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Perry Can Expect to be Hit Hard Over Social Security

September 22, 2011 RSS Feed Print

Texas Gov. Rick Perry faces his biggest test as a presidential candidate tonight. With his national momentum stalled amid questions about whether his brand of hard-line conservatism is right for the nation, Perry will again be the target of his GOP rivals at the debate in Orlando.

[Read Robert Schlesinger: Rick Perry's Double Talk on Social Security and the Constitution.]

It's likely that the focus will be on Social Security, a huge issue in retiree-filled Florida, which will hold a key nominating primary early next year. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has already fired several barrages at Perry over the issue. Romney zeroed in on Perry's call for shifting the popular program from a national one to a program run on the state level. In a preview of his likely attack strategy tonight, Romney told an audience in Miami yesterday, "Would it be Florida's responsibility to meet the Social Security needs of everyone who comes to Florida? Well, that wouldn't work. Would people choose states to live in, particularly as they get older, based on who had the bet Social Security plan? Would you have people move around trying to find better Social Security or a better deal?"

Romney wasn't alone. Several prominent Florida Republicans also attacked Perry, with Rep. Tom Rooney saying, "Social Security is a contract the American people have made with the federal government. The federal government needs to honor this contract." And Rep. Connie Mack said Perry's plan would hurt retirees and others. "Would states like Florida have to choose between honoring our promises to seniors and paying for education and public safety?" Mack said. [See photos of the GOP contenders on the campaign trail.]

Romney also favors changes in Social Security to keep it solvent well into the future, and in the past endorsed a plan to partially privatize the system. But Romney argues that he wouldn't go as far as Perry in making it a state program. [Read: Five Ways to Reform Social Security.]

A Perry spokesman said Romney was "sounding like a Democrat, distorting the truth and trying to scare senior citizens." Perry also told Fox News, in an apparent reference to Romney, that the GOP needs to nominate someone with very clear conservative views, not "Obama-lite." See Politico story.

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LAST CHANCE TO HALT THE ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS.

This diminutive assembly of the TEA PARTY NATION members, in no-way represents the millions of individual groups across the country. Michelle Bachmann, chairperson and coordinator for these small organized groups, comprises of 50 to 100 average Americans, wanting our immigration laws strictly enforced according to the original 1986 “Immigration Control and Reform Act”, also celebrated as the Simpson/Mazzoli bill. The TEA PARTY masses of Constitutional Conservatives are by far in greater number, than anybody can imagine and spreading rapidly to every community every day. Millions of Americans insist on a small federal government, a new tax code, and the return of agencies like the copious Dept of Education, The Environmental Protection Agency returned to state control. The Democrats, the main body of the Republicans and lesser political parties are using rhetoric and propaganda, to try and derail the most powerful deterrent since 1986, to eradicate the illegal immigrant occupation. This is not anti-Hispanic, Anti-Northern European, Anti-African law, but is strictly Anti-illegal immigrant.

THE TEA PARTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAY—NO TO ANY FORM OF AMNESTY, DISGUISED AS IMMIGRATION REFORM. NO DREAM ACTS, NO SANCTUARY CITIES—NO TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

Dave Francis of IN 3:50PM September 22, 2011

LAST CHANCE TO HALT THE ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS.

This diminutive assembly of the TEA PARTY NATION members, in no-way represents the millions of individual groups across the country. Michelle Bachmann, chairperson and coordinator for these small organized groups, comprises of 50 to 100 average Americans, wanting our immigration laws strictly enforced according to the original 1986 “Immigration Control and Reform Act”, also celebrated as the Simpson/Mazzoli bill. The TEA PARTY masses of Constitutional Conservatives are by far in greater number, than anybody can imagine and spreading rapidly to every community every day. Millions of Americans insist on a small federal government, a new tax code, and the return of agencies like the copious Dept of Education, The Environmental Protection Agency returned to state control. The Democrats, the main body of the Republicans and lesser political parties are using rhetoric and propaganda, to try and derail the most powerful deterrent since 1986, to eradicate the illegal immigrant occupation. This is not anti-Hispanic, Anti-Northern European, Anti-African law, but is strictly Anti-illegal immigrant.

THE TEA PARTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAY—NO TO ANY FORM OF AMNESTY, DISGUISED AS IMMIGRATION REFORM. NO DREAM ACTS, NO SANCTUARY CITIES—NO TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

Dave Francis of IN 3:48PM September 22, 2011

Only Democrats who expect to collect thousands of extra voters in 2012--illegal or legal--so there must be official oversight of the renamed ACORN groups, who used fraudulent registrations in the last midterm election. ACORN will in a reorganized organization try to alter the course of the—“Citizens only”—vote. The GOP hierarchy sees only dollar figures for their business campaign contributors, with giant profits using discount labor and undermining the 24 million American workers, which remain jobless. Only two Presidential candidates of Bachmann and Cain are strong in their resolve, to stop this invasion from abroad and across the limited miles of the border fence. Rick Perry, Mitt Romney has no sense of the future consequences of unfettered illegal incursions into this sovereign land. Perry has by far the worst immigration record of all, for a border Governor offering taxpayer tuition as a Texas dream Act. Perry sees no wrong with offering another population suffocating Amnesty. E-Verify has the capability to send the millions of illegal aliens packing--when unable to be hired. Huntsman has also bombed out on his seemingly approval of illegal alien growing problem.

Those Americans and residents that are flagged can resolve irregularities by going to a Social Security office, which the Liberal press keeps silent about. U.S. citizens, naturalized or permanent residents should not be deceived by ruling parties, open border entities or radical ethnic groups, as they see mandated E-Verify crushing their agenda’s. Don’t listen to the activist Liberal press, deceiving the population that the TEA PARTY is falling apart. Learn the facts of the revised E-Verify, that is propagating in status amongst honest business concerns.

You just have to look who is aligned with this massive 20 million plus illegal alien occupation? The Communist founded ACLU; Causa, (Oregon’s Immigrants Rights Coalition); The Southwest Farm press, these are mega-Agricultural Industry along with Farmers; (Farmers and these Multi-Nationals pay nothing towards the alien worker or his families Health treatments or the children’s kindergarten to K-12 education. The IRS pilfers your payroll check for this.

Please call your Rep. If he/she is a Member of the House Judiciary Committee and urge clean passage of the “Legal Workforce Act” identified as Verify bill H.R.2885. The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121. More answers can be found at NumbersUSA, American Patrol and Judicial Watch. Join a TEA PARTY near you and change America’s future.

Dave Francis of IN 3:46PM September 22, 2011

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