Bear with me-Tea Party Patriots on The Dream Act...by us spendocrats

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The DREAM Act: A Spending Nightmare


The Spendocrats in office right now are attempting to tie the "DREAM Act" as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill, and will be voting on it tomorrow, Tuesday, September 21 at or around 2:00.

In a nutshell, the DREAM Act will allow the federal government to - again - force the American taxpayers to pony up more money we don't have in order to pay for their ideological pursuits. The DREAM Act will increase the cost of higher education for every state, but especially those with large illegal immigrant populations.

Our states are flat broke and need to reform their budgets, not spend more
It forces states to give taxpayer funded financial aid to illegal immigrants
It forces states to allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition
These provisions can be utilized by illegal immigrants until the age of 35
There is ZERO accountability in place to track the money and costs
There is no scoring from the Congressional Budget Office
There is no estimate of the cost to the American taxpayer for the cost of the education and military benefits, or the cost of the fast track to citizenship also mandated in the bill
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and President Obama have not passed a BUDGET for FY2011 which starts in October and they want to spend more without any thought about how much this will cost you and me!
From a lawmaker in California (the state with a $19 Billion shortfall!) on the potential costs: "We're spending roughly a billion dollars annually for financial aid now, so every one percent increase in that spending would translate to an additional $10 Million from the general fund."


Fight back against wasteful, ideological spending that violates all of our principles: fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets.
Targeted Senators

DEMOCRATS ON THE FENCE WHO ARE GOOD PROSPECTS
Sen. Pryor of Arkansas 202-224-2353
501-324-6336
Sen. Landrieu of Louisiana 202-224-5824
225-389-0395
Sen. Stabenow of Michigan 202-224-4822
313-961-4330
Sen. McCaskill of Missouri 202-224-6154
314-367-1364
Sen. Baucus of Montana 202-224-2651
406-657-6790
Sen. Tester of Montana 202-224-2644
406-449-5401
Sen. Conrad of North Dakota 202-224-2043
701-258-4648
Sen. Dorgan of North Dakota 202-224-2551
701-239-5389



TOUGHER UNCOMMITTED TARGETS
- CAN YOU PERSUADE THEM?
Your first and most important phone calls are to the Senators above.
ACTION: The following list is of Senators who are on the fence. Emphasize the cost issue and that we just cannot afford any more spending when we don't even have a budget for Fiscal Year 2011 yet!!
Also point out that a controversial bill like this has no business being put inside a Defense bill, regardless of how they may feel about the DREAM Act itself.


go to the Tea Party Patriots' site for more info

http://www.teapartypatriots.org/

I'm going to puke now.