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    ALIPAC Opposes Government Welfare for Newspapers

    ALIPAC Opposes Government Welfare for Newspapers

    May 7, 2009

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    Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee (ALIPAC) is calling on their 25,000 supporters nationally to contact Congress to oppose any bailout of America's failing newspapers.

    "Creating a dependency and patronage relationship between the media and Washington, DC would be disadvantageous to the American public," said William Gheen of ALIPAC. "These newspapers need to regain their credibility and public support to survive. Any bailout or special tax status from politicians in Washington would destroy any remaining credibility or freedom for these publications."

    ALIPAC's President, William Gheen, is sending a letter to members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee asking lawmakers to cease and desist in any attempt to prop up failing newspapers.

    "It is outlandish that Congress is considering cracking down on free speech on the Internet and talk radio shows, while simultaneously trying to buy and legislate influence in some newspapers," said William Gheen. "Any fusion between the state and the media is a threat to the freedoms of all Americans and the health of the American Republic, which needs media to be free to question or criticize incumbent lawmakers without fear of repercussions."

    The current measures being considered by congress are to give taxpayer monies to newspapers or to grant non-profit organization status to the newspapers, which would place the publications firmly under Federal regulatory agencies. These measures would make certain newspapers dependent upon continued patronage from Washington for their survival.

    "We already have a big problem with biased newspapers in America," said William Gheen. "Just imagine what it will be like, if criticizing Federal lawmakers could result in a loss of tax status or welfare for payrolls."

    Americans for Legal Immigration calls on all lawmakers, members of the public and media to aggressively oppose any Federal intervention in companies that are acting as constitutionally protected media sources in America.

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    I stopped buying the LA Times when they raised the price of their daily newspapers from 50 cents to 75 cents. To raise their prices by 50% in a severe recession is an indirect admission that the content of their stories doesn't measure up to the average citizen. This is because, in the past, they wrote too many "heart-warming" stories about illegal alien families smuggling themselves into the US, intentionally subverting our immigration laws through ingenuity and craftiness, intentionally giving birth to anchor-babies that they could not afford, perhaps wouldn't even have ordinarily wanted, hoping that these extra children would increase their chances to remain in the US. Although the typical illegal alien family uses far more in government social services than they contribute through their own income, the LA Times would write that they have already been here for so many years, and have been working hard. Then they imply through their biased articles that we should finally legalize their status, and give them Amnesty, despite violating our immigration laws, committing identity theft, abusing the 14th Amendment, and taking jobs that Americans could work. There's also the possibility that they brought in the Swine flu.

    The LA Times could have kept their abundant readership and subscriptions by simply presenting the other side of the coin - the harmful side-effects of illegal immigraton. For example, they could present some stories on how an American recently lost his job to a suspected illegal alien, or an H1-B visa holder, and how this American can no longer make his house payments. (Just an example).

    For once, our government should refrain from bailing-out businesses that deserve to fail. That's what the free market and capitalism are all about.

    But the major newspapers still have a chance of surviving if they could just print-up more Patriotic stories.

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