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Nicholas Ruiz III
for U.S. Congress 2012
FL District 24
for U.S. Congress 2012
FL District 24
| For the new wave of American progress. |
The Perfect Drug By Nicholas Ruiz III There is a reason David Bowie is afraid of Americans. The reason perhaps, goes by many names, like Republicans Allen West (FL-22), Sandy Adams (FL-24), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Daniel Webster (FL-8), Bill Posey (FL-15) and others. Drunk on the ‘perfect’ cocktail drug of tea and tax cuts for their far right cashkeepers, they believe America is nothing but its wealthiest class. On the other hand, progressive Democrats, even the wealthiest, know that America is made of far more than its wealth. Allen West’s bright idea? He wants to cut the corporate tax rate in half. After it’s been unequivocally documented that corporations are already only paying about half of the legal tax rate due to loopholes and corporate subsidies. Donald Trump thinks he’s ‘an amazing guy.’ Gee, wonder why? Some even talk of a Trump/West ticket in 2012. A real trail mix, no? And then there’s my Republican opponent for 2012, Sandy Adams. Along with Allen West, she feels that babies born in the U.S. don’t automatically deserve to be U.S. citizens (i.e. birthright citizenship, or jus soli), so she has signed off on another legislative howler - the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, H.R.140. Largely, this is a Republican attack on the primary pool of U.S. immigrants in the 21st century: Hispanics across the country. For corporate Republicans like these - unregulated, undocumented migrant worker labor may be ‘overlooked’ – but citizenship for babies born on American soil, who then require civil rights and fair wages – that’s a no go. Too many Republicans are hypnotized by xenophobes like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh - and Pat Buchanan, who in his book polemic he calls the ‘Death of the West,’ argues for hundreds of pages that America is for white, straight people. For Buchanan, apparently anyone - other than a Caucasian Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual male - is an intruder upon his American dream. It appears that the increasing potpourri of colors and lifestyles in our United States of America is a real sore spot for U.S. representatives like Sandy Adams and Allen West. The hypocrisy for West in particular, is that the principle of jus soli, ‘right by soil’ – is a product of the 19th century American slave-era, granting the 14th amendment right regarding birthright citizenship to then newly freed African slaves, who henceforth became U.S. citizens. That would make West’s ancestors likely beneficiaries of jus soli policy he and Adams now seek to overturn. Isn’t it ironic? Another pair of tea drinkers – Marco Rubio and Daniel Webster, (as did Adams, West and Posey) recently voted for increasing air and water pollution, and by default, increasingly the illness and morbidity of all forms of life that need clean oxygen and uncontaminated water. Imagine, hitting the tea bottle, they belched out a round of ‘Ayes!’ to defund the EPA and restrict them from monitoring air and water pollution. Great for corporate polluters’ profits! – bad for the people of the United States. Rising stars? Tea party trinkets like these remind us all - everything that glitters, ain’t gold. America needs stronger Democrats. Put a progressive Democrat in Congress. And put David’s mind at ease: Please contribute now to help NRIII unseat Republican Sandy Adams in 2012 - and work toward keeping a truly Democratic tradition alive in America: and please endorse, and invite friends to endorse his campaign here: Endorse Nick! Many thanks for your support! |
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