker has not been represented well by the Democrat party. It was the Clinton administration that almost regulated the coal mining industry into the history books. With the new open border Democratic policies, union members have been stabbed in the back by a previous trusted friend. I had an interesting conversation with a union carpenter this weekend. “Dave” is a member of the carpenter local in San Francisco. As he describe how his union had been broken by illegals willing to work for less money, he described how every contractor that went to the local Home Depot for supplies would be surrounded by 100-150 illegals aliens looking for work. Union labor has been under attack by Democrats in every major city across America as many are pro immigration or sanctuary cities. These policies do not allow for deportation of criminals, visa violations, or illegal entry. As more Democrat strongholds like New York City, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago pass laws to protect illegals, know these same laws separate American workers from their jobs.

     The most recent facts are: (laborpains.org)

     Union membership is down to 7.4% of private sector employees and down to 12 percent overall (government employees are highly unionized, at a rate of 36.2 percent) – that’s down from a high of 20.1 percent in 1983.

    Adding insult to the Union membership is that the oil and gas industry has been regulated from expanding in Alaska, off shore, and in the continental United States. Not only is it political incorrect to drill for oil, it is almost impossible to meet lengthy government regulations to build refineries. This entire industry works hand and hand with union membership. The Democrats have regulated the end of good union jobs in an all important industry that needs to expand for the security of the United States. It is this writers opinion that America would be more secure without funding terror states that use American dollars to buy military weapons and fund terrorists. So as the Democrats regulations have killed union jobs, their sanctuary city policies have replaced the hardworking Union member. The open border Democrats are working with President Bush to allow Mexican truckers into these United States without meeting US safety standards. If the Democrats have their way, clearly the end is near for the teamsters and every AFL-CIO job.

     It is amazing that the Democratic party could maintain any credibility on the domestic front. Rep. Charlie Rangel's (N.Y. D.) upcoming billion dollar tax increases will target America's hardest working individuals, the small businessman. These taxes will end up in the hands of citizens of countries other than America. Rep. Charlie Rangel (NY) House Ways & Means chairman, has announced “the mother of all tax increases” at one trillion dollars that grows to $3.5 trillion in ten years. Easily the largest tax increase in American history. The Democratic majority in government will target the small businessman, for the major increase. However, Rep. Rangel does propose a corporate reduction of 5%. The House Ways and Means committee has been paying close attention to businesses that have been driven off shore along with their profits because of high taxes and regulations. Amazingly, Rep. Rangel knows that tax cuts for businesses work but seem to be confused about higher taxes on the voting public.

Added to these troubling facts is that the Democratic policy of giving illegals welfare, health care, food stamps and housing paid for by the American worker, who is is in many cases, the union member. With Democrat strongholds such as San Francisco passing laws to give illegals American jobs and welfare benefits, the Democratic party has made their choice. When you hear senators Harry Reid (D. NE), Dick Durbin (D.Il.), Hillary Clinton (D.N.Y.), Barak Obama (D. Il.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D. CA) speak of rights for illegals, sanctuary cities or open borders, know they are twisting the knife deeper in the back of every American working man, union or not. Clearly, the left does not respect or know the depth of American citizenship.

Mike Moseley

mgkjmnm@madisontelco.com