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Social Security Recipients Denied Cost Of Living Adjustment Again For 2011

Obama Makes Tough Budget Cuts On Backs Of Social Security Recipients  

  

by Daniel T. Zanoza, Executive Director

 

It seems President Barack Obama has decided to demonstrate fiscal restraint, but his turn towards less federal spending has come at the expense of Social Security recipients in 2010 and, as recently announced, in 2011.

 

Those who receive Social Security benefits will not receive a Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) in their monthly checks for the second year in a row.  According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), whose data is compiled under the auspices of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, there has been no inflation during the past two years.  Subsequently, with no inflation, according to the CPI, senior citizens, the disabled, the temporarily disabled, widows, widowers and their dependents will have to survive on the same level of Social Security income they have been receiving since 2009.

 

There are those who will claim the CPI is a trusted independent source which gauges inflation in America.  However, Hilda L. Solis, the Secretary of the Dept. of Labor is a political appointee.  Subsequently, the federal agency responds to the whims of the Obama administration.  With the U.S. deficit and accumulated debt soaring into the trillions of dollars under Obama's presidency, he has decided to make some tough cuts in spending.  Unfortunately, while Obama's spending spree continues, he has become fiscally conservative, but only when it comes to the federal government's obligation to Social Security recipients.  With the "hope and change" President's $500 billion projected cuts in Medicare over the next ten years, which is included in the Health Care Reform law, Obama has further targeted those with the least political clout by continuing the COLA freeze.

 

A ten year old child will tell you the price of candy has gone up since 2009.  And every American who has to operate under a budget fully comprehends that the money it took to buy three bags of groceries in 2009 now will only buy two.  The cost of energy has gone up, including gasoline prices which, in many parts of the country, average over $3 per gallon.  But most experts agree that gasoline prices will skyrocket after the midterm elections. 

 

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico should have increased fuel prices dramatically.  However, through the skillful manipulation of oil supplies, the Obama White House has kept a lid on the cost of gasoline at the fuel pump.  In the past, a stiff wind or a small fire at a refinery would send gasoline prices through the roof immediately.  But with the election looming and with Democrat's heads already on the political chopping block, a spike in energy costs would have further doomed Obama's political party and something had to be done.  Anyone who believes that gasoline prices were not artificially manipulated is either naive or drinking a very powerful Kool-Aid cocktail.

 

However, perhaps the group hit hardest with the continued COLA freeze are those seniors and survivors with dependents whose rent, property taxes, education expenses, etc. go up every year (like all Americans) but they are locked into the fixed income they receive from Social Security.  Yet what's good for the goose, apparently, is not good for the gander.  In 2009, Congress voted themselves a healthy pay increase to keep pace with the cost of living.  They also voted themselves a very substantial increase in their yearly entertainment budget which amount, on an individual basis, would dwarf the average annual payments received by Social Security recipients.  Expect the lame duck session of Congress to give themselves another healthy pay raise, after the November 2nd election.

 

It is clear Obama and the Democratic Party have written off the votes of seniors and the disabled.  But Republicans can assume some of the blame themselves by not raising hell fire over the COLA freeze and other financial hits being taken by those who receive Social Security benefits and Medicare.  Let's remember, even with the flood of baby boomers who are now approaching retirement age, Social Security would have been totally solvent--if the politicians in Washington, D.C. had left the Social Security trust fund off budget.  There should have been more than enough money in the Social Security trust fund to keep the program solvent for many years.  However, when Congress raided the trust fund decades ago and replaced the revenue therein with an I.O.U., the funding problems began and the system was doomed to eventual fiscal insolvency.

 

Yes, I know, many younger Americans believe they will never see a dime of what they are paying into the Social Security system as it is now formulated when they retire.  This is probably an accurate assessment.  Less than a half century ago, those paying into Social Security outnumbered recipients by 13 to 1.  Today that figure is quickly approaching three to one and the money simply will not be there as Social Security is now formulated.  Again, there is no money in the Social Security trust fund.  And talk about a lock box is nothing more than political subterfuge used to mislead the American public.

 

Yet there are millions of Americans who have been paying into the Social Security system for as long as half a century.  We are not simply talking about the poor.  Those impacted by Obama's financial policies include the middle class which may be the hardest hit during this President's attempt to redistribute wealth.  Obama never meant to increase the standard of living of America's poor, contrary to what many believed he was saying during his presidential campaign.  Obama's plan from the beginning was to bring down the standard of living of all Americans to more closely mirror the economic status of the world, including Third World countries.  Eventually, there will be the elite--which will include Obama and the political ruling class.  The rest of us will, essentially, be serfs, akin to the fixed social strata of the Middle Ages...where the American dream was just that...a dream.

 

Hopefully, in less than two weeks, Obama's plan for America's economic destruction will be temporarily derailed.  In the mean time, any senior citizen who votes for a Democrat and Republicans who have made politics a profession rather than a service to their country deserves what they get...which won't be much.

 

And here's some more bad news for those who are dependent on Social Security:  Expect the COLA freeze to continue through at least 2012.

 

Okay, let's all remember what we are being told by the Democratic majority.  There is no inflation, America's economy is on the rebound and Obama's stimulus package created millions of shovel-ready jobs.  But the operative question here is:  Just what was the American public shoveled?

 

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, there is a Tooth Fairy and the check is in the mail.

 

 

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Social Security COLA: Congress Gets Pay Raise, Seniors & Others Did Not by Daniel T. Zanoza

http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/01/social-security-cola-congress-gets-pay-raise-seniors-others-did-not.html posted Jan. 22, 2010

 

Obama Promised Social Security Recipients $250 To Offset COLA Freeze: Where Is It? by Daniel T. Zanoza

http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/06/obama-promised-social-security-recipients-250-to-offset-cola-freeze-where-is-it.html posted June 4, 2010

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How and When America Lost Its Way: Corporate America No Longer Represents “We The People” by Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D.

Editor's Note:  Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to RFFM.org.  Rapacki is an independent intelligence analyst.  The head of SENTINEL INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, LLC, Rapacki receives and disseminates critical intelligence and policy information from and to law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security officials, and government and community leaders; Rapacki is the author of dozens of white papers, bulletins and briefings, and he is frequently called on to share his expertise with public and private security directors and organizations. 

A History Lesson:  How Elite Replaced Founding Fathers' Grand Vision Of A Republic With Corporate America by Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D.

Overview:

Our country is a Corporation just like any other with its own set of accounting and rules and policies invented and then decreed to those not in charge; namely, WE THE PEOPLE.  

A clock is ticking and a vast majority of Americans can hear it, but are not quite sure what will happen when the clock strikes the proverbial midnight.  There is growing anger masking fear; there is disbelief, mixed with a growing sense of loss; there is stunned silence at the lack of response from every branch of government and from those who are to serve as the Representatives of the People.  No longer, it seems to a growing majority of Americans, is the United States Government working for the good of the People; for that matter, even for the good of the Nation! 

We all are acquainted with the shouts from citizens of absolute frustration and anger rising to the point of “demanding” STOP the spending, STOP the laws arresting personal freedoms, policies that fly in the face of common sense and good will, and a government recreating itself into something the citizens of this Nation can’t recognize.  Even the explosive issues surrounding the eligibility of Mr. Obama to serve as president are totally ignored, and those leveling such serious charges are held up to ridicule, threatened by government agents, not permitted in the courts so the issues can be heard, not even granted access to the Congress of the United States as prescribed by the Constitution for the United States of America to address such a weighty and sobering complaint and charge.  

Mentioned below is a startling yet fascinating set of facts and citations depicting the legal description of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC.  The preponderant majority of citizens have no idea the UNITED STATES in reality is incorporated.  So…besides the Constitution for the United States of America signed by the Founders, much of that hallowed document has been substituted and there is a corporation in effect that complicates many areas of our life with no one discussing this.   It is the proverbial 1-ton elephant decaying in the living room.  No one wants to go in there, so the rest of the house is used without ever mentioning that room!  The U.S. Corporation owns the 100-square mile radius known as Washington, D.C.  The U.S. Corporation also has sway over territories of the UNITED STATES.  The states, however, are sovereign and NOT owned by the corporation; hence the 10^th Amendment is a critical legal document of its own, granting such powers and sovereignty not assigned to the Federal Government, to the states.  The Founders were far more brilliant than people give them credit.  The Founders feared a centralized, all intrusive, all powerful, militant, oppressive government.  The Founders promoted and died for, among other hopes and dreams, a government shared and responsive to the will of the people – a government Of the People, For the People, By the People. 

There is a corporation at work in this country that is the country!  It is not responsive to you or me. 

Corporate Description: 

Entity Name:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC. 

Entity Kind:   CORPORATION 

Entity Type:   NON-PROFIT OR RELIGIOUS 

Residency:      DOMESTIC State: DE 

REGISTERED AGENT INFORMATION: 

Name:             THE COMPANY CORPORATION 

Address:         2711 CENTERVILLE ROAD SUITE  #440 

City:       WILMINGTON       County:       NEW CASTLE 

State:      DE (Delaware)         Postal Code:       19808 

Phone:       (302) 636-5440 

D-U-N-S registered  Number:       03-360-9418 

Company Name:       Government Of The United States 

Mail Address:       6825 16^th St. NW 

                               Washington, D.C.   USA 20306-0003 

County:       District of Columbia 

MSA:       Washington 

Country Phone Code:      1 

Phone:       202-782-2787 

Location Type:       Branch 

Subsidiary Status:       Non Subsidiary 

Plant/Facility Size:       41,700 Sq. Ft. 

Ownership:       Private 

Prescreen Score:       Low Risk 

Global Ultimate Parent:       Government Of The United States

                                                The U. S. Capitol

                                                 Washington, D.C., USA  20515-0001

                                                 202-224-3121 

Global Ultimate Parent:        D-U-N-S registered  Number:    161906193 

HISTORY: 

THE U.S. CORPORATION HAD ITS ROOTS, of (1871) and started with:

Gettysburg Address in 1864, and the Incorporation of the District of Columbia by [(Presidential, martial law)] Legislative Act of February 21, 1871, under the Emergency War Powers Act and the Reconstruction Acts.  Then reorganized June 11, 1878 - - 16 Stat. 419 Chapter 62. 

A “Corporation” with a legislature was established, with all the apparatus of a distinct government created (Incorporated) by (Presidential) Legislative Act, February 21, 1871, Forty-first Congress, Session III, Chapter 62, page 419: 

On June 20, 1874, the President with advice of Senate abolished and replaced the 1871 government with a commission consisting of three persons. 18 Stat. at L. 116, chap. 337.  A subsequent act approved June 11, 1878, (20 Stat. at L. 102, chap. 180) was enacted stating that the District of Columbia should ‘remain and continue a municipal corporation,’ as provided in 2 of the Revised Statutes relating to said District (brought forward from the act of 1871). 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CAMDEN IRON WORKS  181 U.S. 453 (1901)http://supreme.justia.com/us/181/453/case.html 

METROPOLITAN R CO v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  132 U.S. 231 (1889) http://supreme.justia.com/us/132/1/case.html 

Corporate Officers:

“…But by the Act of June 11, 1878, (20 Stat. chap. 180), a permanent form of government for the District was established.  It provided…and that the commissioners therein provided for should be deemed and taken as officers of such corporation.”

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HENRY E. WOODBURY   136 U.S. 472 (1890)http://www.supremelaw.org/decs/dccases/woodbury.html 

In UNITED STATES CODE, Title 28, Section 3002 Definitions, it states the following:

(15) “United States” means – 

(A)   a Federal corporation; 

The new “United States” includes States such as District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands.  It does not include the 50 states united. i.e., Title 26 Section 7701 Definitions (a) (9) and (10) 42 U.S.C. 405 (2)(c)(vii) 

All titles of the United States Code (USC) are strictly meant for the United States and none of the 50 states of the Union.  Each of the 50 states has their own constitutions and laws.  See HEPBURN v. ELLZEY, 2 Cranch, 445, 452, and JOHN BARRON v. THE MAYOR AND CITY OF BALTIMORE 32 U.S. 243 (1833).  These last two cases clearly state that the United States is not the 50 states of the Union. 

CONCLUSION:

I intend to follow this briefing with additional materials that will shed light on several matters connected to the battle for the soul of America.  Our country was never intended to become what it is today.  A brave experiment in creating a Republic lasted a short while and was unceremoniously dumped in exchange for a mechanism that benefitted the few, not the many, as envisioned by the Founders.  This insidious mechanism has steadily covered the “shining light on a hill” to the degree America today is in much darkness.  The Founders would be incensed, and I think would not hesitate to once again pledge their lives and their fortunes to restore America to that great experiment of government Of the People, For the People, By the People. 

The frustration many people have experienced petitioning Washington, D.C., attempting to be heard in the halls of the judiciary around the country, as well as the halls of Congress can be traced to the set of rules in play today by a government that has built a strong and corporately legal wall virtually shutting itself off from the People.  The People on the other hand are still functioning as if the original Constitution for the United States of America was in play…and it is not, except when it is brought out by the elites and “used” to further their own cause(s).  Just as quickly, it is wrapped up and stored away.  

The insidious on-going game is not a Republican or a Democrat Party tug-o-war.  Both parties are actively involved with this corporate shuffle.  The need for strict Constitutionalists who demonstrate a healthy respect for the sovereignty of mankind, and this Nation, has never been in greater demand.   Let’s pray we find them, elect them, and then hold them accountable; for the hour is very late and the clock is about to toll midnight. 

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Obama's Chicago On the Potomac: It's the Chicago Way

The Mob + the Daley Democratic Machine:  Lessons Learned And Now In Practice By Democratic Leadership In Washington, D.C.

by Daniel T. Zanoza, Executive Director

AUTHOR'S NOTE:  I first wrote and posted this column in January of 2009.  Little did I know at the time my commentary about Chicago-style politics and its influence on the Obama administration would be so prophetic.  From the Louisiana Purchase and the Nebraska Corn Husker Kickback, which helped to pass the Health Care Reform legislation, Washington, D.C. has seemingly become a mirror image of how things have been done in Chicago for nearly a century.

Some of the information in this piece came from a book titled "The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America" by Gus Russo.  Another great read regarding the misuse of unions and corruption is "Supermob:  How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers" also penned by Gus Russo.

The city of Chicago is one of the few major metropolitan areas which runs away from its past at every opportunity.  Yet, indeed, the very construction of the city led to the term "underworld."  And with rampant corruption controlled by infamous individuals like "Big Jim" Colosimo, Al Capone, Paul "The Waiter" Ricca, Murray "The Camel" Humphrey and Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo, Chicago can hardly bury its past--no pun intended.

Since the turn of the 20th century, what Carl Sandburg referred to as the "City of Big Shoulders" was perhaps the center of organized crime in the United States.  Though New York had its Syndicate and Detroit had the Purple Gang, many believe true power in America's underworld was concentrated in something called the Outfit.

With the election of Barack Obama will come a great deal of history-laden baggage which will make the movie "The Godfather" seem like a Walt Disney cartoon.  Have you noticed?  It has started already.  The Rod Blagojevich story is just the tip of a giant iceberg which won't melt away any time soon.

And if you think Obama has separated himself from the political swamp which he eminated, you're wrong.

From David Axelrod (Obama's chief political handler during the election), who was nurtured on the Daley Machine, to the political organizing which Barack Obama so proudly claims a lineage, Chicago's brand of one Party politics may be a model for the Obama administration in Washington, D.C.

It is no mistake the President-elect joined Rev. Jeremiah Wright's southside Chicago church.  Obama wanted to learn the ropes of power politics and how it was played in the Windy City.  There were no better teachers than Mayor Daley and his cadre of obliging Aldermen who responded to the cracking of the political whip.  A failure to do so would quickly leave them on the outside looking in--without protection from the media, the law and any other threat which loomed on the horizon.

The question is not whether Obama will use the lessons he learned in Chicago as President.  The question is:  How much of that lesson will become the modus operandi for the Obama adminstration?  Some say it might become Chicago on the Potomac, when referring to the political mechanism Obama may surround himself with.  If so, it will be our nation's darkest nightmare come true.  And combined with the Clinton-brand of Arkansas politics, there may truly be a new day in our nation's Capitol.

Now, if you're thinking the Chicago mob is long dead and buried, you're mistaken.  In fact, some of Al Capone's descendants have significant interests in a thoroughbred race track in Cicero, Illinois--an old haunt for Chicago mobsters.  That's right, I'm talking about Scar Face, the man who controlled the Chicago underworld during the Roaring 20's and left a legacy of mobster-run activities which lasts 'til this very day.

But how did the Daley Machine take root in Chicago?  A book titled, "The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America" written by Gus Russo and published in 2001 gave Americans a frigthening glimpse into the Daley Machine and how it got its start.

After Capone left power, due to his conviction on tax evasion charges in the early 1930's, it was Ricca, Humphrey and Accardo who truly called the shots in what many refer to as the Mafia.  Even "Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky, originators of organized crime in New York would not make a move without consulting the Chicago Triumvirate whose innovation and power criminologists say was matched by none.

Since the hay-days of mob activity in Chicago, the city has done everything possible to shed its dark past.  But its reputation lives on--despite the efforts of the current Mayor, Richard M. Daley.  In the early century, individuals like "Big Jim" Colisimo controlled gambling and prostitution in the city.  With the advent of Prohibition, organized crime found its true calling through the sale of bootleg alcohol, combined with the pandering trade.  Added profits were topped off by a very lucrative illegal gambling racket.

After Capone's departure, the mob moved into the numbers game--which had made millions for underworld entrepreneurs in the African-American community.  Union corruption--which was master-minded by Murray "The Camel" Humphrey--brought great fortune to the Outfit as well.  Eventually, the mob moved into the illicit drug trade.  Until the early 1960's, the Chicago Outfit was ruled with an iron hand by Ricca, Humphrey and Accardo.  Though in later years, more flamboyant underworld figures, such as Sam "Mooney" Giancano and lesser players, including Joseph "Joey Doves" Aiuppa, and the Spilotro Brothers of the movie "Casino" fame, controlled organized crime in Chicago, the FBI virtually wiped out mob activity in the city--although remnants of the Outfit still exist today.

Chop shops and vending machines (poker, cigarettes, etc.) are still reported to be controlled by criminal entities.  But the glory days of the Chicago Outfit are said to be long gone.  Yet the public doesn't have to look far to find reminders of those wild times gone by.

Indeed, Chicago's current Mayor Richard M. Daley may not hold that office if not for the influence the Outfit had when it came to the election of his father, Richard J. Daley.  Perhaps the Daley link with organized crime is one of the reasons why the city does all it can to obscure Chicago's dark and corrupt history.  You will not find city-sponsored tours of famous gangland hang-outs.  Even historical landmarks, like the site of the St. Valentine's Day massacre at 2122 North Clark Street, though an empty lot, are nagging reminders of a bygone era which City Fathers would rather forget.

The Outfit played a significant role in Richard J. Daley's coming to power.  Hizzoner "The Boss" was the protégé of 11th Ward Committeeman, Hugh "Babe" Connelly whose ties to the mob go way back to the days of the "Moustache Pete's" who included prominent underworld figures like Johnny Torrio who first brought Capone to Chicago.  Daley took over Connelly's 11th Ward seat in 1947.  In league with people like 11th Ward Alderman "Big Joe" McDonough, by 1955 the Mob was grooming Daley to be Mayor and, with the help of the Outfit, his election became a reality.  For example, in the very mobbed-up 1st Ward, Daley won a plurality of votes by a staggering margin of 13,275 to 1,961.  After his election, Daley moved to solidify the Outfit's power in the city.  In 1956, Daley disbanded "Scotland Yard" an intelligence unit which had compiled reams of detailed records about Chicago crime figures.  All this was to the grief of the Chicago Crime Commission who believed Daley's election had set the city back a decade--as far as the prosecution of organized crime.

Perhaps Richard M. Daley received much of his education from his Father whose political coffers were stuffed with mob cash, according to the FBI.  And perhaps the free rein given to organized crime by the Father implanted ideas in the mind of the son regarding possible revenue expansion through alternative sources.  It's possible today's Chicago Mayor learned a very important lesson from Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo who secretly financed the Rivera Hotel in Las Vegas in 1955, the same year Richard J. Daley was elected Mayor.  For nearly a quarter of a century afterward, the Chicago mob skimmed literally hundreds of millions of dollars out of Las Vegas casinos--while operating with near impunity in Chicago, their home base.

Richie Daley had to see the unlimited amounts of cash that could be directed into city coffers through the expansion of gambling in Chicago.  And though most of what used to be underworld crime has been incorporated into white collar America, gambling becomes even more seductive, no matter what memories of Chicago's past may be dredged up in the process.

Related article:  Blagojevich, Daley, Obama: Peas From The Same Rotten Pod 
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/12/blagojevich-daley-obama-peas-from-the-same-rotten-pod.html

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Social Security Benefits Will Be Used By Obama In An Attempt To Buy Back Votes Of Angry Senior Citizens

 

by Daniel T. Zanoza, Executive Director

With one swipe of his pen, President Barack Obama signed into law a health care reform bill that will cut Medicare's budget by $500 billion over the next ten years.  In addition, late in the first year of his presidency, Social Security recipients received a letter notifying them that they would not be receiving a Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) starting January 2010.  Since this announcement, there are reports seniors and the disabled will not receive a COLA for two years or more beyond the current year.

Yes, the Dept. of Labor's statistics, gleamed from the Consumer Price Index (CPI), reflected seniors and the disabled were not entitled to a COLA to their Social Security checks because there was no inflation.  Yes, you read that correctly…there is NO inflation, according to CPI.  But the truth of the matter is the Dept. of Labor, whose Secretary is appointed by the President, helped Mr. Obama find another way to take the sting out of the massive spending which has plunged the U.S. economy into historical levels of debt.

It has become apparent, Social Security recipients, including seniors, the disabled and those receiving survivor's benefits, etc. were seen as being politically expendable--at least at the time when Obama was ramming the health care reform legislation through Congress.  You see, $500 billion more would have put the price tag for the health care reform legislative package over $1 trillion and many so-called conservative Democrats found political cover by keeping the bill we, our children and our children’s children will have to pay under a mere trillion bucks.

Remarkably, $500 billion sounds like a mere pittance compared to the massive debt Obama has compiled during his presidency.  However, Medicare's budget for one year alone is $500 billion.  Subsequently, these numbers do have meaning, if they are put into perspective.  Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid claimed the half-trillion dollar cuts in Medicare would be saved through the elimination of fraud and waste in the program.  But, by now, even the Democratic leadership in Congress admits the massive chunk taken out of the Medicare budget will result in the rationing of health care services, not only for seniors and the disabled, but for anyone who qualifies for Medicare benefits.

Also, many states are cutting programs which were designed to benefit seniors and the disabled...middle-class and poor alike.  For example, in Illinois, the Circuit Breaker program--which provides property tax relief for the elderly and disabled who qualify--was cut in half for Fiscal Year 2010, as it was in Texas and other states across America.

DEMAGOGUERY AT ITS FINEST OR …

After decimating programs which benefited seniors and the disabled, during his weekly radio address to the nation (which was broadcast on Saturday, August 14, 2010), Obama seemed to catch wind of the fact a group of Americans who had voted Democratic for decades was in an uproar regarding many of the issues related above.  Subsequently, in his radio address, Obama started down the long political comeback trail with senior citizens by asserting if Republicans achieved control of Congress after the upcoming midterm election, the GOP-controlled House and Senate would privatize the Social Security system.  In essence, the message from Obama to seniors was that a vote for a Republican in November would be a vote for the end of Social Security as we now know it.

Of course, there is no major Republican political agenda that would lead to the privatization of Social Security, but Obama needed a straw man to frighten Social Security recipients.  Therefore, he yanked this prediction of pending doom and gloom out of mid-air.

However, there is a way the President can use politics to try to buy back the senior voting bloc.  In 2009, Obama suggested a one-time payment of $250 would be provided to Social Security recipients to offset the COLA freeze.  Republicans said this was a good idea--as long as the money came out of Obama’s $862 billion stimulus political war chest.  But Obama balked at that idea and the $250 buy-off of seniors and disabled was taken off the table.

But the political season running up to one of the most important mid-term elections in American history has just begun.  Some predict Obama will suddenly put the $250 one-time payment to Social Security recipients back on the political table before November.  It will be a blatant attempt to make Republicans look like the bad guys and paint Democrats as the Party that cares about those who are entitled to Social Security.

My prediction is Obama will again refuse to take the funds out of the roughly $400 billion that's left in stimulus money.  If Republicans don't buy into a Democratic ploy that would increase the deficit and the national debt that is strangling our nation’s economy, Obama will achieve his goal--one way or the other.  I think senior citizens are smarter than that and buying them off won't be that easy.

But this administration won't defend America's borders, it wants to give amnesty to the estimated 12 to 20 million individuals who are in America illegally, it favors a Mosque being built near Ground Zero and it passed a health care reform bill that a vast majority of U.S. citizens opposed.  Therefore, it is possible the Obama administration thinks it can pull a rabbit out of its political hat.  But the last information I had is "the rabbit done died."

RELATED COLUMNS:

Social Security COLA: Congress Gets Pay Raise, Seniors & Others Did Not by Daniel T. Zanoza posted January 22, 2010 at: http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/01/social-security-cola-congress-gets-pay-raise-seniors-others-did-not.html

Obama Promised Social Security Recipients $250 To Offset COLA Freeze: Where Is It? by Daniel T. Zanoza posted June 4, 2010 at: http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/06/obama-promised-social-security-recipients-250-to-offset-cola-freeze-where-is-it.html

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Federal Open Border Policy: Costs To America’s Infrastructure Incalculable

SPECIAL REPORT
 

by Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D.

Editor's Note:  Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to RFFM.org.  Rapacki is an independent intelligence analyst.  The head of SENTINEL INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, LLC, Rapacki receives and disseminates critical intelligence and policy information from and to law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security officials, and government and community leaders; Rapacki is the author of dozens of white papers, bulletins and briefings, and he is frequently called on to share his expertise with public and private security directors and organizations.
 

Arizona SB 1070 Helps Expose Damage To Schools, Hospitals, National Parks, Power Grid, Resources, Etc.:  Establishment Media Only Telling Part Of The Story Related To Illegal Immigration
 

Statement of Purpose and Overview:

The content of this paper is deliberately intended to stimulate thought and discussion, as well as to inform.  As with all white paper briefings, informational analysis comprising global security, national security of the sovereignty of the United States of America and the State of Arizona, economic forces as a dimension to national security, culture, freedom in human rights, defense and the rule of law are considered within the framework of this treatise.  The emotionally charged debate of illegal immigrants, while subsiding somewhat in recent months, has again become quite vocal with the politics of the current administration in Washington, D.C., and certain “quiet” dimensions of this debate will continue to fly under the radar.  The quiet dimensions referred to are: the massive negative effect illegal immigration has on the infrastructure of Arizona, and the geo-social/political paradigm shift promoted on both sides of the border.  If not addressed, and assertively soon, the landscape of Arizona will forever be changed.  This report presents aspects for consideration, as well as for the security of the citizens of the State of Arizona.

The construction of a 50-mile “virtual-fence” on the southern Arizona border sponsored by Homeland Security Secretary and former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano briefly softened conservative rhetoric, but the political decisions made hundreds of miles away to encourage mass migration into border-states, and beyond, will defeat any sophisticated gadgets employed.  [EDITOR’S NOTE:  Recent studies indicate the “virtual-fence” wasted billions of taxpayer dollars.]  Much has been written elsewhere about the political push by the Democratic Party to rapidly increase voting rolls via immigrant voter registration.  The states of California, Illinois, New York, and soon Arizona, have politically been altered through these means, and an even greater campaign is underway to spread this type of political wealth around to other key electoral-vote-rich states like Florida and Texas.  While this White Paper discussion is not focused on political campaign dynamics of illegal immigration, such factors must be investigated when considering the over-all picture emerging and the path of destruction threatening the financial, infrastructure and physical safety of the citizens of the State of Arizona by the blatant encouragement of such political means. 

On one level, sincere efforts to repeal the mass illegal migration are touted (SB 1070); while, and at the same time, a national campaign in Mexico to “re-conquer lost lands” is very much underway.  A campaign fully known and winked at by U.S. officials, including those in the former Bush/Clinton/Bush Administrations have been underway for some time.  “The Aztlan Plot for LaReconquista” is the understood goal by Mexico to retake lands many Mexicans believe are their birthright.  Many, many Mexicans believe (and with quiet nods from the Mexican government) the lands of Arizona, southern California, Texas, New Mexico and Nevada lost by Mexico in the Texas War of Independence and the Mexican-American War, should be re-inhabited by Mexico.  If these lands will not be surrendered and/or formally returned, then seizing them through inundation of Mexican nationals will work just as well.  The numbers are staggering!

Since 9/11 more than five million illegals have successfully crossed the border joining approximately 12 million already in the United States.  Mexican authorities claim 75,000 illegal entry attempts to enter Arizona at Sasave Pass monthly with 50,000 to 60,000 caught monthly by U.S. agents.  Where are the other 15,000?  These numbers reflect a constituency known in law enforcement as OTM (Other than Mexican).  OTM’s are comprised of foreign nationals from other countries, including such notables as Somalia and middle-eastern and drug cartel members who cross over the border and return at will.  Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9.sht tells us as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from terrorist countries have crossed our southern borders.

As previously stated, quiet approval within the Mexican government support this invasion.  A recent addition to aid this movement is the furnishing of handheld satellite devices to assist illegal immigrants with their journey.  Jaime Obregon, coordinator for the state commission in Puebla, which is the Mexican state sponsoring this project also coordinates the distribution.  So…we have electronic fences to keep illegal immigrants out of Arizona and the United States, and we have equally sophisticated electronic and satellite devices helping illegal immigrants gain entrance to Arizona and the United States 

Add the overwhelming numbers mentioned above, hence we have a system set-up for failure.

The American public has been manipulated into thinking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the fight against terrorism are bankrupting our nation.  I encourage the study of the statistics mentioned below which do not receive adequate attention from the establishment media.  Subsequently, the public is not aware of this staggering information.  I have furnished the URL’s for verification.

1.   $15 Billion to $22 Billion spent yearly on welfare to illegal aliens by state governments.

    Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2.   $12 Billion spent yearly on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak English and are discouraged to do so by their parents.

    Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

3.   $3 Million spent daily to incarcerate illegal aliens.

    Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

4.   $90 Billion spent yearly on illegal aliens for Welfare and social services.

    Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

5.   $2.2 Billion spent yearly on food assistance such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches.

Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

6.   $2.5 Billion to $3.5 Billion spent yearly on Medicaid for illegal aliens.

Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

7.   $45 Billion in 2006 alone sent in remittances to illegal alien’s countries of origin.

Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

8.   The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration:  Nearly One Million sex crimes committed by Illegal Immigrants.

Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articles.html

The damage to America’s infrastructure is devastating; the overwhelming flood of illegal aliens is collapsing the mission and ability of hospitals, schools, parks and recreational facilities, solid-waste and trash, water and sewer systems, roads and highways, and power grids.  With all the talk about the Stimulus Package, what is not even added to such numbers is the estimated additional $1.6 Trillion to repair infrastructure damage caused by the massive influx of illegal aliens. 

A prominent researcher, Edwin S. Rubenstein, has written a must-read book on the subject titled: The Twin Crises: Immigration and Infrastructure.  Mr. Rubenstein is a financial analyst and former contributing editor of Forbes and economic editor of the National Review.  Some of the following data is taken from Mr. Rubenstein’s work.

Schools:

Immigrants make up 21% of school-age populations.  In California, this number is 47%.  The over crowding is so damaging the Army Corps of Engineers has been called in to manage construction to address this issue. 

Hospitals:

Mr. Rubenstein cites the fact 60% of America’s hospitals are either under construction or have immediate plans for new facilities to absorb the flow of illegal aliens.  While some benefit can be argued in the form of construction activity and the good for local economies, a more sinister aspect is not as visible.  Emergency Departments are overwhelmed--to the point of having to shut their doors from receiving incoming emergencies.  Illegal aliens use emergency rooms more than twice as often as U.S. citizens.  Their provision of uncompensated care for illegals has caused many emergency departments to close permanently.  In 2006, 46% of illegal aliens had no medical insurance or means to pay.  Illegal aliens, by law, are not entitled to Medicaid, but through Emergency Medicaid, they receive medical benefits. 

National Parks:

The pristinity of America’s national parks are being destroyed.  Illegal aliens are creating unnatural, manmade roads and paths in wilderness areas.  Rubenstein writes: “Their fires, trash, and vandalism have despoiled thousands of acres of pristine parkland.”  In southern Arizona parks and deserts, there are copious amounts of beer bottles, water and milk containers, personal hygiene items, medications, clothing, shoes, jewelry, paper, sanitary pads, diapers, blankets, towels, plastic bags, homemade weapons, abandoned vehicles, bicycles…and, tragically, even human remains. 

The destruction continues with damage to indigenous flora and more, i.e., spray painting of trees and boulders.  Another huge problem includes campfires that turn into wildfires.  The costs related, both in loss of human life and the assignment of a dollar figure, to this problem is incalculable.

Water and Eelectricity:

Cities like San Antonio, El Paso, other border towns, and Phoenix could run out of water in 10 years.  The sheer numbers of illegal aliens makes water conservation impossible.  Due to the immigration flood, demand for water exceeds the California State Water Project’s capacity.  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) has proposed a $6 Billion reservoir to off-set this impending emergency.  Approximately one-fifth of California’s electricity is allocated for collection, storage and transportation of water to meet the needs of citizens.  Electric utilities are expected to require an additional $142 Billion just to keep generator capacity at recommended levels.  And California, like Arizona, is confronting a staggering budget deficit with an even larger one coming next year.

Sophisticated tunnels, some in length up to a mile, provide much easier access into the United States than simply walking across the desert.  Literally dozens of tunnels cross the international border (those that are found).  Add to this, drainage systems and designated “transportation corridors” employed by illegal aliens, drug cartels, aliens “Other than Mexican,” and an extremely complicated “cat and mouse” game exists from San Diego, through Arizona into New Mexico and through much of Texas.  The United States Border Patrol is fighting a heroic battle, but their efforts are not sufficient.

The average immigrant household generates a fiscal debt of $3,408 AFTER FEDERAL BENEFITS yearly.  There are currently approximately 36 million immigrants living in about 9 million households.  Therefore, the aggregate deficit attributed to this immigration flood is: $70.3 Billion yearly.  Again, AFTER ALL FEDERAL BENEFITS! 

The numbers become even more alarming and staggering:  The U.S. Census Bureau is projecting the United States population will reach 433 Million by 2050 – this is an increase of approximately 135 Million over today’s numbers.  A full 82% of these new potential voters stem from the illegal alien influx that continues.  Subsequently, while there is activity for the establishment media to report on which leads to the public’s perception that something is being done to address this National Security issue, the illegal alien threat continues because on both sides of the fence (electric or otherwise) there are significant political factors at work; factors that do not want to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States.

“The brutal reality is that no conceivable infrastructure program can keep pace with that kind of population growth” writes Rubenstein.  He is correct; however.  This is much more than just infrastructure discussions.  The brutal reality portrays a sophisticated campaign is at work to change the political and cultural landscape of this country; to change the political power structure; to weaken not only the infrastructure, but the security apparatus, and thereby, America.

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Related articles by Rapacki: 
 

Arizona's SB 1070 Legislation and Judge's Ruling Only Adds Passion To Those Who Oppose Open Borders:  Posted on August 5, 2010 at:  http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/08/arizonas-sb-1070-legislation-and-judges-ruling-only-adds-passion-to-those-who-oppose-open-border.html

Open Borders Creates Severe Health Concerns: Illegal Immigration, The Unwanted Gift That Keeps Giving:  Posted July 19, 2010
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/07/open-borders-creates-severe-health-concerns-illegal-immigration-the-unwanted-gift-that-keeps-giving-.html

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Arizona's SB 1070 Legislation and Judge's Ruling Only Adds Passion To Those Who Oppose Open Borders

by Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D.

Editor's Note:  Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to RFFM.org.  Rapacki is an independent intelligence analyst.  The head of SENTINEL INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, LLC, Rapacki receives and disseminates critical intelligence and policy information from and to law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security officials, and government and community leaders; Rapacki is the author of dozens of white papers, bulletins and briefings, and he is frequently called on to share his expertise with public and private security directors and organizations.

 

The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton on July the 28th, 2010, approximately 0900 Hrs; m.s.t. (Arizona) led to a partial release of tension by and between protestors arriving from various parts of the country into Arizona.  Approximately 1,500 anti-Arizona SB-1070 protestors still congregated near the State Capitol, but the atmosphere was more celebratory given the judge's rulings to remove major portions of the SB-1070 legislation. 

 

There still is wide spread concern among Pro-Open Borders, Pro-Immigration Supporters, especially given the response by many Americans across the Nation with the announcement of the judge's ruling.  The ruling only awakened a "Sleeping Giant" among Americans - even as far away as the East Coast.  There is measurable anger among citizens at the arrogance of the Federal Government.  There is measurable anger among citizens at the gross lack of respect for the Rule of Law and rights of Sovereignty - both individual and State that is continuing to be demonstrated by the Federal Government.  There is a strong developing "flash point" among citizens who are scared that the Federal Government is a runaway apparatus, and is no longer representing the will of the people.
 
Buses are presently in-bound from across the country to Phoenix with untold numbers of citizens who are supporters of Arizona's SB-1070.  Beginning July 29th through through July 31st, Pro-Arizona SB-1070 Supporters met in Phoenix listening to speakers like Arizona Senator Russell Pearce, and learning how they can help not only Arizona, but their own states pass legislation similar to Arizona's SB-1070. 
 
The Anti-Arizona SB-1070 demonstrators are surprising me by continuing their efforts given the court's rulings.  While some of the steam may have been taken out of their task, many remaining demonstrators still wanted to make an impression and let their voices be known that they will be watching for abuse by law enforcement in the face of the judge's ruling against SB-1070.

 

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RELATED ARTICLE:  Open Borders Creates Severe Health Concerns: Illegal Immigration, The Unwanted Gift That Keeps Giving:  Posted July 19, 2010 at: http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/07/open-borders-creates-severe-health-concerns-illegal-immigration-the-unwanted-gift-that-keeps-giving-.html

 

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Obama and Unemployment: Highly Employable Go Without Jobs

EDITOR’S NOTE:  RFFM received this letter in response to a column titled “Unemployment Insurance: Not An Entitlement, But Obama Acts As If It Is” [http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/07/unemployment-insurance-not-an-entitlement-but-obama-acts-as-if-it-is.html].  It is a sad, but telling  description of the jobs market in America today.  The author has no political agenda.  Mrs. Smithson simply describes what those who are currently on the unemployment rolls are experiencing in their attempt to earn a living.

 

Letter to the Editor by MARY SMITHSON

 

I just read your article.  I have been unemployed since 2008, and I have never refused a job.  I worked for a mortgage company.  Since that is no longer an option, I've had to look for jobs for which I am over qualified.  I don't mind that at all I just want to work.  I have gone to job fair after job fair, I have registered with my local Workforce Center, I have setup job alerts at tons of website's, I have let everyone I know and everyone I meet know that I am looking for a job, and followed every lead.

 

At first employers were fine with job experience, however, they began asking for an associates degree for a receptionist position at $8 to $10 an hour and then a 2-4 year degree within the industry that you are applying.  And more recently, they are asking that you have experience using their company specific software as well as an associates or bachelors degree in the specific industry.  Again, I don't mind working for less.

 

Now I don't mind the pay cut or starting at the bottom, but it is becoming more impossible to find a job.  It is not because I couldn't negotiate my wants, I just want a job.  I am willing to take whatever I can get.

 

Employers are asking for more because they can, because they receive hundreds of desperate applicants for each job they post.  I understand why there doing it, we all enjoy getting more bang for our buck.  Unfortunately, I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel.  I am thankful for unemployment extensions.  Yes, those of us on unemployment would all rather have a job, but we the reality is we don't.

 

I have been laid off 3 times and quit a job once in my career, companies fail, but I have never been out of work this long in my life.  I always worked temp until the next job came along.  Not even temp agencies are hiring.

 

I get tired of listening to the news because they talk about where were at, I know where were are, I would like to hear solutions, I want to hear about how we can get out of this mess.

 

Thank you for listening,

 

Mary Smithson

 

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Unemployment Insurance: Not An Entitlement, But Obama Acts As If It Is

Obama Gets His Way Regarding Extension Of Unemployment Benefits

Sadly, Millions Of Americans Now Dependent Upon Government To Survive

 

by Daniel T. Zanoza, Executive Director

 

Just a few days ago, President Barack Obama celebrated the passage of H.R. 4213, a $34 billion bill which will extend unemployment benefits for recipients in 2010.  I feel terrible for the millions of hard-working people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.  But the fact is unemployment insurance was never meant to be a federal entitlement. 

 

Sadly, there are Americans who will have to collect unemployment insurance far past the time this program was designed to assist those who lost their jobs.  Though most collecting unemployment would much rather be working, there are reports some are actually turning down jobs for a number of reasons.  There are those who are asking potential employers if they can get paid "under the table", in order to continue receiving their bi-monthly unemployment checks.  The reason for this may not seem as sinister as it appears because the few available jobs simply will not provide enough money to pay their bills.

 

And here is one more undeniable fact.  The jobs of many of those who became unemployed after our nation's economy tanked will never return.  For example, good manufacturing jobs and the companies which employed millions of Americans have permanently moved offshore.  High taxation, government regulations and cheap foreign labor has driven many corporations out of the United States into the waiting arms of countries like Mexico, Japan and China.  Businesses in the service industry, including telecommunications, find operating costs far less prohibitive in India, Taiwan and the Philippines.  Much of this is a result of unions which feathered the beds of not only themselves, but politicians as well.  Companies could no longer match union demands for ever-increasing employee benefits and salaries which essentially drove their own constituents out of the jobs market. 

 

As usual, the Obama administration is using this tragic situation to expand government, put more Americans at the whim of federal largesse and ultimately control the lives of millions who are now dependent on the government in order to survive. 

 

The Obama administration never misses an opportunity to use the suffering of the American people for political gain.  Initially, Republicans tried to hold their ground against more unchecked spending by a government which is out of control regarding financial responsibility.  However, since Obama has the bully pulpit and the ear of the liberal establishment media, Obama was painting those who were against the extension of unemployment benefits as cold-hearted and uncaring.  Some members of the GOP rightfully believed the $34 billion should have been taken out of the $862 billion stimulus package or paid for through the elimination of wasteful government spending.  Of course, Obama won the political argument and another $34 billion has been tacked on to the national debt which will be paid for by countless generations to come. 

 

To add to the problem, states that find themselves in smothering debt will be even more hard-pressed to meet their financial obligations related to the extension of unemployment benefits.  For example, California--which is near the brink of bankruptcy--provides a substantial percentage of the high benefits they pay to those on unemployment rolls.  A state which was recently paying some of its bills with I.O.U.'s will find itself in a deeper financial hole from which recovery is nowhere in sight. 

 

The reality of having so many Americans dependent on unemployment benefits is clear.  They are like addicts who are at the mercy of a President whose policies have destroyed millions of jobs, contrary to the propaganda spewed forth from the White House every day.  In fact, while hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil were spilling daily into the Gulf of Mexico for months, Obama was on a national tour touting the success of his stimulus scam which supposedly created and/or saved millions of jobs.  Obama was so brazen that he recently had a photo-op with three Americans who were depending upon the extension of their unemployment benefits because they could not find jobs.  As many conservative pundits pointed out, Obama looked foolish because on one hand the President was claiming his stimulus program was a huge success while on the other hand, he inferred unemployment benefits should be extended because so many Americans could not find jobs.  You can't have it both ways, Mr. President, and most of us realize the latter is true.

 

I suppose the most insulting aspect of the entire situation related to the unemployment benefit extension legislation is the fact the bills were co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) and U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut).  These are two individuals who should be in handcuffs and shackles while serving time in a federal prison because of their monitoring of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which many economists believe plunged American into its current recession.  Instead, these two legislators, who acted criminally, are doing their best to help Obama, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) destroy our nation's economy.

 

Unemployment insurance is not an entitlement.  One day, these benefits will run out for those who depend on this money to buy groceries, clothe their children, pay their mortgages or rent, along with the other expenses that must be paid by every American family.  These Americans must live on a budget.  They cannot print their own money.  They cannot borrow from foreign nations to meet their needs.  They are not too big to fail.  Yet, ultimately, this will be the case.  I believe this is the ultimate goal of the Obama administration.  Socialists, like those who are in the Congressional majority, contend the government knows best.  The only question that remains to be asked is whether it's too late to undo the damage that has been done by liberals who control every branch of government.

 

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Open Borders Creates Severe Health Concerns: Illegal Immigration, The Unwanted Gift That Keeps Giving

by Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D.

Editor's Note:  Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to RFFM.org.  Rapacki is an independent intelligence analyst.  The head of SENTINEL INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, LLC,  Rapacki receives and disseminates critical intelligence and policy information from and to law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security officials, and government and community leaders; Rapacki is the author of dozens of white papers, bulletins and briefings, and he is frequently called on to share his expertise with public and private security directors and organizations.

Unchecked Immigration Promotes Serious Health Concerns For All Americans

 

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: 

 

The content of this briefing is deliberately intended to stimulate thought and discussion, as well as to inform.  As with all my reports and briefings, whether Classified and Restricted or Not Classified informational analysis comprising global security, national security of the sovereignty of the United States of America and the Great State of Arizona, economic forces as a dimension to national security, culture, freedom in human rights, defense, and the rule of law are considered within the framework of this treatise. 

 

OVERVIEW:

While political and verbal posturing shamelessly continues by Mr. Obama and associates in the border saga, an on-going border “war” rages.  Not only are brave law enforcement professionals at risk by standing in the gap between illegal aliens, drug thugs, escaped and released criminals, terrorists, mentally ill, and America’s well-being, but an insidious health crisis is also flowing across the southern border of America.  You will rarely hear a liberal politician (in either political party) talk about the criminals being released from Mexico, Honduras, South and Central America plus other country’s jails and prisons and sent north to America.  You, WILL NOT hear liberal politicians talk about the serious and potentially devastating medical problems heading America’s way (and are already here) by the unchecked flow of illegals coming into our nation.  There are medical pandemics waiting, incubating and becoming highly resistant to treatment, brought here by illegal aliens who had no contact with quality health care, and are walking medical “time bombs.”  Mr. Obama and the elites know this to be a fact, and have shunned their responsibility to protect and defend Americans.  Americans better come to know this potentially horrible fact and prepare to care for themselves.

 

Medical professionals in Arizona already are acutely aware of the disease epidemics lingering just below the public and media radar screens.  Furthermore, Arizona health-care providers know Federal Emergency Management folks, the politically correct Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Homeland Security have no intention bringing Illegal Alien Health Care into the public arena, or for that matter, into any arena where it can be examined.  The harsh truth is that dreaded Third World diseases are making their way into America along with illegal aliens.

 

Hospital Emergency Departments in border cities are having to battle with new strains of antibiotic resistant infections, and diseases America basically eradicated many years ago; diseases like: tuberculosis, pneumonias, staph, parasitic Chagas disease, and leprosy.  Some American cities have prided themselves in becoming “sanctuary cities” opening their communities to any and all illegal aliens.  These cities are also opening themselves up to insidious germs that are not discriminatory – they will attack anyone and everyone regardless of country of origin.  I mentioned a couple of them so let’s look a little closer at these potentially devastating diseases that are streaming across our borders, along with humans from a variety of impoverished, Third World countries.

 

Chagas:  A devastating parasite that was primarily relegated to Latin America; now prevalent in Los Angeles, California and spreading.

 

Cysticercosis:  Latin America brainworm, and as The Wall Street Journal reported, “In recent years, as the immigration population has spread…cysticercosis has cropped up in states that have never had to deal with it before, including Iowa, Ohio, Missouri and Oregon.”

 

Necrotizing fasciitis:  Basically a flesh-eating bacterium.

 

Leprosy:  Difficult to believe, but health officials in Maryland, Florida, California, Louisiana, Texas, New York City, Hawaii are having to battle this heinous disease.

 

Bedbugs:  New strains which are resistant to fumigation.  The New York Times reported, “…bedbugs are spreading throughout New York City like a swarm of locusts…even in top addresses on Park Avenue, Riverside Drive and Helmsley Park Lane.”  These bugs are terrible, they hurt, they suck your blood, and they leave discoloration and soreness.  They are spreading into hospitals!

 

Toxocara roundworm parasite:   Can cause blindness and epilepsy.  This parasite is on a dramatic increase, and is being found in many playgrounds.  Multiple hospitals in Los Angeles are reporting rapid increases of seizures and other neurological events caused by tapeworms and related parasites. 

 

The above diseases and ailments historically have been kept from our shores by aggressive screening methods to assure public health.  Not any longer.  Overwhelmed, under staffed, under funded, and with an “unofficial policy” by the federal government to blur the southern borders of the United States, and to promote free entry
by those who can hop-skip-or jump over the border once declaring American sovereignty, these diseases are spreading rapidly toward heartland America.  In addition, newer and stronger, medically more resistant forms of head lice, mononucleosis, diarrhea, and flu are also taking up residence in hospitals, schools, day care centers and fast food stores in Border States.  As Arizona’s new Anti-illegal Immigration Law (which mirrors the Federal law) takes effect, many illegal’s are vacating Arizona and going elsewhere – where; to a publicly proclaimed Sanctuary City or maybe a less visible city or town?  The infections and diseases are carried with the illegal alien who avoided detection and screening. 

 

Mr. Obama and any government official who proclaims the border fence is complete and solid are blatantly telling a falsehood.  Well defined pathways are known to smugglers of all persuasions – from drug to human, and worse.  One of the little talked about but fully known secrets is that aliens from other countries, including Middle Eastern, have come across the border and up through Arizona’s vast desert smuggling highways.  Besides the criminal and terrorist element, we have a medical stew of health concerns the likes our Nation has not seen or had to deal with in many years.  Diseases and health issues known only in other regions of the world are now being introduced to America. 

 

The hospitals are inundated in Border States to the point of turning away emergency arrivals from ambulances, there are not sufficient health care providers, and the funds simply are not available to treat the onslaught of arrivals.  The new strains of disease and drug resistant maladies will become similar to a catastrophic biological event.  I am not even discussing those who are illegal and remain clear of hospitals for fear of being reported, but hide-out under bridges with other homeless; or set-up camps in the various remote sections of land well within Border States close to municipalities and major cities so they can benefit from the services local government and communities offer.  The chance for cross contamination and communicable spread of illness is a clear and present danger Obama and associates do not want to discuss.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:  Some of the above information is held in public domain having been released for various purposes; therefore, nothing contained in this briefing violates any sanctions for dissemination, but does provide the reader with vetted material.  I encourage you to subscribe to: Independent Living with Lee Bellinger Publisher for continuing current medical and alternative treatment information.  Some of the following information comes from this source; some comes from discussions with State of Arizona health officials, as well as health-care providers on the front lines.

 

 

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Obama's Cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Other Programs Leave Seniors and Disabled On Outside Looking In, Economically and Politically

RFFM.org To launch Effort To Inform Seniors, Retired And Disabled About Issues Involving This Group 

 

by Daniel T. Zanoza

 

EDITOR'S NOTE:  As a disabled individual myself, I fully understand that the Obama Administration now sees senior citizens and disabled individuals from the middle-class and poor alike as a politically expendable voting bloc.  Some might claim my efforts may be self-serving, but it has become clear to me groups including AARP are no longer looking out for the best interests of seniors.  The disabled are also suffering under Obama's policies which impact all Americans.  Subsequently, I will issue a quarterly newsletter to subscribers who want to learn more about what's happening related to topics they care about. 

 

If you are a senior, retired or a disabled individual, you probably have noticed the Obama administration has demonstrated little, if any, care for those who fall into this group.  The President's highly unpopular health care reform bill, which was rammed down the throat of the American people, included $500 billion in cuts to Medicare alone.  Yes, I know the half trillion dollars which have been slashed from Medicare will supposedly be made up through the elimination of fraud and waste related to Medicare.  However, it wasn't necessary to pass a bill in order to eliminate fraud and waste. 

 

I suppose the "hope and change" Obama promised during his presidential campaign mostly dealt with his "hope" of passing his socialist agenda and the "change" is what the rest of us will get from our taxpayer dollars.  And I do mean change...in the form of nickels and dimes which our dollar will be worth after the inflation the nation will soon be incurring, due to the massive debt the U.S. is piling up by borrowing money to pay for wasteful programs which will take generations to pay back. 

 

In Illinois and across the entire nation, Obama began the assault, especially on middle-class and poor Social Security recipients, with the COLA (Cost Of Living Adjustment) freeze.  Again, supposedly, the lack of a cost of living adjustment--which many Social Security recipients depend on--was due to the fact the nation's economy is not experiencing inflation, according to the Dept. of Labor's Consumer Price Index (CPI). 

 

Most assuredly, there will be those who say the CPI is not political in any way, but if you believe that, I have some oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico available to the highest bidder.  The head of the Dept. of Labor is appointed by the President.  Obama needed some way to balance out his massive spending and the easiest way to do so was to cut spending (with the COLA freeze) for a voting bloc which he apparently now deems politically expendable...elderly and disabled Americans.  Okay, Obama offered a phony gesture to appease this group by promising to get Congress to pass a one-time $250 payment meant to offset the COLA freeze.  But that hollow gesture disappeared like the $862 billion in stimulus money that was supposed to put Americans back to work.

 

Here in Illinois the attack on seniors went even further.  My state has a $13 billion budget deficit.  What did the Democratic-controlled legislature do to help save taxpayers' money?  Democratic Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a budget that slashed a program called "Circuit Breaker".  The Circuit Breaker program is not an entitlement.  It is a program designed to provide property tax relief, primarily for seniors, retired and disabled residents of the state.  The amount previously received by those who qualified for the Circuit Breaker program would barely pay for a movie and a good dinner, but lawmakers decided to cut the program in half.  I personally contacted some Illinois state Senators who were not even aware of the Circuit Breaker cuts reflected in the Illinois budget.  Circuit Breaker recipients are still able to renew their license plates at a reduced rate, but the checks received in 2010 (for Fiscal Year 2009), were another reflection of that "hope and change"--with emphasis on "change".  To be specific, Circuit Breaker recipients received 50 cents less on the dollar this year for property tax relief through the program, compared to years past.  Again, the philosophy promoted by Obama is being mimicked in Illinois. 

 

By the way, Illinois Democratic Governor Pat Quinn recently gave his staff a considerable pay raise.  But our elected officials in Washington, D.C. voted themselves a substantial pay raise for the current fiscal year, so at least our lawmakers are being consistent at the state and national levels. 

 

There is a name for what's happening to the millions of Americans who paid into Social Security their entire lives and expected Medicare would be there for them when they needed it.  Without getting too in-depth, it's a version of "more from the fit and less from the unfit".  In this case, it's less FOR the "unfit".  This mindset is promoted within the health care bill passed by Congress and signed into law by Obama. 

 

Americans heard talk about "death panels" which the establishment media and Democrats poo-pooed.  Yet the death panel warnings as far as the health care law are essentially true.  Government appointed panels will make life and death decisions regarding who will receive what kind of health care.  And these panels will not consist of doctors or experts in the profession of medicine.  Indeed the recess appointment of Craig Becker who will essentially be the head of Medicare and Medicaid is on record as being a major proponent of health care rationing.

 

For example, will Aunt Betty, who is 85 years old get the hip replacement she desperately needs or will it be more fiscally prudent to refuse Aunt Betty's surgery and simply give her pain medication to deal with her ailment?  This type of decision will be in the hands of government bureaucrats, not Aunt Betty's doctor.  Rationing of health care is a certainty under the current health care reform law and anyone who denies this fact is simply naive, not telling the truth or both.

 

Millions of baby boomers, who are now reaching the age of retirement, will tax America's economic system.  Subsequently, those who are 65 years of age and older now represent a group some contend may no longer be productive members of our society.   Millions of  seniors, retired and disabled individuals now fall into this category which Obama has targeted since he has taken office.  What makes matters worse is groups like the AARP--an organization whose primary goal was lobbying for the elderly--have been politically corrupted, leaving seniors, retired and the disabled without political representation in Washington, D.C.

 

Therefore, RFFM.org will begin to produce a quarterly e-newsletter addressing the needs of a group that finds itself on the outside looking in, politically.  The e-newsletter will include information on pending legislation which will affect the elderly, retired and disabled.  It will also provide action alerts and contact information for legislators. 

 

SPECIAL NOTE:  RFFM.org's Daniel Zanoza Discusses Advocacy for Seniors, Retired and Disabled on Dr. Laurie Roth Radio Show: http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/07/rffmorgs-daniel-zanoza-discusses-advocacy-for-seniors-retired-and-disabled-on-dr-laurie-roth-show.html

 

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO RFFM / ASRD E-NEWSLETTER

 

Those who wish to receive the "Advocates for Seniors, Retired and Disabled" e-newsletter, can do so with a suggested minimum donation of $20 per year.  To sign up for the RFFM / ASRD e-newsletter, go to the PayPal link below and then contact [email protected] with your name, state and e-mail address you wish to receive the e-newsletter at.  Checks can also be made out to RFFM / ASRD and mailed to:  RFFM / ASRD  c/o Dan Zanoza, 904 21st St., # 71, Lincoln, Illinois 62656.  ASRD e-newsletter subscribers will be able to receive information about programs they may qualify for as a senior, retired or disabled individual by contacting me directly. 

 

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