Decatur, Ala. | Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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House flees if Obama agrees

If Washington worked as it should, President Barack Obama would not have directed the Department of Homeland Security to refrain from prosecuting many young, undocumented immigrants.

If Washington worked as it should, Congress would have beaten him to the punch, protecting valuable immigrants while focusing resources on deporting dangerous ones.

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act — better known as the DREAM Act — had strong Republican support when drafted a decade ago.

GOP star Sen. Marco Rubio was proposing a bill nearly identical to the directive issued by Obama, until Obama took action.

As House Speaker John Boehner put it, Obama’s action “puts everyone in a difficult position” that makes passage of legislation unlikely.

Why so difficult? Because Obama’s support of any policy guarantees opposition from Congress. Whether the issue is cap-and-trade or individual mandates or deficit reduction, the House flees if Obama agrees.

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If Washington continues to spend money like it grows on trees for proposed program like the DREAM Act, and devaluing those same dollars by printing them round the clock, the taxpayer gravy train is going to derail. Does anyone in DC have a clue about how economics works? These same people would never run their personal finances the way they treat taxpayer money. It's downright pathetic.

If you ever need to find some of these "valuable immigrants'' (illegal aliens) they are at the health department getting their WIC, shopping at Walmart with their food stamps or getting the child tax credit on their taxes they didn't pay.Their single mother birthrates at around 52% have almost caught up with their black counterparts at 73%.Their illegal parents who brought them here illegally have taught them the system well.

A man said once that there was no God. When asked what he based his assertion on, he replied that he had asked for something in prayer and his prayer remained unanswered. A wiser man pointed out that, "no," was an answer too.

If Congress has the exclusive authority to enact legislation, the simple fact that they chose not to do so is simply a ,"no." That does not mean that they have abdicated their responsibility and it does not give the President the right to usurp their authority regardless of whether Obama or THE DECATUR DAILY thinks the legislation is a good idea.

The house may wisely flee, but the die hard libs are stuck to him like a love sick leechs.

Today, Rommey announced that he would grant legal citizenships to the illegal immigrants that are serving in the military services. There are many serving this country. He will grant green cards to the illegal immigrants so families will not be separated.

There are 18.2 million Asian immigrants living in the United States with millions being illegal.

These are facts not opinions.

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