What is REALLY bankrupting this nation?
You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much? Read this:
Boy, am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it
is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now
find that to be RIDICULOUS.
I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until
they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them.
I have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal
aliens each year by state governments.
Verify at:
http://tinyurl.com/zob77
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance
programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal
aliens.
Verify at: http ://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal
aliens. Verify at:
http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.htmla>
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary
school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a
word of English! Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.
0.html
5.. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
; Verify at
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.
01.html
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.
01.html
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.
01.html
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare &
social services by the American taxpayers.
Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.ht
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9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused
by the illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.
01.html
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's
two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular,
their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in
the US Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.
01.html
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens
that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens
from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth,
heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
Verify at: Homeland Security Report:
http://tinyurl.com/t9sht
12. The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of
mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average
cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.'
&nb sp; Verify at:
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportat
ion.pdf
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back
to their countries of origin. Verify at:
http://www.rense. com/general75/niht.htm
www.drdsk.com/articleshtml;
14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex
Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States .'
Verify at: http: //
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The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
More simply put, in just over 2 years without the illegal alien
stanglehold on our economy, the current Wall Street crisis and the
proposed $700 billion bailout would be paid for, without a cent of tax
of US citizens
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be . Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water..
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying . It's raining cats and dogs.
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
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The floor was dirt.. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.
(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for d ead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.. Hence the custom of holding a wake.
England &n bsp;is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse , lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a ...dead ringer..
And that's the truth. Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !
I quit complaining about gas prices and did something about my 14 mile per gallon gas hog.. I got this scooter and now get 60-80- mpg. It gets better mileage then a hybrid and cost less to buy. Not to mention its fun to ride. I also have a Harley but it runs on high test gas and don’t really get any better mileage than most cars. I had to put my pride on the shelf after riding the Harley and be seen on this 150cc scooter. How ever when I pay for gas I laugh at the cost. It holds 2 gallons of gas and at the mileage I get I drive past the gas station. This thing can go up to 60 mph and is automatic (no shifting) has ABS disk brakes and is as easy to ride as a bicycle. My Dad is 80 years old and he bought one to ride . My wife has a PINK one. “ I don’t ask to ride hers” If the weather is bad I have to go back to the gas hog but the money I save the rest of the time is paying for the scooter. They have been doing this in other country’s for years and I think we my see more scooters and bicycles in the future . See picture in my photos
