THE DREAM ACT SCAM: GIVE AWAY OF U.S. TAXPAYER DOLLARS


By Frosty Wooldridge


December 1, 2010

In a down to earth, logical and rational discussion,  Don Collins brings deep perspective to the forthcoming vote on the Scam Act, opps, I mean Dream Act now before Congress:  “Am I DREAM-ing?—Is Real Immigration Reform On The Horizon?”

The Dream Act would allow illegal alien children to step to the front of the line with instate tuition after having ridden the taxpayers’ wallets from K—12 education along with ‘free’ breakfasts and lunches. It would displace American college students and unfairly charge out of state students with added financial burdens.  It would not stop the flow of illegal aliens across America’s borders. It would accelerate it!

In this continuing series of interviews with my friend Don Collins, you may enjoy a Washington DC insider’s understanding about the Dream Act.

Why all the hoopla over this Scam Act Mr. Collins?

“It’s all too easy  to get discouraged as well as disgusted, watch guys like Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) grandstanding to "pay back" his Hispanic supporters for his squeaker election win in Nevada by trying to ram through the DREAM Act in the lame duck session now sitting,” said Collins. “Since new Open Border laws were passed in 1965, they have been central in bringing our present population from 194 million to its present level of 310 million—on the way, as a Roy Beck video recently projected, to a population of 400 million by 2050 and 625 million by 2100. There has been no effort since to slow unneeded numbers, to even measure need, or even to calculate the impact on our environment, our culture or our general well-being.”

In a five minute astoundingly simple yet brilliant video, “Immigration, Poverty, and Gum Balls”, Roy Beck, director of www.numbersusa.ORG, graphically illustrates the impact of overpopulation.  Take five minutes to see for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE&feature=player_embedded


“In short, no effort by Congress to have a really reasoned debate,” said Collins. “These elitist worthies simply sold out, lock, stock and barrel, to the Cheap Labor crowd, the big bucks manipulators on Wall Street, and the religious and ethnic lobbies.

“But, the above notwithstanding, I am now more than ever optimistic that we can shortly win real patriotic reform.

“Why? Because our present economic situation bids fair to stay lousy for years and years.

“The American people are going to find out that “more and better” is not their future—as it has been since WWII. The competition from Asia, which I just visited again a couple of weeks ago, has gotten extremely keen. Cheap labor, growing use of better technology, much of it simply off-shored from the USA, and the intensely hard-working folks out there bent on catching up, will have a pressure on living standards far into the future.

“Maybe Reid will ram this DREAM Act through. But if he does, Americans will soon realize that every DREAM Act kid they pay for from their diminishing tax stream means one American citizen's kid will not have a place. This DREAM Act giveaway could be the trigger poster child that sets anger at a new level, perhaps with a combo of bad news, building into a tsunami. How dandy can things be with nearly 10% unemployed and likely to be so for a long time?

“The Tea Party has many members who see the connection between immigration and their best interests. While its objectives are far from focused, the visceral reaction to the prospect of less for all (except perhaps those on the Federal payroll) has gotten completely through to even some of the thickest skulls.

“Nobody is so dumb that they don't see that the Federal Government employees at every level have been cut a fat hog—good salaries, no layoffs, and assured pensions, the later perk having long nearly vanished in the private sector.

“So when Obama says no Federal employee raises in 2011, so what? My Social Security payments aren't going up either. But the greedy Republicans in Congress are still balking at taxing the rich and the extension of the Bush tax cut bill will likely be extended with that little absurdity intact.

“Controlling expenses of government? The Republicans have no plan either. Neither the newly-anointed Republican House nor the already unpopular Obama Administration are going to be looking great in 2012. While a Third Party is not likely, the independents will again be the swingers in the equation. Betcha new faces will emerge.

“And how about those scintillating deficits in states, cities, towns and hamlets? The so-called riskless municipal bonds are no longer riskless. Should substantial defaults keep coming, turning some major mini issues into Greek tragedies or Irish wakes, the squeeze on citizens at the local level will make bringing in those work visa employees even more unpalatable than the million-plus numbers of the alien workers now allowed every year by Congress.

“Bottom line: Immigration must be reduced. Politicians in both parties will do everything they can to avoid it, but they will be forced to cut because of the sheer inability of our system to absorb any more.

“When will this reduction begin? Probably soon, although of course counting on the American legislative system to act promptly on anything is uncertain. However, the forces at work to thrust this real reform reality in the faces of everyone on Capitol Hill and in the White House are powerful indeed.

“After 45 years of excess immigration, the opportunity for real reform is on the horizon. Immigration patriots—our time is at hand! Illegitimi non carborundum!”

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My friend Donald A. Collins is a freelance writer living in Washington DC and a former long time member of the board of FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

In a five minute astoundingly simple yet brilliant video, “Immigration, Poverty, and Gum Balls”, Roy Beck, director of www.numbersusa.ORG, graphically illustrates the impact of overpopulation.  Take five minutes to see for yourself:

“Immigration by the numbers—off the chart” by Roy Beck

This 10 minute demonstration shows Americans the results of unending mass immigration on the quality of life and sustainability for future generations: in a word “Mind boggling!”  www.NumbersUSA.org

If any of us, no matter what our race, creed or color might be, refuse to engage our U.S. Congress as we have not for 30 years as to the population/immigration equation-our children will find themselves living in a terribly degraded America where the American Dream will be described by the history books as a 'fleeting fantasy' from the era of 1950 to 2010.

These are several of the top organizations where you can take collective action to change the course of American history as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. Take collective action at:

This is the best website to start:  www.numbersusa.org ; watch Roy Beck’s “Immigration by the Numbers” at 14 minutes. Bi-partisan and very effective. Become a faxer of pre-written letters to your reps to make positive  change.

Must see DVD: "Blind Spot" www.snagfilms.com/films/title/blind_spot/ , This movie illustrates America's future without oil, water and other resources to keep this civilization functioning. It's a brilliant educational movie! www.blindspotdoc.com

Must see: Rapid Population Decline, seven minute video by Dr. Jack Alpert-

Must see and funny: www.growthbusters.org ; www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXSTrW_dARc
Dave Gardner's Polar Bear in Bedroom:

growthbusters.org/2010/03/save-the-polar-bear-in-your-bedroom ; Dave Gardner, President, Citizen-Powered Media ; Producing the Documentary, GROWTH BUSTERS; presents Hooked on Growth: Our Misguided Quest for Prosperity, Join the cause at www.growthbusters.org ;760 Wycliffe Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 USA; +1 719-576-5565

Check out this link with Wooldridge on bicycle and Lester Brown and panel discussion:

Tomorrow's Americaproject on www.youtube.com/contemporarylearning.

Producer: GEORGE A. COLBURNwww.tomorrowsamerica.com

DC: 202-258-4887

Link to www.tomorrowsamerica.com for more discussions on America's predicament.

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Frosty Wooldridge has bicycled across six continents - from the Arctic to the South Pole - as well as six times across the USA, coast to coast and border to border. In 2005, he bicycled from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece. He presents "The Coming Population Crisis in America: and what you can do about it" to civic clubs, church groups, high schools and colleges. He works to bring about sensible world population balance at www.frostywooldridge.com He is the author of: America on the Brink: The Next Added 100 Million Americans. Copies available: 1 888 280 7715

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