The Most Critical Election Ever
by This election year revolves around issues that are key to our countries survival and our way of life. Voting in the wrong candidate could be the end of our nation.
This election could be the most critical election ever for the United States. Never before has our very survival been at stake. The major issues of concern are: Immigration and Terrorism.
The next President must be prepared to confront these two main issues head on, or preside over the beginning of the end.
The Government of this country was founded on the basis of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as written in the Declaration of Independence of July 1776. Unfortunately, uncontrolled illegal immigration and global terrorism are choking our freedoms and happiness.
The symbol of liberty and freedom has long been represented by the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor since 1886. The statue through its inscription welcomes worldwide unfortunates with “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” But we have been unable to control the endless wave of huddled masses, and wretched refuse.
Theodore Roosevelt, in his later years at the start of the 20th Century, and after his presidency foresaw that the United States would be “brought to ruins” by a “tangle of squabbling nationalities.” He became outspoken on issues regarding immigration.
Immigrants, both legal and illegal, are growing exponentially each year. In 2007 there were almost 38 million immigrants living in the US, 4 million more than in 2004 when the immigrant population was 34 million. And this was 4 million more than in 2000. Approximately ½ of the 4 million immigrants since 2000, are illegal. In 1980, 16% were from Mexico; in 1990, 22% were from Mexico; in 2000, 28% were Mexican; and in 2004, 31%. It is expected, that Spanish speaking immigrants, legal and illegal will expand several times in the next few years.
We are becoming weak and over – run with immigrants who are absorbing our benefits and resources including healthcare. It is time to stop the inflow of immigrants and prevent the ruin that Theodore Roosevelt foresaw almost 100 years ago. Immigrants are depleting our Social Security for American born citizens and workers, taxing our healthcare system and directly responsible for the high unemployment figures we see today.
Yet all 3 of the leading presidential candidates; McCain, Clinton and Obama, to some extent support continued immigration. McCain in his web site, sounds more like Theodore Roosevelt than the other 2, but still believes in providing immigrants with opportunity. What about our people? What about those veterans that served their country and now find themselves out of work? Shouldn’t we focus more on them instead of immigrants coming into this country to bleed us dry?
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