What is America's greatest threat - illegal immigrants, islamo-terrorism, lobbysts, asian bird flu, hurricanes

Answer 1

globalism + corporate greed

Answer 2

Actually, the greatest threat to America is the government's violations of the Constitution.

No, not the alleged violations of the Patriot Act or the Military Commissions Act - those are more the bogeymen of fevered imaginations than anything else.

I mean the growing, bloated federal government that has exceeded all the Constitutional limits on its powers and authorities. The Constitution gave the federal government a limited number of enumerated powers, and capped those with the 10th Amendment, which firmly stated that if the power was not specifically given to the federal government in the Constitution, then it did not belong to the federal government.

Here's a short and far from exhaustive list of powers the government has assumed without a shred of Constitutional authorization:
- Social Security
- Medicare
- corporate & agricultural welfare
- federal housing
- education loans and laws
- minimum wage laws
- FEMA

This bloated, intrusive government is a clear and present danger to all our liberties and rights.

But many people - especially leftists - not only like it exceeding its constitutional bounds, but want to give it even more power and more control over their lives - by giving it power over their health care.

This unConstitutional bloated central socialist welfare-state government is the greatest danger to America.

Answer 3

It's pretty clear the biggest threat is the invasion of illegal immigration. It is this that is lowering wages, increasing the cost of health care (we have to pay for it,) and lowering the quality of our schools as over half a million illiterate kids overwhelm them. Bird flu is a non-issue, hurricanes are very limited in who they can affect and thus are a non-issue. Terrorists kill relatively few people but can indeed to tremendous damage none the less. Look at how many jobs were lost immediately after 911. (Criminal illegals have killed more citizens since 2001 than have terrorists, BTW.) Lobbyists? They tend to balance each other out but do cost us billions. Especially the lobbyists wanting us to do nothing about illegal immigration.


Kent in SD

Answer 4

I read that illegal immigrants cause 21% of crime.
http://www.rasmusen.org/x/2007/06/29/illegal-immigrants-cause-21-of-crime/

Presidential candidate Ron Paul has stated that he wants very strong borders and he was appalled that our government had taken border guards off of our borders to send them to Iraq.

Thus far, 47% of the contributions made to Ron Paul's campaign are donations of under $200 from individuals (John McCain's 17% is the second-highest percentage). This is a telling statistic, as it highlights the fact that most other candidates rely heavily upon donations from corporate interests and political action committees (PACs) (i.e. moneyed, influence-seeking sources who can readily afford to contribute large sums). Since Congressman Paul has always voted against special favors and privileges for anyone, special interests know they have nothing to gain by stuffing Ron Paul's campaign coffers. As one member of my local Meetup group put it on a home-made sign, "Ron Paul is thin because he won't let special interests buy him lunch."

Among all candidates, Dr. Paul is now first in total donations from military personnel and veterans. While this may come as a surprise to some, Tom Engelhardt identified the primary reason when he asked rhetorically, "why should (military personnel) want to be endlessly redeployed to a lost war in a lost land?" (see Why the US Military Loves Ron Paul).
Why, indeed – President Paul would bring them home now.

Answer 5

It's hurricanes blowing birds infected with asian bird flu into Caribbean countries who then bite lobbyists, who in turn catch it and convert to islamo-terrorists, who then illegally immigrate to America and threaten us.

Answer 6

Our greatest threat...because it is the most immediate, and threatens to seriously alter this country if not fixed very quickly...is illegal immigration.

Answer 7

I believe that many economists now rank the sub-prime market mess above potential terrorist attacks as the biggest threat America faces economically.

Answer 8

Gay Senators in public bathrooms that refuse to check into OPEC and collusion of big oil.
And there is a reason for most of Ron Paul's donations being below 200 dollars. That is all his people can afford after paying their pot dealer.

Answer 9

Fascism

Answer 10

Over tanning.

Answer 11

Liberal Democrat pukes ! Look at how Liberalism has destroyed Kanaduh !

The U.S is headed in the same direction !