Friday, January 11, 2008

Look Into Thier Eyes

My father was a hard working American who did the right thing. He was poorly educated and worked mostly construction or agricultural jobs. He worked hard, raised his family without taking one dime of charity, and religiously paid into his government mandated pension fund (Social Security). He is now retired and on his 900 per month, can't afford basic needs like food and medicine. How can we look my father in the eye and tell him we need to spend the money he put away for he and my mother on a young family from Latin America. Not because the young family is hungry or threatened with political imprisonment or genocide but simply because they want and deserve a better life in America.

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