{"id":27178,"date":"2015-12-17T14:47:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27178"},"modified":"2015-12-17T14:47:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:47:09","slug":"the-new-boss-seems-no-different-from-the-old-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27178","title":{"rendered":"The New Boss Seems No Different From The Old Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Ryan took over as Speaker of the House<\/a> in October. It was hoped that he would do a better job of opposing the liberal policies of President Obama<\/a> than John Boehner<\/a>. It seems to me that all he has accomplished is to advance the policies of the Republican establishment while ignoring the voice of the conservatives which form the base of the party. The more unhappy Republicans become with their leadership in Washington, the stronger the candidacy of Donal Trump for President becomes. As I have previously stated, I am not a Trump supporter, but I believe he represents a temper tantrum on the part of the Republican base, and the Washington Republicans keep adding fuel to the fire by not responding to that base.<\/p>\n

My evaluation of the omnibus budget deal is based on two articles from Power Line. One is written by Paul Mirengoff<\/a> about the impact of the bill on the Department of Education, and the other is written by John Hinderaker<\/a> about the impact of the bill on American<\/a> workers.<\/p>\n

Mr. Mirengoff states:<\/p>\n

I want to focus on one area that I care very much about \u2014 education. The omnibus bill apparently grants a 7 percent increase in the budget for the Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights<\/a> (OCR<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n

This outfit does all it can to impose the left\u2019s agenda at the K-12 and college levels. In doing so, it often ignores the law, defining perfectly legal conduct as unlawful.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the OCR\u2019s resources are stretched thin, it\u2019s because of its overreach, based on a willful misreading of the law. By increasing OCR\u2019s budget, Congress rewards its misconduct. The budget should be slashed, not increased.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article lists some of the recent actions of the OCR:<\/p>\n

1. OCR\u2019s school discipline policy has encouraged districts across the country to adopt racial quotas in discipline. <\/strong><\/p>\n

2. OCR\u2019s guidance purports to convert ordinary incidents of schoolyard bullying into violations of federal law. <\/strong><\/p>\n

3. OCR misstates applicable law on sexual assault and harassment on campus, encourages unfair treatment for some accused students, and allows colleges and universities to abridge First Amendment rights<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

These people don’t need more money–they just need to go away.<\/p>\n

John Hinderaker deals with the impact of the bill on American workers. He quotes Senator Jeff Sessions<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The more than 2,000 page year-end funding bill contains a dramatic change to federal immigration law that would increase by as much as four-fold the number of low-wage foreign workers provided to employers under the controversial H-2B visa program, beyond what is currently allowed. These foreign workers are brought in exclusively to fill blue collar non-farm jobs in hotels, restaurants, construction, truck driving, and many other occupations sought by millions of Americans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At a time of record immigration \u2013 with a full 83% of the electorate wanting immigration frozen or reduced \u2013 the GOP-led Congress is about to deliver Obama a four-fold increase to one of the most controversial foreign worker programs. The result? Higher unemployment and lower wages for Americans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…The bill also funds sanctuary cities and illegal alien resettlement, allows the President to continue issuing visas to countries that refuse to repatriate violent criminal aliens, and funds the President\u2019s ongoing lawless immigration actions \u2013 including his unimpeded 2012 executive amnesty for alien youth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As feared, the effect is to fund the President\u2019s entire immigration agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I suspect that there are many Americans who would have been willing to endure the non-hardship of a government shutdown to avoid these two aspects of the omnibus spending bill. It really is time for new leadership in Washington. No one there (with very few exceptions) is listening to the American people who voted them into office.<\/p>\n

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