Posted by playa2:

Posted by Bippity10:

the poor get nothing because the only power they have(The vote) is given away every election.

So tell me why ( poor illegal immigrants ) has the goverment to make their native language acceptable on everything from phone information service (where they say in spanish press 2), to alternative reading labels on products, instead of the english being the only language accepted in our country ?

According to you the poor don't have power

When did I say poor don't have power? They have power. They have plenty of it. The vote is more powerful than anything on the planet if you use it. We have all been divided into segments in part of a political game. We aren't americans according to politicians. We are hispanics and blacks and poor and rich and men and women. It's not what is best for the country it is what can I do to get enough of the black/hispanic/gay/poor vote to get elected. They throw a bone our way in order to get elected and then go back to their cushy jobs to make the changes for the people really in power. The rich. Those that force the politicians to make changes. In the end we go back to voting for them and they pat us on the head and say good boy!

Politicians are terrified of the hispanic vote. In the next 2-8 years we could be adding millions of registered hispanic voters to our country. They do not know where it is going so politicinas are tripping over themselves trying cater to the "hispanic vote". That's life.

The truth once again in New Orleans to me is simple. We knew NO was a danger zone years before this happened. Nothing was done to change it. No one was outraged. Then NOrleans happened and the reply of the government was predictable. Now we want someone to get. So we blame the Bush's because that makes us feel better. Now the Bush administration should be held accountable. I'm not sayign they shouldn't. But I am saying that after that, then what? We go back to our regular lives feeling better about ourselves and move on. OR do we start to force government to change these things before they occur. IIf we don't the song will remain the same and in 2040 we will be wondering why the government hasn't done anything after the next major catastrophe. We need to stop being beholden to one government party and force them to earn our votes by making true changes. If we keep voting Democrat by default this will not be the last Katrina.



[Edited by - bippity10 on 29-08-2007 5:19 PM]