And who pays?

In July, 2011, and most recently, in September, 2011, President Obama stated that he was elected by the American people to uphold the laws of the Constitution of the United States of America.

He vehemently stated this when asked if he was going to enact a law to give short-term amnesty to illegal aliens between the ages of 16 and 30. He went on further to say that only Congress can pass laws for any type of amnesty, and he assured all that he would not break the law, and his hands were tied in trying to issue amnesty for illegals.

Then a strange thing started to happen. The polls began to reflect that Latinos were falling off in their support for the President. And the polls started to reflect that if Governor Romney chose Marco Rubio as his running mate just maybe the GOP candidate would draw large amounts of Latino votes away from the  President in his reelection bid.

So, ignoring that the country has a true unemployment of 14.2% with over 23 million Americans out of work what does the President do? He by-passes the Constitution and congressional protocol and directs Homeland Security Director Napalitano to immediately cease deportation of illegals between the ages of 15 and 30, stop questioning them, and to allow them the right to seek employment without repercussions from any state authorities.

With this move our President has immediately increased, potentially, our unemployment rolls by 800,000. Does this seem like a President who is trying to attack unemployment, or is it really a President seeking the Latino vote for his reelection?


When any of these 800,000 illegals become unemployed will our taxes pay for their unemployment benefits? When any of the 800,000 need hospitalization will our taxes pay their hospital bills? Will our taxes aid in welfare and/or food stamps for any of these 800,000 when they need help?

Yes, there are many who argue that some of the 800,000 illegals are now working or in college, but can anyone, including the President, promise that this will continue. Remember, there was a time not too long ago that unemployment was near 4%.

What happens if any, some, or all of the 800,000 illegals add to the current 14.2% real unemployment by not be able to work and pay taxes? Who pays for their well being?

If that happens, and President Obama gets reelected he will be enjoying his golf and vacations, along with his lame duck presidency. You can bet he will forget about the short-term amnesty he bypassed Congress for.


And that's Politics with Pete for today.