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According to the article, there were 9,057 online contributions that came in from all 50 states plus Puerto Rico. I'll be the first one to admit that math wasn't my best subject in school, but it still seems to me that less than ten thousand contributions out of a population of more than 280 million hardly qualifies as "broad based appeal."
Actually there are over 300 million people in this country including illegal aliens. I don't imagine that Americans out of work, the poor, the illegals, most Hispanics and children under the age of 21 would be contributing.
According to the article, there were 9,057 online contributions that came in from all 50 states plus Puerto Rico. I'll be the first one to admit that math wasn't my best subject in school, but it still seems to me that less than ten thousand contributions out of a population of more than 280 million hardly qualifies as "broad based appeal."
Well every poll out there indicates a broad support. Given the economy the fact that people are donating is telling also.
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According to the article, there were 9,057 online contributions that came in from all 50 states plus Puerto Rico. I'll be the first one to admit that math wasn't my best subject in school, but it still seems to me that less than ten thousand contributions out of a population of more than 280 million hardly qualifies as "broad based appeal."
Why not wait and do your calculating when the Support/contributions stop/end.
Don't count your chicken just yet. Hispanics will divide along philosophical lines just as whites do and for the same reasons. I have a Hispanic friend (legal) here in Texas who removes the mail out of the mailbox of the vacant house next door when he learned illegals were using it to illegally apply for undeserved benefits. I'm sure he is not alone. He is tired of these thieves stealing his SS.
Since I have learned this trick, I closely watch the mailboxes at my rentals when the units are vacant. I would urge other landlords to do the same.
While it seems a prudent thing to do, please be careful. Technically, according to federal law, (US Code Title 18 Section 1702) it's a felony. I wouldn't be advertising the practice on public forums.
According to the article, there were 9,057 online contributions that came in from all 50 states plus Puerto Rico. I'll be the first one to admit that math wasn't my best subject in school, but it still seems to me that less than ten thousand contributions out of a population of more than 280 million hardly qualifies as "broad based appeal."
That doesn't take into consideration those who are donating the old fashioned way--a check through the mail--that's how I sent mine! I think that the fact that people are donating at all given the current economic conditions shows just how important the issue is.
That doesn't take into consideration those who are donating the old fashioned way--a check through the mail--that's how I sent mine! I think that the fact that people are donating at all given the current economic conditions shows just how important the issue is.
As did my husband and I donate in that manner. We sent a check to Gov. Brewer's office.
That doesn't take into consideration those who are donating the old fashioned way--a check through the mail--that's how I sent mine!
That's how I sent mine too. The money I sent them was money I'd been saving for a vacation to several countries. I've been saving it for over a year. I'm blind so what the hell am I going to see in other countries anyway? AZ needs it more than I do right now.
you see this issue in a different light than i. To me it is not a "democrat v. Republican" issue, but a much deeper issue crossing party lines. For those living in the border states it is both an issue of personal security, national security, and the issue of being heavily taxed to support the activities of lawbreakers. That sentiment is shared throughout the states.
For me, the arizona law is a states' rights issue, a state performing the duties charged to the federal government, but one which the fed has chosen to ignore. When the federal government refuses to protect our borders against invasion then those states which share those common international borders must protect themselves.
So far, the federal government has taken a hands off approach to illegal immigration. This administration has allowed the leader of a foreign country to address this nation's highest legislative branch, and wantonly attack a sovereign state's right to protect itself. The fed has also allowed a foreign entity to force the closure of many acres of national preserves because of illegal activity performed by that foreign entity.
It's my belief that when the federal government refuses to adequately protect any of its member states, then those states have the right to perform those duties charged to the fed. The federal government is charged with protecting our national security, with setting standards for immigration, and enforcing laws pertaining to illegal immigration, and when it abrogates those laws, they fall to the rights of the states.
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I think that the fact that people are donating at all given the current economic conditions shows just how important the issue is.
