Why does the Bush Administration Want Free Flu Shots For Illegal aliens?
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where can i go get a refund!!!\n\ni just got a flu shot last week, i paid for it and this week illegal are getting it for free?
745668
I used to blame illegals for this stuff but now I am lashing out at the government, at all levels! They are the ones that come up with this stuff to begin with. I cant blame someone for not wanting to come here and grab free candy. I would do it quicker than superman can p!ss. I was turned down for medical aid but yet i was told by the medical claims office, illegals qualify. Along with unmarried girls (sluts ) alcoholics, refugees, and drug addicts. Go figure the government is handing everything out to everyone except to the majority of middle-lower class families.
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There protesting but yet Americans taxes go to give these "illegals" free health care. These "illegals" are just trying to change America to there liking.\n\nhttp://www.illegalimmigrantprotest.com/
602864
I think you've answered your own question! No, we are not a free country. Right now all we have is the freedom of speech and they are trying to stop most of that.\nEverything in this administration is based on fear-fear of the terrorists, fear of people not God-fearing (notice the fear word), fear of the bird flu-you name it and people are scared. They should be scared of this administration!\nNotice the name I go by-dismayed american.
441282
Illegal immigration is wrong in every since.  It's putting larger strains on us tax payers, insurance payers, and anyone who uses medical care.  The illegal immigrants normally do not have or carry insurance of any type and they seem to abuse the government systems put into place to help the general public.  They are not just working in Tomato patches but also in restaurants, Wal-marts, and other stores.  They are taking th jobs that normally the high school/college kids would normally have!!
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I think the questioner was simply trying to get us to think about how much we pay out each year to have medical insurance, and car insurance, and whatever other kind of insurance because we are responsible citizens, while illegal aliens by their very illegal status don't have any insurance, and WE the tax paying, insurance holding citizens MUST pay for them when they use any " free" health service. Yes it's free to them, but it's we the legal tax payers who end up paying for it.
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What's unfair is that they do take medical benefits and WIC and they can buy houses. What upsets me is that I was born a citizen of the United States and when I was jobless I couldn't get unemployment benefits (the restaurant that I worked for closed down and I had a son to take care of and I couldn't afford a babysitter). Nor would my caseworker help me with my benefits. My son is the only one getting full benefits, but because of the HUGE Hispanic population that has benefits, a lot of the pediatricians stopped accepting his health care plan. When I go to the WIC office, it's crowded and I have to wait 2 hours just to be seen because of the illegal aliens. And they don't even bother to try learning English. The only reason why they get benefits is because when they work under the table they don't have to claim anything. Then they send the extra money to their relatives back in their country. I have nothing against residential aliens (those who have green cards and are here legally in this country). They worked hard to get here, and they make an effort to learn the language because they want to be here. A lot of people mistake me for being Hispanic when I'm not (Hawaiian-Filipino) but my boyfriend is, and one time I had a Mexican woman who got here illegally offer to pay my fiance $10,000 to marry her daughter to bring her here, knowing that we were engaged. Another thing, about being mistaken for Hispanic Decent I would get upset whenever someone would come to me and start speaking spanish. But anyways, I know a lot of illegal aliens and they work under the table, receive medical and health benefits, and can afford to buy a BMW, a house with a $1,500 a month mortgage, and buy brand name clothes and things, and I was born an  American citizen and I couldn't even get help from my own government. And another thing is that there is a lot of unemployment here too, and they wonder why. I don't know if anything I just said makes sense.
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If they were armed and had the authority to arrest illegals and help the Border Patrol stop the flow of drugs coming in it would be a good thing,unfortuntely they are only there as a symbol,they are not allowed to arrest or stop anyone,it's just George W Bush trying to look tough on immigration and quiet the american people that want the border secured,this is the same man that wants to give citizenship to all the illegals but insists that it's not amnesty.Never before have I been so ashamed of a president like I am of this one.
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ILLEGAL ALIENS  Of ANY RACE/Nationality Are A Tremendous Burden On The Hardworking , Taxpaying CITIZENS  Of Our Nation \n\nThey MAY/MIGHT Work.. But Many Do Not And Contribute To The Already High Crime In Our CountryAnd IF They Are CriminallyProsecuted, It Is YOU The TAXPAYER That Supports The Heavily Burdened Judicial System And YOU The TAXPAYER That Supports The Criminal In A Prison \n\nILLEGAL ALIENS OF ANY RACE/Nationality Also Contribute To The High Cost Of HEALTH CARE Because They Have No INSURANCE And Its YOU The TAXPAYER That Supports The System That Governs The Health And WELFARE That Many ILLEGAL ALIENS Take Advantage Of Through Their(Possibly)Legal COUSINS Who MAY Or May NOT Be Citizens Of The US(ILLEGAL ALIENS Forge Documents Too,NoBody Said These People Are STUPID...) But They ARE NOT CITIZENS And WE THE PEOPLE Should NOT Be Made To SUPPORT \n(This Is A MAJOR CONRIBUTION To YOUR EXTREMELY HIGH HEALTH INSURANCE RATES Folks) \n\nILLEGAL ALIENS Of ANY RACE/Nationality Are A Burden To OUR (AMERICAN)Education System By OVERCROWDING Classrooms,And Making It Virtually Impossible For(Underpaid) Teachers To Give The Neccessary Time And Attention To The Individual Students \n\nMillions of law abiding US citizens understand what is at stake, and wonder what our response should be to sedition, intimidation and acts of defiance against our republic and our ordered liberty.  \n\nLegal immigration is a good and healthy thing for a nation, because it is done at a rate and in a way that allows a country to collectively decide what sort of labor/jobs ratios it wants to maintain. Limitless illegal immigration, however, leads to the modern-day equivalent of \nslavery, benefiting only the conservative corporate elites. \n\n Look at the basic assumption underlying the whole Bush plan: that there are jobs Americans simply won't do, so that the importation of foreigners is essential. Whether these foreign workers are illegal aliens, guestworkers, or permanent legal immigrants is a detail to be worked out by us, the argument goes, but our need for them is unchanged.Even many opponents of the proposed Bush Amnesty assume this to be true, leading them to propose new and improved guestworker programs, with provisions for stricter controls against permanent settlement, greater incentives to return, tighter enforcement against unscrupulous employers, etc.As well-meaning as such efforts may be, the basic assumption is false — there is simply no economic reason to import foreign workers.If the supply of foreign workers were to dry up (say, through actually enforcing the immigration law, for starters), employers would respond to this new, tighter, labor market in two ways. One, they would offer higher wages, increased benefits, and improved working conditions, so as to recruit and retain people from the remaining pool of workers.At the same time, the same employers would look for ways to eliminate some of the jobs they now are having trouble filling. The result would be a new equilibrium, with blue-collar workers making somewhat better money, but each one of those workers being more productive.Many people fear the first part of such a response, claiming that prices for fruits and vegetables would skyrocket, fueling inflation..NOT TRUE..Labor accounts for only about ten percent of the retail price of a head of lettuce,  so even doubling the wages of pickers would have little noticeable effect on consumers.\n\nSeveral people told me they used to do the "jobs Americans won't do" until local employers figured out they could get illegal aliens to work for less than half the same amount. As an example, a young landscaper who used to make $15 an hour 10 years ago, can't get a similar job now for more than $8 an hour. Same heat. Same difficult working conditions.  But with the depressed wage, Americans – who live in a country where the cost of living is miles above that of Mexico's – can't afford to take such jobs.It&#
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yeah they have to break laws out of neccesity. have you ever been sick and not had health care? have you ever had to get to work with out a drivers lic.? yeah thats what i thought!!!! immigrants are just tryin to make a livin, you know they like to eat too! Not just americans! Oh and immigrants do pay taxes, so if they are puttin money into the system i think its fair they get health care! SERIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME IGNORANT PEOPLE OUT HERE!!! WHY DON'T SOME OF YOU THAT THINK ITS NOT FAIR THEY GET THE SAME BENEFITS GO OUT AND WORK MINUMUM WAGE JOBS, FOR LONG HOURS!!! THEN YOU CAN TELL ME IF ITS OK THAT THEY GET ALL THE HELP THEY NEED!!!!!
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Exactly...but to here pro-illegals talk:  "They are not a burden."  LOL\n\nBlah...you are blah.  Americans citizens and in most cases their ancestors have been paying into taxes for years and years and years.  Part of being a citizen who pays taxes is being able to take advantage of governmental services.  Yes...believe it or not our government believes in giving back to its taxpayers by offering them sometimes needed welfare, food stamps and medical benefits.  They were not, however, designed to support individuals who are not "putting anything back into the pool."  Those individuals happen to be illegal aliens.
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The Government states that every person who enters the country ilegally is only commiting an administrative violation (not a criminal one- unless the person has been previusly deported)under the Immigration & Nationality Act. That's how the law is written. Supreme Court rulings have made it difficult for State & Federal Government to deny benefits to people even if they cannot provide a Government issued document (Driver's License, Birth Certificate, SS Card etc...) or evidence of Legal Status in the U.S. \n\nE.G. According to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, hospitals must treat anyone who shows up for care, despite the fact they may be an illegal alien and a threat to national security.\n\nA critical issue involving illegal immigrants’ use of welfare benefits is that even if they aren’t eligible to receive benefits, they will collect on them because their children, who are born in the U.S., are considered native residents (and eligible for benefits). A Center for\nImmigration Studies analysis determined that illegal Mexican\nimmigrants impose significant costs on public coffers because they are twice as likely to use welfare programs, and that the increasingly large numbers of unskilled workers obtain low income positions. Ultimately they have children in the U.S. and will continue to drain benefits from the American taxpayer.\n\nACLU & other Pro-Ilegal Immigration groups exist because they also receive benefits and incentives thanks to ***Taxpayers Money*** ( Non-Profit Org.)You draw you own conclusions and take affirmative action !!! This is not the Politicians "trying to save face" problem anymore...
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Illegal's are used by businesses & big business RUNS our government, together they keep wages too low to actually live on, reinforce the need for illegal's to work here & outsource other jobs to other countries, putting even more Americans out of work...Americans are being pushed out of our own country and our money and jobs are going to other countries, so big businesses can save money on wages & healthcare...I wonder why American's want imigration reform...
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The President wants to close the borders. This has international and domestic impacts.  Internationally, Mexico is our next door neighbor and a huge source of its funding comes from the funds sent home by immigrants to the United States.  Both the Presidential candidates in Mexico are running on platforms regarding OUR immigration policies.  We like friendly relations with our neighbors. \n\nDomestically, employers want to have access to lower wage workers.  Closing the borders will limit their access to those workers.  Their opposition would make it harder for Bush to address the issue.\n\nDomestically also, there is a huge illegal immigrant population which has never been screened for diseases we have eradicated here, as legal immigrants are screened. Probably more importantly from Bush's point of view, that huge group could easily hide a multitude of terrorists, since they have never been screened for that, either.\n\nSo in building a coalition to address this issue, Bush came up with a guest worker program.  As an incentive to screening the illegal immigrants already here, and for the more human reasons a number of people have already raised on these pages, he came up with a path to citizenship within that program.  That would also bring them within society so that the hard case undesirables wouldn't be shielded by Hispanics who would normally have nothing to do with them.\n\nHe is defending the country as he sees it.\n\nWhat do I think of his approach?  I could design a program with all of those elements that I could live with. Part of it would be to make sure the employers funded the social services needed to support their work force. That would also make their wages more on par with those of our own workers which would help even the playing field. Another part of my plan would be to make the whole thing conditional on a truly secure border. Unfortunately, Bush hasn't asked me to write up the program.
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Read the bills, please don't lie about them.\n\nNeither the House or Senate bills criminalize aid agencies (including churches) or medical facilities for helping illegals.  They are not required to ask or report.\n\nEMPLOYERS that hire EMPLOYEES (whites too!) are requires to check Social Security Numbers against a National database before they can employ someone.  Fail to do so and big fine/go to jail.\n\nThe truth will suffice, my Liberal friends.\n\nThank you for your support.
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This is for Ingrid R and her answer:\nher statement "Illegal aliens do not extend their hands an ask for assistance."\nWRONG! In Michigan Illegals get food stamps, welfare and a multitude of other government give away programs. \n\nher statement  "When they get sick they do not go to the Hospital."\nSUPER WRONG!!! Hundreds of emergency rooms around the country have gone bankrupt because of illegal aliens. Hospitals by law must give medical treatment to everyone.\n\nTHERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CHEAP LABOR! We pay for it one way or the other.
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The COST to legal taxpayers is ENOURMOUS!  MOST Illegals do not pay their hospital bills,and the COST gets passed on to taxpayers in the form of HIGHER rates for OUR medical services!!  MILLIONS of illegals come here,have their "anchor babies",which allows the whole BUNCH to stay in the U.S. (just because they had the kid on U.S. soil),  they NEVER pay the hospital,doctor,etc. so the hospitals LOSE millions a year, and they pass the REST of the cost,on to US!!! You can look on line under Copper Queen hospital,it will bring up an article of how illegals USE our system to get services,then NEVER pay!! \n\nAlso,illegals use STOLEN and FAKE i.d.'s to work! My friend had his social security number STOLEN and used by an illegal. He has had a HORRIBLE time trying to get this straightened out just with the IRS!!! The IRS,wanted HIM to pay back taxes on the money earned by the ILLEGAL while using the stolen number! I heard on the news about a month ago,that at one plant, there were about THIRTY illegals using the SAME social security number to work!!!!\nThen we have the other social services received by ILLEGALS that the TAXPAYERS pay for!!! There is food stamps,WIC,AFDC, and  special education programs for  ILLEGALS kids,free lunches at school for illegals kids! AND, until a couple of years ago when Arizona passed  prop200, ILLEGALS were even given LOW-INCOME housing, because they were considered migrant workers!!! \n\nIllegals EXPOSE us to many diseases that we have NO cure for! At least,if they come here LEGALLY,they have a background check run (there are OVER a million violent crimes committed by illegals every year!) AND,they are screened for any communicable diseases!!! Some illegals that come here.are coughing up bloody t.b.!!! My friend works in a prison,and they had an illegal in there who had t.b.,and the illegal told my friend,that he worked for Tyson chicken!!! Do YOU want somone like THAT coughing up bloody t.b. or anything like THAT on YOUR food???\nThen,we have all the illegals and the coyotes,whi put ALL our lives in danger,with their shootout,and the accidents caused by them RUNNUNG from authorities! Not to mention the drugs,gangs,trash,etc!!\n\nI live in a border state,and i have SEEN IT ALL!!!! I could tell you MORE,but it would take all day!!