Houston Area Liberty Campaign

Rep. Poe, we can’t capture the thousands of people who cross the border on the southern border of the United States because the members of the Committee on the Judiciary, the  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Membership, and the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security,  like YOU, keep giving retarded speeches that don’t do a damn thing except expel tons of CO₂, which Mr. Gore is so fond of exploiting.  Except maybe you can inflate your preening ego so you can try to keep attracting those 18-24 yr old females of whom you’re so fond… but I digress.

Rep. Poe Compares Immigrants To Grasshoppers

Besides Rep. Poe, you just voted to let Puerto Rico decide if they want to be annexed by voting YEA on one of the earlier votes for HR 2499, home to approximately 3.6 million people.  In fact, you were a co-sponsor of H.R. 2499.  Never mind the fact that Puerto Rico has had similar proposals on the ballot at least three times in the past 2o yrs and overwhelmingly turned it down EVERY time.

The median income (in 1999 dollars) for “households” is $14,412 and $16,543 for “families”.  Per capita income (in 1999 dollars) is $8,185; of all ages of Puerto Ricans, 48.2% have  income below the poverty level (in 1999 dollars) and an astounding 58.3% of related children under 18 yrs of age are living below the poverty level (in 1999 dollars).  [See U. S. Census Bureau income and poverty statistics in 1999 & 2000 for Puerto Rico.]

Only 46% of Puerto Ricans are employed.  (Ironically, “puerto rico” means “rich port” or “rich harbor.”)  Of the Puerto Ricans who are employed, nearly half of those salaried people work either directly or indirectly for the government.  Welfare payments (transfer payments) paid to individuals have increased drastically, skyrocketing from $69 million in 1968 to well over $8 billion in 2002.  One-fifth of the islanders’ personal income is received in the form of disability, unemployment, and welfare payments. “This massive social spending, which began in the 1970s and continues today, has resulted in severe domestic disinvestment in the economy. Domestic capital investment has declined from 32 percent of GDP in 1970 to 16 percent in 2000. This means that the Puerto Rican government, rather than supporting the creation of jobs and market incentives, relies primarily on tax-induced revenue and foreign investment for any growth in the island’s GDP.”

Since many Puerto Ricans are already on welfare and do not work why should they work, especially now?   These “new Americans” will get the privileges of American citizens who were either born here or worked their way legitimately through the system and get instant voting rights.  Hmmm, fancy that.

Many Americans expect too much from their government, viewing it as an insurer of economic security rather than a protector of economic liberty. Puerto Rico is thus one important example of the destruction government largesse can produce on a healthy economy.

Rep. Poe, you and your ilk are nothing but maggots infesting what is left of the vitality of the lifebody of the American people who put you and your compadres  into office.  But don’t worry Rep. Poe, payback in November will surely give you enough leisure time to vacation in sunny Puerto Rico with all those young, firm bronzed beauties.

BTW, if you think Ted Poe is dead wrong in his comparison that illegal aliens should be easier to capture than grasshoppers since they’re physically bigger than grasshoppers, then please give his opponent, David Smith (CD 2), the consideration of your vote in November.  I imagine that Mr. Smith would do a much better job at helping simplify the process of immigration and working to enforce the immigration laws we already have on the books.