Will Political Attitudes Toward Illegal Aliens Apply To Tax Cheaters?
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From the Huffington Post:
Republican Immigration Policy Grab Bag Could Become Party Platform
On Tuesday, Republican party platform drafters agreed to include language calling for a foreign guest worker program that could provide more American businesses with a font of legal and willing employees.
Also included in the platform is a call to complete a border fence along the U.S.–Mexico line, an end of in-state tuition for undocumented students, a ban on policies that create sanctuary cites, and mandatory use of the e-verify database. Sanctuary cities are communities where police and other public officials are generally prohibited from inquiring about the immigration people's status unless absolutely necessary, while e-verify is a federal database used to verify workers' eligibility to hold a job in the United States. [full article]
So, it appears that the way our federal politicians now approach the "rule of law" is that if you have a large enough group ignoring the law, then the politicians feel compelled to ignore it, too. First the was Obama's "it wasn't your fault you were brought here" amnesty. Now the Republicans are concerned that following the law of the land might cost them votes among those who are not supposed to be able to vote, but who can't be identified because federal policy says that isn't very nice.
Well, just out of curiosity, what would be the response of politicians if say 50 million American citizens ... people who actually paid taxes... decided that they didn't like the way the federal government was spending their tax dollars and decided that they would not send in more tax dollars until the situation was "fixed." Would those politicians suddenly be concerned that those taxpayers would no longer vote for them and decide that it was time for them to support not following tax laws?
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009
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