A Letter to the Republican Congress

Dear Winners,
      You have won a great but not total victory in the 2014 mid term elections, but don't squander it.  The American public has finally begun to see the light and has rejected the corruption, shallowness, and devastation of the Obama regime's policies.  Although there is not a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, you can either convince some Democrat Senators to support the new program or continue with the nuclear option that was begun by Harry Reid.  I think the former is possible, be4cause only an idiot would fail to see that supporting the Obama regime's inept and corrupt policies could prematurely end one's political career.
      The most important issue to the public is the economy.  Anyone that believes the unemployment rate is 5.9% is drinking the Cool aid the regime is putting out.  It is more than double.  A huge number of good jobs can be added by voting to approve the Pipeline.  Our oil gas and coal industries can be a huge source of jobs and economic development, so roll back taxes and regulation.  Rolling back the corporate tax rate will also allow many companies to repatriate trillions of dollars that are being held overseas. This money can then be put to good use by increasing jobs, r and d, and even enhancing share holder value with dividends and buy backs. You need to repeal the 1977 law barring oil exports. The United States has become the leading oil producer in the world due t fraking shattering the tired theory of "peak oil."  There are twenty applications pending to construct terminals for shipping LNGs.  We can produce natural gas so cheaply that we can undercut any producer in the world.  Natural gas sales to Europe is Russia's main source of hard currency.  By threatening to undercut the cost of natural gas, Russia and Putin will suddenly become more cooperative, as Putin knows that the oligarchs that support him would replace him if they started loosing billions.  Saudi Arabia has temporarily cut the price of oil to undercut us as they are able to produce oil in the traditional way more cheaply because fraking is more costly as the drilling is deeper and water and some chemicals are necessary to get the shale to give up its oil.  Reducing regulation will help lower our costs.  Fortunately Saudi Arabia can only sustain a price war for ten or eleven months without hurting its economy.
       Dowd-Frank needs to be significantly modified or repealed so that banks can begin lending to small businesses again. Jobs will be created.  Obamacare needs to either be repealed or very significantly modified.  Repeal would be best, but have your own plan available at the same time. This plan should allow patients to keep their own insurance plan if they like it, their doctor or doctors, their hospital. Put patients with preexisting conditions in a means tested Medicaid like program and those too poor can sign up for Medicaid.  Restore the 700 billion taken from Medicare and disband the death panels.
      Increasing the minimum wage to $10/hr would help to motivate some people to seek employment.  Some states have limited time on welfare for able bodied individuals.  Welfare should be only temporary, not a career choice.  Increase the penalties for welfare fraud.
      Immigration may be the toughest problem. Any reform has to begin by effectively closing the border. This could be simultaneously with increasing the number of legal immigrants allowed each year and an efficiently run guest worker program. Anyone, legal or illegal committing a felony should be deported after serving their sentence, never to be allowed back.  Illegals in prison now ought to be deported when they finish their sentence. Both legal and illegal immigrants should not be able to obtain any welfare benefits and the concept of anchor babies for illegal should be banned by denying automatic citizenship for infants of illegal born in the United States.  What to do about those already here?  Eliminating welfare, anchor babies, and cracking down on businesses that hire illegals would cause many to go back from whence they came. Cities and/or states the list them selves a sanctuary should have federal funds withheld. For those that have lived here for ten years or more and work, they should be able to get a green card, pay taxes (and back taxes) and eventually apply for citizenship if they learn English and meet other requirements. This type of plan is realistic.
      Other things that should be done are restore military cuts. Real investigations into "fast and furious", the Va scandal, the IRS scandal