Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues are already
threatening a government shutdown over policies 7 in 10 Americans support.
“What the White House put forward is a complete
non-starter … There’s nothing in it to negotiate… Right now, we’re
trying to get Republicans to vote on what we believe.” Pelsoi told
The Washington Post yesterday.
Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
(D-N.M.) added that withholding votes for spending legislation “is
definitely on the table.”
Here are details of President Trump’s plan –
policies that the
vast majority of Americans support – that No-Negotiation Nancy claims are a
“non-starter.”
· 71
percent call on companies to offer jobs to Americans before foreign workers
· 82
percent of voters support a law that would strengthen sentencing penalties for
illegals who had previously been deported and strengthens laws against illegal
immigrants who commit crimes in the U.S.
· 76
percent want more ICE officers
· 75
percent support Trump's focus on jailing MS-13 members
· 73
percent believe immigrants must be able to support themselves financially
· By a
2-to-1 margin, voters support limiting the number of immigrants who are seeking
to live here just because their relatives do, so-called "chain
migration"
· 64
percent back legislation that would create a point system based on factors such
as English speaking ability, education levels and job skills to rank applicants
for the 140,000 employment-based green cards that are granted annually by the
United States
Complied By The Republican National Committee
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IN OTHER NEWS
The people's or the parties' government?
By William Haupt III | Watchdog.org
“Political
parties arrogantly choose our representatives for us. This empowers them to
control government, which ultimately empowers government to totally control
us.”
– Simian
Levy
Considering this is the last year in office for many of
our incumbents and elections will be around the corner, it might behoove us to
peer into the nation around us and visualize the damage party ideology has done
to this country. It’s time to journey into the caverns of the great political
divide that has existed since the Al Gore, G.W. Bush vote harvesting
misadventure in Florida. It’s a time to reflect upon how party politics has
confiscated the intent of our founder’s government, a republican government of
we the people.
“Believe
it or not, I was the first to say, every vote counts.”
– Al
Gore
What did our founders think of political parties? George
Washington threw in the towel at the end his second term. He lamented party
wrangling “agitated the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms,
and kindled the animosity of one part against another." Thomas Jefferson
swore: "If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there
at all." Jefferson and Hamilton had always been at odds, yet Washington
yielded the fatal blow himself. In 1793 with foreign policies that alienated
most of the electorate, Jefferson resigned his cabinet seat in protest over a
political conflict that solidified the power of political parties. In 1801, he
was elected president by the party he founded.
“I
have no ambition to govern men. It is painful and thankless.”
–
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison wrote, “honorable determination which
animates every votary of freedom rests on the capacity of mankind for
self-government.” He emphasized limits on government were essential “if the
United States is to obtain the full praise due to wise and just governments it
equally respects the rights of property, and the property in rights.” Although
our framers were optimistic, thinking the public would not succumb to party
politics, they too fell victim to the policies of politics. And today, we are
stuck behind the eight ball where political party control has snatched
government from us like a pickpocket during rush hour on a New York City
subway. Even Jefferson admitted:
"The
natural progress of things is for the government to gain ground and for liberty
to yield."
–
Thomas Jefferson
People often think of how Henry Ford changed the world we
live in today. Ford was the architect of mechanization and ushered in the
Industrial Revolution with his innovative creation of machines. Yet, long
before Ford, a much more powerful machine had been well oiled and up and
running for years; one that had taken control of our country and government –
the political party machine. We’ve heard, “what starts in Vegas, ends in
Vegas." What a shame that what started in D.C. didn’t stay in D.C. Today,
the party machine is an oligarchy that has consumed the people’s governments
from D.C. to the barrios of the El Paso border with Juarez.
“Controlling
big government is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big
government and big entitlements.”
–
Jessie Harris
Contrary to our framers' theories that they had created a
bullet-proof brand of liberty of self-governess, they failed to cognize the
fortitude of the patriots would wilt quicker than a tulip in June. Instead of
maintaining the gift of judiciously supervising it through carefully chosen
representatives, there was no vehicle for them to control its incompetence like
the English Parliament. So few paid attention to the damage done daily in the
people’s forum by party politics. Due to their lack of involvement and
self-civic education, people ended up voting with their feet instead of their
heads – and have played follow the leader since then.
“Every
country has the government it deserves.”
–
Joseph De Maistre
Today, most elections are held to delude the populace
into believing they are actually part of the democratic process. That has been
the case since the development of the two-party system. Yet something went
amiss last presidential election that has the pundits scratching their heads.
What upset the political apple cart and their two party political axioms and
theorems? The unbelievable became believable when the first non-party
philistine since Washington was chosen by the people instead of the parties.
Trump not only ran against a progressive Pied Piper but he was forced to run
against his own party and corporate America, which supported Clintonism,
“Believe it or not!”
“I
have traveled 201 countries, and the strangest thing I've seen was man.”
–
Robert Ripley
Amid the chagrin of a “How did this happen election” is
the rest of the story: “How this happened?” Trump defeated Clinton receiving
multi-demographic support. He received 29 percent of the Latino vote, 8 percent
of African American and 22 percent of the Jewish votes. A bold slap in the face
is Clinton massively outspent him. Pro-Clinton ads outnumbered pro-Trump ads 3
to 1. Super PACs and other Clinton comrades spent over three times more and got
less in return. Now America knows the rest of the story. Money can’t buy votes.
All it does is help deliver the message. Trump’s cajoling convinced them to
vote for him.
“Those
who campaign in poetry never govern in prose.”
–
Elegy Whitney
Richard Nixon said, “Finishing second in the Olympics
gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.” Big money and
the political machine have had a marriage abiding in purgatory. Loyalty only
lasts if your candidate wins the brass ring. If they lose, the money changers
run from the temple faster than a hound dog swats a flea. Donald Trump was the
first president running from his own party with a war chest filled with blue-collar
dollars by people who wanted a “change” from the hard left of center. As they
looked at their bank accounts, jobs, and tax bills, they voted for real “change
they could believe in.”
“Change
happens when ordinary people get involved.”
–
President Barack Obama
Trump hacked history. What was unimaginable became a
reality: The alt-right put a foot inside the White House door. The mainstream
narrative was Trump demolished elite political wisdom and he destroyed two
dynasties: the Clintons and Bushes that dominated national politics for
decades. He lassoed the tsunami of blue-collar resentment, voters who had been
alienated by the Democrats who had sold out to the progressives. Analysts agree
it was the forgotten workers and small businesses that emptied their piggy
banks and proved every vote counts as well as every contribution.
“Anger
is a great force. If you control it, it transmits into a power and can change
the world.”
–
Swami Servinda
Trump’s unconventional following upended conventional
wisdom about party politics as usual. The forlorn majority sent a modern Mr.
Smith to Washington. Will the rest of Americans heed the call in our next state
and local elections? The Trump stampede defied the party machine and created a
schism in the art of traditional politicking. The common people put down their
bets upon the long shot they had faith in. They didn’t mingle their money with
the big spenders to guarantee a sure thing that wasn’t the best horse in the
race. Smart money is money spent on a good investment. That’s why, “A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than the
orations of the learned.” (Proverb)
Actor Frank Dane said, “Get the fools on your side and
you can be elected to anything.” Big money and their political machines have
made fools out of voters for years. We’ve been taught, “A fool and his money
are soon parted.” Yet each election there are too many fools who follow the
leader when the leader is a party hack and not a leader chosen by the people.
No matter how little or how much you’ve got, put your money where your mouth
is. It takes courage to fight for a winner. Any idiot can elect a party loser.
“It’s
a nitwit who gives away his vote, knowing he’ll get little in return.”
– Al
Smith
William
Haupt III is a retired professional journalist, author, and citizen legislator
in California for over 40 years. He got his start working to approve California
Proposition 13.
