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Originally Posted by billethkid
What will it take?
It will take every single person you know to write to their representatives, both houses and Obama stating exactly how you feel and what you expect THEM to do about it as our REPRESENTATIVES.
TOTV population/members could be an example. Of the members how many are in political....pretty small number. Of those in political, how many write their representatives and Obama? Statistically we know it will be less than 20%, but I bet it is not 1/4 of that.
Take the population of TV 80,000 or so. How many write their representatives TELLING them what is not liked about an issue...any issue....or what is expected of THEM.
I will bet the number would be less than 5000....maybe a lot less than that.
Until such time as there is an overwhelming change in the number of people who go after their representatives, nothing will happen.
Over the years I have tried everything...giving people lists of their reps and addresses, providing form letters on an issue, providing email contacts with a formatted letter to be customized by an individual, even provided addressed/stamped envelopes and a copy of a letter for the individual to customize to their style. Accomplishment over the years? Too small to even take any credit...I would give me a low mark on accomplishment.
That has to change to make a difference. And it would make a difference. Waiting for an election does not work...too much happens in between. And talk of failing accomplishment...out of the registered voters how many actually vote. Less than half. Of the total eligible to register, how many registered? If I said 1/4 I might be too high.
The politicians know this. History is on the politicians side as they know the status quo, business as usual by we the people means voting and writing/contacting politicians is somebody elses job.
Until that changes nothing will happen....AND THE POLITICIANS KNOW AND COUNT ON IT.
Another example of a major issue affecting the American people, so easy to solve and nothing gets done.
Just look at the successes special interest groups and lobbyists get. Because the representatives are being told by them what to do.
That is what it is going to take. Nothing new. Hence the term the silent majority....because they are.
btk
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btk: I suspect many many hundreds of people like me have written countless times demanding something be done about illegal immigration. but as we all know politicians won't touch it with a ten foot pole for all the reasons cited in this thread.
The fact is that even some Republicans have joined with liberals and the Tea Party to stop E verify.
Its just plain wrong to support illegal immigration and to believe this nonsense that crops won't be harvested and lawns cut. The truth is emplyers want cheap labor.
Illegal immigration is cost taxpayers billions upon billions while emplyers reap the harvest. E verify will work and people will fill those jobs left opened by illegals; albeit it at higher wages which by the way won't or can't be passed along to consumers. DON'T BELIEVE THE SCARE TACTICS. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MEANS TERRORIST ARE PROBABLY CROSSING OUR BORDERS TOO.