The majority of Americans want a wall built along the entire southern border. Not only that, but they also want illegal immigrants deported. This is according to a Time magazine poll, which makes it surprising that they would even publish the results
"By a margin of 56 to 40 percent, respondents said they want the wall built from sea to shining sea - not just the 700 miles stipulated in the House plan, a proposal the press calls "draconian."
"62 percent told Time that they favored using the military to guard the border. Just 35 percent opposed."
"75 percent say illegals should be denied government supplied health care and food stamps"
"69 percent, say illegals shouldn't be allowed to get U.S. drivers licenses."
And keep in mind, this is Time, which means that if you factor in their 2-3% liberal bias then these numbers would probably be higher. What really irks me is that with numbers like these, our politicians are still cowering to the immigrants and their protests (see my prior post), which just goes to show that they're a bunch of weasels.
They're in no position to strike "plea bargains" when it comes to our immigration laws. In fact, if I were a political leader, I'd have INS at each one of these rallies checking green cards. But no one in our 'leadership' has that kind of guts.
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The majority of the American people (55 percent) think the war in Iraq is a mistake and that we should get out. The majority (65 percent) of the American people want single-payer health care and are willing to pay more taxes to get it.
The majority (86 percent) of the American people favor raising the minimum wage. The majority of the American people (60 percent) favor repealing Bush's tax cuts, or at least those that go only to the rich. The majority 66 percent) wants to reduce the deficit not by cutting domestic spending, but by reducing Pentagon spending or raising taxes.
The majority (77 percent) thinks we should do "whatever it takes" to
protect the environment...
I'll support your majority cause if you'll support mine.
Well, then, if you don't want to go along with the majority on those issues, I'll opt not to go along with the majority on the immigration issue.
Are we a Republic where public opinion matter or not?
(And to be clear, I'm glad we're a Republic and not a strict democracy because of the whole tyranny of the majority point - but when the leaders aren't listening to constant majorities, there's cause to be concern - evidence I think that we're a oligarchy, not a republic at all, except in name.)
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