Free trade doesn't work unless you insist on fair trade with your trade partners. We've not done that. We can't survive selling services to each other. We have to actually make products again if we're going to have a middle class.

Not true. There are plenty of college grads in STEM majors with good grades who are unable to find a job in their field.

Illegal aliens aren't the only problem facing unemployed Americans. The prospect of greatly increasing (through the amnesty bill) the number of legal H-1b and other visa holders should be alarming for college graduates. Why, in the middle of the biggest recession/depression since the 1930s and the resultant worst unemployment and underemployment since then, are we importing people to compete with American citizens?

I have no problem helping out truly needy people (till they're back on their feet) or people who are blind, paralyzed or otherwise demonstrably unable to work. But too many are gaming the system. And those here illegally shouldn't be eligible for ANY government handouts.

Avoid grocery chain loyalty cards and pay with cash.

Divide and conquer. Washington politicians expect to benefit from the ensuing Balkanization of our (banana) republic.

Wait till they lose the votes of conservatives across their home states. Realistically, though, there is plenty of money and power to be had for them in positions other than in Congress. Sadly.

You'd think terroristic threatening charges would be brought against some of these people posting on Grosserode's FB page. And people trespassing on a person's porch and trying to intimidate the owners should be arrested on the spot! The greed and elitist attitude of the individuals, big companies and organizations who support this mob mentality and the destruction of our nation is mind-boggling. They deserve the label of traitor.

Let's hope Boehner sticks to this position and that the House holds the line against amnesty. And, by amnesty, I mean legalizing in any way, shape or form the unlawful presence of these tens of millions of illegal invaders. It's our only hope of maintaining a sovereign nation.

But how can this happen, with all the enlightened gun control laws in enlightened Chicago? After all, this isn't some flyover area where people still cling to their Bibles and guns. *sarcasm off