[fabsroman]

Val,

I am fully awake, but are you sure you had your coffee this morning before reading my post. I seriously doubt that you got to the end of my post because you must have missed the following:

"Me, I blame the system for catering to the poor way too much. Welfare, food stamps, Medicare, SSI, and Social Security all need to be modified. These things cannot be life long entitlements. They should be used to help those that are truly disabled and to provide the others with a little help for a limited time period until they can find a job and get back on their feet. However, most politicians do not want to touch any of these programs because they would lose the vote of the poor."

That is also how I feel about your "entitlement" to health care. Completely different subject, but I'll address it a little here. Your health insurance company increases its rates because of what it needs to pay out for its insureds, which are all people that pay into the company. As far as illegals receiving free services, it is either paid for by the government, which means increased taxes, or charitable organizations, which I doubt you are paying into. So, blaming the health insurance increases on illegals just isn't fair.

As far as me being a democrap, I think you are way off there, but I guess we can resort to name calling whenever somebody has a different viewpoint than oneself.

Finding any loophole to screw Uncle Sam is just fine, but I do not like that wording. Personally, there are no loopholes. I use the law to ensure that my clients pay the taxes they owe, not one cent more and not one cent less. Yes, I take advantage of the law, but I don't do unlawful stuff like deducting stuff that should not be deducted by law.

Solving the illegal problem is not as simple as just passing a law that makes it a felony to be an illegal in this country. I think the first thing we need to do is make sure that the border is secure and we stop the flood of illegal immigration. We need to do this for national security and economic security.

See, I did about 2 hours of reading on this subject last night, and I learned some new things. Americans might be willing to pick lettuce for a fair wage, but what exactly is fair? I still think Americans want way too much. When life was good, Ford and GM were powerhouses in the auto industry. Now, they are struggling to stay afloat and Toyota is number 1. Yeah, Americans justify buying a Toyota because a lot of them are made here, but the profits still go overseas and are taxed by Japan, not the US. Yeah, Toyota is traded on the global stock exchange, but that does not mean that the majority isn't owned by Japanese.

Anyway, I need to go on a bike ride with my wife, but I'll get back to this tonight.