Needed: A New Amwerican Culture

Needed: A new American Culture.

What is happening to America today?   Fifty years ago, the only thing that immigrants (people who were fortunate enough to come to the land of opportunity) asked of this country, was the opportunity to work in a free-oriented society without the infringement of government.

This was the reason people from all over the globe flocked to this country.  It was the opportunity that they in many cases, did not have in their native land.  This was the reason why my father 55 years ago came to America.   It was the chance of a better life (with proper diligence and hard work) that attracted many to leave their homeland and come to the United States.  

Notice that, nowhere in the minds of these immigrants was even the thought that they were coming to this country to live off the government or on the shoulders of other working Americans.   In fact, 50 years ago a prospective immigrant before setting foot in this country, he/she had to have a personal guarantor or a job waiting, to make sure that that person would not be a drain on the American taxpayer.

Well, today not only do we have immigrants who expect to live on the shoulders of others, we have illegal aliens who not only collect a check, free medical benefits and subsidized housing, now they are also going to college at the expense of taxpayers as in the case of California where the current governor has proposed legislation to pay for illegal aliens college education.  What a joke!!!

Making matters worse for many of us who worked and paid into the system, is the idea that these people already draining our system, are also demanding speaking in their own language something that I personally find abhorrent because when I came to this country, I struggled for six months before learning the language of my adopted land.  It was a period of enculturation for me, a time where I adopted my new country as my own.  Today and for past 50 years, the United States has been and will continue to be my home.  The same is not true for many of today’s illegals that come here to rape our system in the form of government benefits etc. 

So what gives?  Why are we so lenient with what is happening in this country today? Why are we so passive, continuing to give our legislators in Washington and at the state and local level a free pass by not requesting a more equitable system to guarantee the future of new generations of Americans?  Why are we allowing our congressmen and senators to place the social security system, enacted by president Franklin Roosevelt to protect seniors in their retirement years, in danger by the free-spending frenzy of this administration?

Recently, much has been said about cutting back on entitlements with an eye on the social security system. President Obama, in an effort to cut spending, has already hinted that social security and Medicare are not the untouchables they once were.  But, who ever said that the social security system and Medicare were entitlements?  Social security is money funded and paid by the taxes of working people, sometimes paying for more than 50 years.  Just because today the government has to borrow money to pay for the extravagances of years of mismanagement of the social security system by the inept politicians in Washington, does not mean that the benefits that seniors receive is some kind of charity, a handout or an entitlement?

Wake up America!  It is time to look at the bull in the eye and say, something is wrong with the current trend in this country.  But now, let us talk about entitlements.  Are people aware that members of congress receive, free healthcare, outrageous benefit retirement packages, almost 3 months of paid vacation and paid holidays, unlimited paid sick days etc.  Isn't this real entitlement perks that we the taxpayers do not have, yet are forced to pay higher and higher taxes to cover the cost of these benefits given to the fat cats in Washington and in the state houses.  What about the handouts and the subsidies to car companies, oil companies, corporations etc.  Why is it, that no one is talking about the trillion dollars that each and every year are given to these entities that continue to fail only to be bailed out again on the shoulders of working America.

Recently, states such as Illinois, California, New Jersey and to a lesser extent Pennsylvania have reported that bankruptcy is not far behind if drastic cuts in spending are not made.  Why not cut the outrageous benefits and other waste that has caused many states to be on the brink of bankruptcy?  California in particular has a $20 billion dollar budget deficit yet, the beloved governor, Jerry Brown and the California supreme court have ruled that illegal aliens can attend college and collect benefits on the shoulders of California taxpayers. Are we kidding???  It is unbelievable to say the least.

Why are we continuing to reward illegality with college degrees and government benefits? When these people are found, why not deport them for entering this country illegally?   Illegal aliens cost this country $113 billion dollars a year and no one seems to care.  In California’s Los Angeles County alone, illegals cost the taxpayers more than $600 millions a year.   Yet, from our representatives in Washington to the legislators in our state and local governments, no one is doing anything to protect the people of America; the seniors in particular who live on a fixed income and who struggle on a daily basis to make ends meet.

Two hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson said, “Our democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”  If the American people continue to allow the raping of this country by those who choose not to work, Jefferson’s words will surely come back to haunt us.  We are living on borrowed time with the ever-increasing budget deficits and the irresponsible spending in Washington. 

It is time to wake up!!  We must forget political correctness and speak the truth for a change.   This government that is changing this country into a third-world nation must change its course because if we continue on this road, total destruction of our current system cannot be far behind.