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Free at Last!
by Betsy McCaughey
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Dreamers, or the American Dream Killers?
by Political Editors: As Congress considers legislation regarding DACA and the so-called “Dreamers,” it’s worth noting the effect immigration — illegal immigration in particular — has on the American Dream.
by Political Editors: As Congress considers legislation regarding DACA and the so-called “Dreamers,” it’s worth noting the effect immigration — illegal immigration in particular — has on the American Dream. Recently the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released its latest study on the financial cost of illegal immigration on American taxpayers. While the mainstream media often touts illegal immigration as being a boon for the economy, the actual burden of the growing illegal population on Americans is conveniently ignored. FAIR’s study calculates that illegal immigrants are costing taxpayers $116 billion annually even after the economic tax revenues associated with illegal alien labor have been factored in.
These expenses are borne out in three primary areas: Medical care, public education and law enforcement. Another factor often ignored is that state and local governments bear the brunt of these expenses. An estimated $88.9 billion falls on state and local government, while the federal government bears $45.8 billion annually. Once again, the legislators in Washington are insulated from the consequences of their own policies.
Another example of illegal immigrants’ impact on American workers is via the federal government’s immigrant worker permit programs. In fiscal year 2017, the fed doled out nearly two million permits, with approximately 1.5 million going to illegals. Matthew J. O'Brien, research director at FAIR, stated, “This [H-1B worker permit program] creates an incentive for people to accept lower wages in exchange for being in the United States and having a shot at an employment-based green card.” So, both American workers and immigrants are being taken advantage of by these programs, as wages have effectively been driven down. So much for the American Dream, right?
Thus, an increasingly heavy tax burden is being foisted onto the American worker as a result of a growing illegal population while at the same time Americans’ wages are being undercut by the fed granting a massive number of work permits to illegals. Is it any wonder why Americans are so frustrated with their government?
~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/51899
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Fitton – FBI Sent State Dept 2,800 liar-Clinton
Emails Huma Abedin Hid On Weiner’s Laptop
by rickwells.us
{rickwells.us} ~ Once again it is Judicial Watch that is investigating the investigators in the DC Swamp and exposing their corruption and failure to prosecute criminals.. They’re finding a problem which is endemic and goes well beyond liar-Hillary Clinton and the liar-nObama regime, to include a broad swath of the deep state subversive, anti-American bureaucracy, of which they are a key component. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton revealed today that the US State Department now admits it received from the FBI, 2,800 Huma Abedin work-related documents. They were discovered on the laptop of her sex-offender husband, the guy who will send anything to anybody and is headed to prison because some of it was sexual in nature and sent to a minor. Yet Abedin is not in custody. In fact she’s free to roam the world, having just accompanied her co-conspirator and partner in crime, liar-Hillary Clinton, to London for her “book tour.” Abedin was liar-Clinton’s deputy chief of staff while she was Secretary of State and is already known to have been trafficking in classified materials and sending them to the unsecured bootleg home server... https://rickwells.us/fitton-fbi-clinton-abedin-laptop/.
Fusion GPS Partners Plead The
Fifth During House Intel Appearance
by CHUCK ROSS
{dailycaller.com} ~ Two of the co-founders of Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm behind the infamous Trump dossier, invoked their Fifth Amendment rights... during a meeting with the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Daily Caller. Peter Fritsch and Thomas Catan, the two Fusion GPS partners, plead the Fifth “to every question asked of them,” the source says. The House panel earlier this month subpoenaed Fritsch, Catan and their fellow partner, Glenn Simpson, to discuss their involvement in the dossier, which was compiled last year by former British spy Christopher Steele...What are they hiding? http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/18/fusion-gps-partners-plead-the-fifth-during-house-intel-appearance/?utm_medium=email.
Congress Probes Whether liar-nObama DOJ
Used The ‘Trump Dossier’ Before Surveillance
by RICHARD POLLOCK
{dailycaller.com} ~ Both the House and the Senate are investigating whether the former President Barack liar-nObama’s administration used intelligence in a salacious “Trump Dossier” as “evidence”... before a secret federal surveillance court to obtain permission to spy on Donald Trump campaign aides and later his transition team. Leaders in Congress are trying to find out if the liar-nObama Justice Department and the FBI introduced the totally unsubstantiated material alleging unsavory connections between Trump and Russia before the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court, congressional aides told The Daily Caller News Foundation. The FBI used the dossier to secure permission to monitor the communications of Trump associate Carter Page, based on U.S. officials briefed on the Russia investigation, CNN reported in April... http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/18/congress-probes-whether-obama-doj-use-the-trump-dossier-before-surveillance-court/?utm_medium=email.
Chuck clown-Schumer Wrote Off $58,000
Last Year Using Tax Deduction He’s Trying To Save
by PETER HASSON
{dailycaller.com} ~ Senate Minority Leader Chuck clown-Schumer is likely to personally save tens of thousands of dollars if he is able to defeat Republican efforts to eliminate state and local tax deductions... clown-Schumer wrote off $58,000 in state and local taxes last year, according to his publicly available federal tax returns. The amount clown-Schumer wrote off is roughly equivalent to the median household income of $59,039 in 2016. A report from the Tax Policy Center found that eliminating the deduction would save the federal government $1.3 trillion over 10 years, and would hit wealthy taxpayers the hardest. “Taxpayers with incomes over $100,000 would have the largest tax increases both in dollars and as a percentage of income... http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/18/chuck-schumer-wrote-off-58000-last-year-using-tax-deduction-hes-trying-to-save/?utm_medium=email.
Confirmed: 99 Percent Of Union
Donations Go To Liberal-Leaning Causes
by GRACE CARR
{dailycaller.com} ~ Unions across the country donated $765 million dollars to various organizations over the last four years, and 99 percent of that cash went to liberal-leaning causes... Labor unions gave $764,952,394 to left-wing special interests between 2012 and 2016 according to the Center for Union Facts. Of the nearly $765 million, 99 percent of union political contributions went to left-wing causes. The Center for Union Facts compiled a comprehensive database of information about labor unions in the United States: outlining union spending, salary information, dues revenue data, and more using data from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). DOL data show between 2012 and 2016, roughly $240 million went to left-wing political groups. Labor unions gave $77 million to special interest groups and another $13 million to environmental groups. Over $25 million went to groups like the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Rainbow Push Coalition...And that is the reason I am losing one of my pension. http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/13/confirmed-99-percent-of-union-donations-go-to-liberal-leaning-causes/?utm_medium=email
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Free at Last!
{townhall.com} ~ Free at last! Free at last! That's the message for millions who don't get health coverage at work and, until now, faced two dismal options: going without insurance or paying liar-nObamacare's soaring premiums. Last week, President Donald Trump announced regulatory changes that will potentially allow consumers to choose coverage options costing half what liar-nObamacare's cheapest bronze plans cost. Democrats are already accusing the president of kneecapping liar-nObamacare, but in fact these changes will actually reduce the number of uninsured -- something Democrats claim is their goal.
The Affordable Care Act requires everyone to buy the one-size-fits-all Washington-designed benefit package. You have to pay for maternity care, even if you're too old to give birth. You're also on the hook for pediatric dental care, even if you're childless. It's like passing a law that the only car you can buy is a fully loaded, four-door sedan. No more hatchbacks, convertibles or two-seaters.
Short-term plans have been around for years. But after liar-nObamacare premiums began soaring, these plans became very attractive to people who were not eligible for an liar-nObamacare subsidy and balked at paying full freight. Hundreds of thousands of customers signed up for these short-term plans -- that is, until the liar-Obama administration slammed the door shut. A year ago, liar-Obama slapped a 90-day limit on these plans, as a way to force people into liar-nObamacare, no matter how unaffordable. His way or the highway.
Yet, Democrats are ranting that Trump's regulatory changes are sabotaging the Affordable Care Act. They warn that healthy people will abandon the liar-nObamacare exchanges to buy these low-cost plans, destabilizing the system.
Of course they will. Why shouldn't they? After all, liar-nObamacare unfairly forces the healthy to pay the same for insurance as the chronically ill. Healthy people never reach their sky-high deductibles. Instead, the premiums extorted from them are used to cover huge medical bills for the sick, who consume 10 times as much health care. Of course, people with pre-existing conditions should be subsidized, but instead of burdening healthy insurance buyers in the individual market, the entire nation should chip in. That's what Republican liar-nObamacare replacement bills proposed.
liar-nObamacare's community pricing is the biggest reason premiums have soared since 2013.
That hasn't been a problem for the millions getting subsidies. But it is clobbering the 8.8 million people who get no subsidies from Uncle Sam. Their premiums have more than doubled since 2014 and are set to go up another 25 percent to 35 percent this winter. Expect many of these customers to bail out and buy the cheaper options available because of Trump's new regulation.
Yesterday, Trump seized the initiative after Congressional Republicans fell flat on their faces and failed to address the pain liar-nObamacare is inflicting on consumers stuck in the individual insurance market.
The president should keep going with his regulatory pen. What's next? Trump should use his discretion to stop enforcing the tax penalty on those who don't buy liar-nObamacare-compliant plans, including people seizing the chance to buy affordable short-term plans.
Then Trump should cancel the sweetheart deal his predecessor weaseled for members of Congress and their staff members. Even though the Affordable Care Act requires them to purchase their coverage on liar-nObamacare exchanges and follow the same rules as the rest of us, liar-nObama arranged for them to have a choice of 57 gold plans and have John Q. Public pick up most of their costs. It's an outrage.
Once members of Congress are feeling the same pain as everyone else, they'll be more focused on repealing and replacing the dysfunctional health law. In the meantime, Trump is wisely providing relief where it counts the most -- in people's wallets.
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