1.
Why wages in this country don’t rise fast enough for some is a simple supply
and demand issue. Labor numbers in this country are inflated by illegal
and legal immigration, and by visas and overstayed visas. The aggregate swells
the numbers beyond the ability of the economy to absorb the supply. The supply is out of balance with
the demand. Additionally, the demand for labor has dropped with our loss of
manufacturing, burdensome regulations, and an antiquated tax code. This is yet
one more reason to curtail or have a moratorium on immigration.
For
those who like that plaque on the side of the Statue of Liberty, I recommend we
return to the immigration
laws of that very same era.
2. Why is it such a dangerous
thought to not allow immigrants from Muslim countries into the United States
when in fact Americans cannot go to their countries and become citizens?
And how many of those countries receive hundreds of millions of dollars in
foreign aid?
The
common sense approach to domestic terrorism is to identify the source and
designate the preventative response. You either reduce the source, as Trump
suggests, or increase the response, or both. Common sense.
3.
It is ridiculous to suggest that terrorist and ISIS recruitment is prompted by
Gitmo or the suggestion of a moratorium on Muslim immigration. ISIS’s
military went from zero to an estimated 30,000 as Obama released prisoners from
Gitmo. The impact of such releases could be argued from just the opposite
position, that releases increased terrorists and ISIS. Furthermore, we pulled
tens of thousands of troops out of the Mideast, leaving behind roads and
schools. And an immigration moratorium would incite Muslim terrorists? Wait,
aren’t we told there is no connection between Islam and terrorism?
4.
Removing purported offensive statues and renaming schools and buildings in
order to diminish our historical figures is the new sport in this country.
Unfortunately, this is nothing more than a ramification of decades of poorly
taught American history.
Washington
fought Indians in the French and Indian War of the 1750s, Lincoln fought
Indians in the Blackhawk War of 1832 and made a racist speech in 1856, Grant
fought and killed Mexicans in the Mexican War and his wife was a slave owner,
Phillip Sheridan fought and killed Indians as did Custer, Kearny, Reno, and
Cody. Are we to rename all that is named for these men? And there are so many
more examples.
Teach history properly. Not
all of history is pretty, and not all of it can be understood through the prism
of 21st century ethics. We can easily see the danger of a Common Core history
curriculum and its directives and guidances from Washington D.C.
The
opening line of every history teacher in America should be; “It is unfair to judge a man’s views
on the issues of his day by the ideological fashions of another era.” --
Anonymous
Presumed intellect and assumed intelligence
draped with flattering ivory tower degrees is not a substitute for the wisdom
and common sense required of a president. We need, we demand a candidate with
these attributes.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/12/some_common_sense_i_need_to_hear_from_my_candidate.html#ixzz3v4Tcig5U
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