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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (269328)	1/20/2006 8:39:28 AM
From: Taro	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1586435

Message #269329 from Jim McMannis at 1/20/2006 8:12:21 AM freerepublic.com They seem to agree with John. You really believe so? Below one of the msgs from the link above. Taro To: bjcintennessee Here is my edited version of your letter. It is really very good, and my thought was that it could be shortened just by being made a little more concise, it doesn't really need to be cut much. I do think with letters of this type that shorter is better, the people who you are sending it to aren't really there to read letters and you want them to read the whole thing, so a page or a page and a quarter is probably as long as it should be. To Whom It May Concern: I believe President George W. Bush to be one of the greatest presidents in our history. I could fill several pages with a list of his accomplishments. His most important accomplishment has been his actions in the war on terrorism, which I have no doubt have prevented and continue to discourage further attacks against our country. Yet there is an ignored invasion taking place in our great country. This invasion is being encouraged by our politicians including current administration. Our country is a nation of immigrants, but unlike the immigrants of yesteryear, today's immigrants who are coming here in vast numbers are no longer encouraged to assimilate into our society. The INS is so overwhelmed that it can not keep track of the millions of legal immigrants on their dockets. The problem is compounded by the illegal immigrants who cross our borders with impunity. Once here, they do not limit themselves to "taking the jobs that Americans won't do", which is a myth. Hundreds of thousands take advantage of taxpayer funded benefits, and yet most illegals pay no taxes (that a majority of them pay taxes is yet another myth). California's deficit can be, in large part, attributed to the vast number of illegals who are attending our schools, bankrupting our hospitals, drawing welfare, and taking advantage of programs they do not help fund. President Bush's immigrant worker plan would be a disaster for American workers, and amounts to nothing more than an amnesty no matter what title it is given. His plan would not only encourage more illegals to flood our borders, but would continue to give citizenship status to any "anchor babies" that are born while the workers are here on a visa. More importantly, this plan would continue to force American workers to compete with third-world country wage earners and would drastically lower our standard of living. This is an invitation for employers to cut the wages they pay to everyone from agricultural laborers to hi-tech positions. Why make more laws when the old laws have not been enforced? A better solution would be to encourage illegals to deport themselves by targeting all employers of illegals, thus making the illegals less welcome. Until the administration changes its position on the illegal immigrant issue, I will not support them financially. I am not a big contributor anyway, so maybe they won't mind. But I can tell you that there is a groundswell against illegal immigrants among conservatives, and if you multiply the lack of my donation by hundreds of thousands, it could put a very big dent in your budget. I do not take this action lightly, but faxes and emails seem to have no effect in my voice being heard. I am hoping that this will help someone get the message. Respectfully, PS, I hope you don't mind, but I copied and pasted this into a word document, and it seems to be just the right length! FIRE WHEN YOU ARE READY!