Re: [blind-democracy] Re: President Trump Pushes Yet Another Problematic Immigration Bill

Yes. I understand that utterances from the lips of Donald Trump cause
hurtful things to occur. But if we keep our attention on Donald
Trumps words, we may not see that Donald Trump is merely the visible
face on a long time festering cancer that I call the American
Oligarchy. Going after Donald Trump is likened to cutting out a
cancer spot in someones lung, when the cancer cells are scattered
throughout the entire body. Another spot surfaces, then another.
Unless the entire body can be purified, cancer will win. The problem,
the ugliness erupting in America, is not named Donald Trump. The
terrible place we find ourselves in, that is, we the working class, is
caused by our inability to remove the entire cancer from our body.
Even if Donald Trump said, "enough", and left the Presidency, even
then we would be looking into the eyes of Mike Pence. Mike Pence.
Totally dedicated to "The Salvation of the White Race", in the name of
Jesus! Herding the working class like frightened sheep, warning us of
Terrorists infiltrating our ranks, Evil Ones wanting to destroy us in
the name of Allah, while all the time greed driven ones go about
sipping the last drops of blood from our bodies.
Our mighty God, Science, whom we have worshiped for so many years, has
delivered us from much of the drudgery and uncertainty of life, that
is if we are among the fortunate ones, even as it has provided
fearsome tools that can enslave us. We may well be looking at the New
Dark Age, a long winter that holds us captive and beholden to those
who hold the products of Science in their hands. If we stand against
the Establishment in the belief that we will win, I am sorry to say,
"Not in my lifetime", and probably not in the lifetime of our
grandchildren. Today's victories will come in little bits and pieces.
A family sheltered from deportation, a young woman taken in and
protected from abuse. Our victories will come from people caring and
looking out for people, despite the threats by the "Masters". But we
should not fool ourselves into thinking that by spreading caring and
love, that we will see some mighty enlightenment. And yet, we must
somehow build a base from which we will someday replace the century
old, Rule by Violence" system that has held us captive. We need to
understand that so long as we see the world in terms of the "have" and
the "have not", we will lose regardless of who sits on top of the
heap. We must come to the place where we see each and every human
being as a, "Have". We must develop a new method of providing for one
another. The method of a few ruling the many is always doomed to
failure. Still, even if others agree, we are a very long way from our
dependence upon the rule by a dominate few.
In the remaining years I have left to live, I can only make certain
that I keep my house clean of cancer. And in spite of my many short
comings, I can see that my having been here has had an impact on my
children, grandchildren and others around me. And that is my personal
victory.

Carl Jarvis

On 8/4/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
> The thing is that things are happening as a result of what Donald Trump
> says. Immigrants from Latin America are really suffering. Families are
> really being torn apart more often than before and more viciously. Not only
> that, but the actions of large numbers of angry, racist, religious bigots
> are being encouraged so more hate crimes are being committed now than
> before. And the most vulnerable people are terrified. They live in fear.
> Their lives have been up ended That's why what he says and does, matters.
> And this very crazy man has the power to start a nuclear war right this
> minute, if he chooses.
>
> Miriam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blind-democracy-bounce@freelists.org
> [mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 5:51 PM
> To: blind-democracy@freelists.org
> Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: President Trump Pushes Yet Another
> Problematic Immigration Bill
>
> I'm just not getting all of this attention being paid to Donald Trump's
> every utterance. My dad, who never strayed from his roots as a working
> class man, began as a laborer digging ditches at the Bremerton Shipyard
> during the early years of WW II, and at the last of his working career, was
> in high demand as a structural Steel Estimator. Wearing a title, a white
> shirt, a tie from among those carefully picked by mother, and only his wits
> to enable him to survive, since he was now in the company of men who sneered
> at any suggestion that they should Organize. These were those fellows who
> yearned to live life in the manner of the boss. They were a surly, snarly,
> humorless bunch of grumblers and gripers. They despised the "blue collar"
> workers, the guys who laughed and told really bad but funny jokes, and
> earned a decent wage with time and a half for overtime, and annual leave and
> sick leave and a good retirement. And all of that because they had the good
> sense to organize and to believe that they could live a good, fulfilling
> life without having to act like the boss.
> Anyway, dad's work took him back and forth from his office, to the job site,
> to the boss's office and to "high level" conferences. These conferences
> were along the lines of a DMZ, where all guns were left at the door, and
> where every company owner in the steel business gathered to pretend that
> they were in the company of great genius. I had the...good fortune to
> attend a couple of such high level and secret gatherings. I swear, and I'm
> not making this up, but I swear that the room was filled with Donald Trump
> clones. Seriously! Glad handing everyone, including me, squinting up in
> one face after another, giving toothy grins. And all the time telling every
> one just how special this meeting was, and how important that we all work
> together.
> After the conferences dad would usually have to go to the bosses home for a
> "debriefing"...a comparison of information and a chance for the boss to tell
> someone just what a bunch of crooks and insincere bastards all the other
> bosses were. Dad, with a wife and three kids to provide for, could always
> side step a bit by saying things like, "I wouldn't turn my back". Of course
> dad was including his own boss, but never said so out loud. These were hard
> swinging, no holds barred businessmen, looking at the world as a Plum to be
> plucked. Getting ahead meant, to these aggressive fellows, doing anything
> that would give them an advantage over all the others. And that is Donald
> Trump.
> Raised to believe that if you want it, be man enough to take it...whatever
> you must do to win.
> In other words, voters sent to the White House a carbon copy of the classic
> Capitalist Corporate Executive Officer. Finally, out of the closet for the
> first time, a composite of all the endearing qualities that have made
> America's corporations so beloved by the nations of the world.
> And saddest of all is that there are people who honestly believe that Donald
> Trump has a heart and a Soul, and that he is really trying to make life
> better for the little folks, if only the big bad government and those
> Leftists would give him a chance.
> There are those who long to see this president impeached. I am not among
> that number. Yes, Donald Trump is a loose cannon, yes he loves the
> limelight almost as much as he loves Donald Trump, but I can live with all
> of that because, in the dark shadows 'neath the dim lit seller stairs, there
> lurks a Bogyman, a creature waiting for his turn to step into the Oval
> Office and have his turn at sucking the nation's treasury dry.
> And Mike Pence will do it all in the Lord's name!
>
> Carl Jarvis
>
>
> On 8/4/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
>> One fact: Trump brings in foreign guest labor to do all construction
>> on his properties which certainly doesn't provide jobs for Americans.
>> Miriam
>> Truthdig
>> President Trump Pushes Yet Another Problematic Immigration Bill
>>
>> http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/trump_pushes_raise_act_201
>> 70802/
>>
>> Posted on Aug 2, 2017
>>
>> President Trump with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, and Sen. David
>> Perdue, R-Ga., at the White House on Wednesday, unveiling proposed
>> legislation to place new limits on legal immigration. (Evan Vucci /
>> AP)
>>
>> President Trump on Wednesday endorsed a new GOP Senate bill that would
>> slash legal immigration levels over a decade, apparently aimed at
>> dramatically reducing legal immigration overall. The bill is a
>> modified version of legislation
>> (https://www.cotton.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=765)
>> proposed in April, which would have cut immigration in half, and
>> focuses on cutting back what is known as "chain migration"-ways of
>> immigrating to the U.S. based on family ties.
>>
>> The new Republican bill, called the RAISE Act (short for Reforming
>> American Immigration for Strong Employment Act) is co-authored by
>> Republican Sens.
>> Tom Cotton and David Perdue. It would alter the immigration screening
>> process to favor English speakers with the purported ability to
>> support themselves financially and demonstrate skills that will
>> benefit the economy.
>> It would also, according to the president, prohibit recently arrived
>> green-card holders from receiving welfare. Trump problematically
>> referred to this as a "merit-based" system on Wednesday.
>>
>> Writes The Washington Post: (
>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/08/02/trump-
>> gop-se
>> nators-to-introduce-bill-to-slash-legal-immigration-levels/?utm_term=.
>> a00fca
>> 832823 )
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>> To achieve the reductions and create what they call a "merit-based
>> system,"
>> Cotton and Perdue are taking aim at green cards for extended family
>> members of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents, limiting such
>> avenues for grown children and siblings. Minor children and spouses
>> would still be eligible to apply for green cards.
>>
>> The senators also propose to end a visa diversity lottery that has
>> awarded
>> 50,000 green cards a year, mostly to areas in the world that
>> traditionally do not have as many immigrants to the United States,
>> including Africa. And the bill caps refugee levels at 50,000 per year.
>>
>> Trump declares the bill to be the most significant immigration reform
>> in half a century. He says that one of the main motivations to pass
>> the bill is to prevent the displacement of American workers-a claim
>> that's echoed by Cotton, who has said that while immigrant rights
>> groups might view the current system as a "symbol of American virtue
>> and generosity," he sees it "as a symbol we're not committed to
>> working-class Americans and we need to change that."
>>
>> To the contrary, studies suggest (
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/us/immigrants-arent-taking-american
>> s-jobs -new-study-finds.html ) this evaluation is somewhat
>> misleading:
>>
>>
>> The (National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine) report
>> assembles research from 14 leading economists, demographers and other
>> scholars, including some, like Marta Tienda of Princeton, who write
>> favorably about the impacts of immigration and others who are
>> skeptical of its benefits, like George J. Borjas, a Harvard economist.
>> Here's what the report says:
>>
>> "We found little to no negative effects on overall wages and
>> employment of native-born workers in the longer term," said Francine
>> D. Blau, an economics professor at Cornell University who led the
>> group that produced the 550-page report.
>>
>> An article posted on Politico (
>> http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/immigration-trump-senate-cotton-
>> 234706
>> ) included similar opinions:
>>
>>
>> "Economists overwhelmingly think that immigration is good for the
>> economy.
>> That's not just true at the high-skilled, but low-skilled level," said
>> Jeremy Robbins, the executive director of the Partnership for a New
>> American Economy, the pro-reform group led by former New York City
>> Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
>>
>> Robbins, who regularly meets with GOP lawmakers, added: "There is
>> overwhelming support in Congress for the idea of immigration as an
>> economic driver, including in the Republican conference."
>>
>> Trump's elevation of immigration to the forefront of his agenda
>> probably represents a bid to pull public attention away from the
>> recent GOP defeat on health care. This latest immigration bill's
>> chances are slim in the Senate, given that it would require 60 GOP
>> votes to thwart a Democratic filibuster.
>> Trump has hammered Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Twitter,
>> insisting that McConnell abolish the filibuster to better enable the
>> GOP to pass its legislative agenda.
>>
>> -Posted by Emily Wells
>>
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