Massachusetts Dems: “Let Illegal Immigrants Vote”
It’s just one brilliant idea after the next with these democrats. So illegals who shouldn’t be here in the first place should have a vote? And here I was thinking that only taxpayers should get the vote. I guess I’m way on the other side of this coin – as usual! 
Rep. Pam Richardson of Framingham wants the Massachusetts Democratic Party to advocate voting rights for illegal aliens.
You read that right. A handful of liberal Massachusetts towns already allow legal resident aliens to vote in local elections. But Richardson wants illegal immigrants canceling out your vote for school committee and town selectman.
And she wants the state Democratic Party to lead the way.
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“We have a large population of people living here who don’t have the same rights and opportunities of the rest of us,” she complained. “I’m talking about undocumented immigrants.”
There’s a reason they don’t have the same rights and it has nothing to do with discrimination it has to do with the words ILLEGAL and UNDOCUMENTED – it has to do with them not paying income taxes, etc. It has to do with the fact that many of my family friends who are honest, hard-working LEGAL immigrants cannot stand the ILLEGALS. They went through the process to apply for citizenship even though it was full of red-tape, difficult, and arduous. They went through this because they wanted nothing more than to be AMERICANS. Many of whom left communist dictatorships in Russia, Vietnam, and Korea. A personal friend of mine wrote a book on the experiences she had growing up in Vietnam during the war and how she fled on a boat to Europe. She lived in the Netherlands for several years with the ultimate goal of becoming a U.S. citizen because she wanted to be free. She came to the U.S. with cash in hand and a family and nothing else. She built herself up from nothing, saving her money, and finally establishing a business. She is now well-off after growing up and living in poverty and she became a citizen the right way. That’s how it should be and that’s why I will never agree with any of this! This is just another way to grab power by the liberals – watch the census…
The Author of the article tends to agree with me:
HR 1388 National Service Bill Passed Senate
The H.R. 1388 Bill which passed the house has now officially passed the Senate by a 74-14 vote! What scares me is that only 14 republicans voted against the bill.
From Roll Call: (may have to subsribe to see article)
The Senate voted 74-14 to cut off debate and proceed on a national service bill that reauthorizes the AmeriCorps program and sanctions $5 billion over five years to add volunteers to targeted service areas.
Ticking off the names of inspiring public servants such as retired Gen. Colin Powell and Special Olympics founder Eunice Shriver, lawmakers said the measure would capture a newly inspired public that is hungry to serve in local communities.
“We can really be able to embark upon a major initiative to be able to meet the compelling needs of our society,” Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said just before the floor vote. “Its passage is important now when so many communities are struggling with so many pressing problems, and so many people want to serve.”
The bill is co-sponsored by Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), political polar opposites who have forged a close working relationship over their years of service together in the Senate. The bill creates five service corps targeting health care, education, energy veterans and the poor, as well as a Congressional commission on civil service.
The House overwhelmingly approved a similar bill last week, 321-105. A small number of Republican critics decried the legislation as a costly measure to spark service, which private groups perform without the encouragement of government.
The Senate will continue debate on the measure Tuesday, with a vote on final passage to follow at some point this week.
President Barack Obama called on lawmakers to approve the measure during his February address to a joint session of Congress, saying it would “encourage a renewed spirit of national service for this and future generations.”
Please see the original post on what H.R. 1388 entails and take a look at the republicans who voted for it below (please also take a look at the 11 senators that did not vote – just as bad as voting yea IMO):
