Proud Legacy: June 2010

Thursday, June 17, 2010

How Missouri is Taking on Illegal Immigration

(*Why don't we see this in the mainstream press?)

In 2007, Missouri placed on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment
designating English as the Official language of Missouri. Nearly 90%
voting in favor! English became the official language for ALL
governmental proceeding in Missouri. It also means no individual has
the right to demand government services in a language OTHER than
English.

In 2008 a measure was passed that requires our Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person
arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be
here illegally. It allows Missouri law enforcement offices to receive
training to enforce federal immigration laws. The bill makes it clear
that illegal immigrants will NOT have access to taxpayers benefits such
as food stamps and health care through Missouri HealthNET.

In 2009 a measure was passed that ensures Missouri's public institutions
of higher education do NOT award financial aid to
individuals who are here illegally. The law also requires all
post-secondary institutions of higher education to annually certify to
the Missouri Dept. of Higher Education that they have NOT knowingly awarded
financial aid to students who are unlawfully present in the United
States.

So while Arizona has made national news for its new law, it is important
to remember Missouri has been proactive in addressing this growing
problem.

Missouri has sent a clear message that illegal immigrants are NOT welcome in our
state and they are certainly NOT welcome to receive public benefits at
the cost of Missouri taxpayers!

Article in "The Ozarks Sentinel" Editorial Opinion - Nita Jane Ayres, May 13,
2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Obama Wants To Spread More Of The Wealth

Bloating Bureaucracy Some More
Subject: It has to stop some time, why not now?

From Investor's Business Daily

Buoying Bureaucracy

Posted 06/14/2010 07:03 PM ET

'Stimulus': The president has sent a letter to congressional Democrats asking for a $50 billion bailout for "teachers, police and firefighters," all to support economic recovery. When is this shell game going to end?

Calling it an "emergency," President Obama urged lawmakers to approve the new chunk of cash as quickly as possible. Inaction will surely lead to layoffs that would slow the recovery. But even Democrats aren't buying it. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, no doubt thinking of November, rather accurately noted that his chamber has a bad case of "spending fatigue."

Fact is, Congress already shoveled out $787 billion in federal stimulus spending supposedly to "save" the jobs of all these teachers, police officers, firefighters and, more to the point, bureaucrats and regulators who've bloated the public payrolls and driven cities and states to insolvency.

Hot Air blogger Ed Morrissey observes that the president is essentially saying, "We need to save the same jobs again with $50 billion more in state bailouts." Given these were the jobs "created or saved" with the first stimulus, the word for this is "unsustainable."

Just look at the figures: The Department of Education, which supposedly serves teachers and their bureaucrats, has been slated for $86 billion of stimulus grants, loans and contracts and has since blown $43 billion, according to data compiled by ProPublica.

The Department of Justice, which supposedly serves the police bureaucracy, gets $4 billion, and has so far spent almost $2 billion. The Department of Health and Human Services (read: welfare bureaucracy) was set for $87 billion and has flushed away $66 billion.

Now the president wants more for the same profligate city and state governments without any credible plan for cutting the fat. The White House seems to think government spending fuels economic recovery. This has the look of more patronage for cronies in the public employee unions ahead of elections in November.

We've got news for the president: The private sector creates the jobs that are going to fuel a recovery. But business has gotten nothing but abuse from the Obama administration, instead seeing taxes raised, markets shut off and resources for investment dwindle.

Every borrowed penny spent by government reduces some share of capital that can be used more productively by the private sector. Only after some value is created can business then contribute to the tax base. But with government spending before the capital can even form, all we have are public employee unions with their hands out until the U.S. becomes Greece. As Keynes said, anything that can't go on, won't.