What's Wrong with Rubio?

Arlen....do please keep the sig line.....you are the best example we have here of the people I was referring to. Really!

have a good evening Arlen.

:thumbsup:

Raees wrote: Do you know why the United States doesn't heavily enforce illegal immigration. We need someone who will pick up all the onions, cabbages and other veggies from the feild for little or no pay and do work Americans are to lazy or "good" to do. You want to pay $10 per onion? The politicians know you don't want this. The United States was built off the backs of such hard working illegal immigrants you all speak so harsh of. Maybe you should Thank them for feeding your lazy butts. Just ask any farmer, cow farmer, meat packer, hotel cleaners/maid services and/or trash services who are having hard times finding "Americans" to do this type of work. I give my thanks to those hard workers for helping me feed my family on a tight budget. Maybe you should shut your mouth with some food picked by your local illegal immigrate, stupid Americans.

And why are they having a hard time finding citizens of the States to do the work? Might it be that the federal welfare laws discourage people from taking work to feed their families instead of feeling entitled to have others pay their way through life by paying all or a portion of their rent, buying all or a portion of their food, allowing them to freeload on the health care providers, pay all or a portion of their utilities, provide them with a cell phone, handing out tax "refund" checks in excess of any taxes actually paid?

"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." - Benjamin Franklin, 1766, 'On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor'

Leading and driving them out of poverty would necessarily include not supporting them to the extent that they can avoid doing labor that they would rather not do, don't you think?

PrintSmith wrote: And why are they having a hard time finding citizens of the States to do the work? Might it be that the federal welfare laws discourage people from taking work to feed their families instead of feeling entitled to have others pay their way through life by paying all or a portion of their rent, buying all or a portion of their food, allowing them to freeload on the health care providers, pay all or a portion of their utilities, provide them with a cell phone, handing out tax "refund" checks in excess of any taxes actually paid?

I'll take "Run-on Sentences" for $200, Alex.

Address the point Raees - forget about the grammar. So I left out the word "and", BFD. Address the point being made that the federal government has been courting people to vote for their living rather than working for it. They've made it so that distasteful work needn't be done because the federal taxpayer will provide for the necessities of life when one is unwilling to invest the sweat necessary to secure it for themselves. Those record number of individuals and families on SNAPS could be out in the fields harvesting the produce, butchering the meat, doing janitorial work and collecting the garbage for the same wage paid to the illegal immigrant - lessening the burden they place on the rest of us. Tell my why they shouldn't be required to do that work, for that same pay, and have us subsidize a lot less of what it costs to sustain them than we currently do. Tell me why you think it is well and proper for one to receive a "tax refund" in excess of any taxes that were actually paid. Address the points Raess - if you have either the facts or the fortitude to do so that is.

I'll take "I have nothing but an insult" for $400 Alex.

PrintSmith wrote: Address the point Raees - forget about the grammar. So I left out the word "and", BFD.

No, you actually wrote a single sentence with 79 words in it. Take a breath, man. You're not a Supreme Court justice. Periods are your friend (unless you're a woman).

That's what commas are for Raees, to separate the individual, yet related, elements of the sentence. And one cannot help but notice that your response failed to address the points once again. Might this be the case because you have no reasoned counterargument to offer?

Back on topic....
I know Rubio has a few issues with money and some past mis-statements, but I wonder why Romney hasn't already inked the deal.
The only thing I can figure is that Mitt is wooing other VP candidates so that they will support him in the general. For example, touring the state with Rob Portman might earn a few more votes and money for both of them.

FredHayek wrote: Back on topic....
I know Rubio has a few issues with money and some past mis-statements, but I wonder why Romney hasn't already inked the deal.
The only thing I can figure is that Mitt is wooing other VP candidates so that they will support him in the general. For example, touring the state with Rob Portman might earn a few more votes and money for both of them.

Maybe Romney is waiting till the last minute to see if Omama gets smart and drops Joe for Hillary. Mitt probably has a different VP to utilize any event that might come up before the election.

Ryt_Rick wrote: I'll take "I have nothing but an insult" for $400 Alex.

The forum grammar Cop strikes again! Take cover folks!