tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post1271136111905310543..comments2023-10-30T05:05:37.758-07:00Comments on Immigration Talk with a non-hyphenated American: NYT Article 8/3/09ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-17772691549673166162009-08-06T15:14:45.753-07:002009-08-06T15:14:45.753-07:00I suppose one can find a rationale for just about ...I suppose one can find a rationale for just about anything. I haven't heard one for extending health care reform to illegals but if I had to make one up I would say, "We are paying for them anyway in emergency rooms and hospitals all across the country through Medicaid and perhaps other programs."<br /><br />In response, I would say, "Stop paying for them. If they are illegal, stabilize them and then send them home as quickly as possible and bill their homeland governments for any services provided." But, of course, that is too simple for some minds to grasp, especially if they think they can cash in on Hispanic votes by avoiding any sort of straightforward approach like that.<br /><br />I too am in favor of health care reform but I don't have the expertise to suggest the proper approach. At least the recess will enable a few Congressmen to actually read the bill before it is brought up for a vote. Offhand, I would personally prefer to see more government regulation of insurance companies rather than the public option but I recognize that many think the public option/single payer is the only way to go to be able to serve the uninsured and those with pre-existing conditions. (Guess who runs Medicare for the government -- United Healthcare among others).<br /><br />I believe I read recently that the insurance companies had agreed to drop the pre-existing condition provision. I think the Congress could go a long way toward eliminating some of the other unfortunate or abusive practices of private insurers without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. (Everyone should also keep in mind that their 401k may be heavily invested in health insurance companies.) Perhaps they could make them into public utilities so that all their rate increases and maybe even executive pay would be subject to a Health Care Public Utilities Commission. But I'm not an expert on these matters. Those were just a couple of random thoughts. Medicaid is intended to cover the uninsured (if there is anything left after the illegals are served) but should be re-titled Medicaid Welfare so we can all begin to get an idea of the total amount that is being spent on welfare in this country. Instead, we hide it in the nooks and crannies of a thousand different government programs beginning with the graduated income tax, earned income and other credits, deductions for exemptions, and other provisions that are clearly welfare-related. Proper labeling might provide a greater incentive to get off teh public dole.<br /><br />Perhaps there should be two broad categories of welfare: corporate and individual/family. Every form of subsidy, benefit, entitlement, etc. should be listed in a single chapter of the U.S. code entitled Welfare. I am not saying that welfare is totally unnecessary but that the full extent of it is undisclosed to taxpayers. The only welfare available to my grandparents was the poor farm where you went to live and work for your room and board. Mormons have a similar program to take care of their poor but I'll bet that program has been undercut by the availability of federal and state welfare payments, food stamps, etc. I mean who wants to do manual labor in order to eat when you don't have to under the present welfare system.<br /><br />Well, that's my rant.ultimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-41251625425779466302009-08-04T10:33:23.587-07:002009-08-04T10:33:23.587-07:00The need to erase the blemish of illegal immigrati...The need to erase the blemish of illegal immigration prompted Congress to enact the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. The IRCA toughened criminal sanctions for employers who hired illegal aliens, denied illegal aliens federally funded welfare benefits, and legitimized some aliens through an amnesty program–EXCEPT THESE LAWS NEVER WERE ENFORCED? Neither the federal government, nor state county have denied most benefits to illegal immigrants. That is why one state–California–is involved in a monstrous budget deficit? California--THE SANCTUARY STATE-- has been overrun with millions of illegal entrants, as with Arizona and other border states. An the ingredients of federal law has been a breeding ground for entitlements that have been gravely compromised by pandering to minority caucuses REMEMBER THERE ARE MANY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, WHO WANT ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE ALLOWED INTO THE US?.<br /><br />It would be untrue to accuse just the Democrats for this, because all politicians have been involved in distracting–THE PEOPLE–from the real issues that cost them billions of dollars. The population falls for these distractions every time, so they can hit you with either higher taxes or give huge tax reimbursements to their corporate comrades. Illegal immigration is a major depletion of every tax treasury, throughout this land. Giving any kind of AMNESTY will enhance the predictable–OVERPOPULATION. The complete neglect of our interstate highway system, tunnels and bridges is just the slow eroding of our infrastructure. In the near future the population growth will explode, to over another hundred million people. IT would be an unmentionable catastrophe to open the doors wide at the border, giving millions of illegal immigrant’s expressway to a path to citizenship. Already our Senate has voted to give illegal immigrants and families a right to access the new health care provisions--WHICH THE TAXPAYER WILL PAY FOR?<br />THEREFORE THIS IS A FREE WELFARE FOR ALL PARIAH BUSINESSES THAT STILL HIRE ILLEGAL LABORERS.<br /><br />You must decide the future of future generations, because just my ranting will have very little influence on the power brokers in Washington. Call your Senator or Congressman at 202-224-3121 and impress on the people you vote into office that you want an alternative to the predatory health care insurers. You want the right to choose? That includes the Universal government run system that certainly isn’t any worse than the profiteering insurers. That you also want your political representative to sever any path to citizenship, but to enforce a firm, permanent--ALL ENCOMPASSING-- E-Verify, police 287(g) enforcement and not to rescind the no-match letter or weaken ICE raids. Tell them you are a voter and convey to them, as you voted them into office as you can remove them, just as easy? Read the naked true facts by GOOGLING--NUMBERSUSABrittanicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971352404374602334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-12605359644649881212009-08-04T10:32:52.169-07:002009-08-04T10:32:52.169-07:00The need to erase the blemish of illegal immigrati...The need to erase the blemish of illegal immigration prompted Congress to enact the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. The IRCA toughened criminal sanctions for employers who hired illegal aliens, denied illegal aliens federally funded welfare benefits, and legitimized some aliens through an amnesty program–EXCEPT THESE LAWS NEVER WERE ENFORCED? Neither the federal government, nor state county have denied most benefits to illegal immigrants. That is why one state–California–is involved in a monstrous budget deficit? California--THE SANCTUARY STATE-- has been overrun with millions of illegal entrants, as with Arizona and other border states. An the ingredients of federal law has been a breeding ground for entitlements that have been gravely compromised by pandering to minority caucuses REMEMBER THERE ARE MANY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, WHO WANT ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE ALLOWED INTO THE US?.Brittanicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971352404374602334noreply@blogger.com