An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
It’s About Damned Time!!
Perhaps common sense will prevail? I won’t hold my breath…
On the verge of going bankrupt with an astounding $26.3 billion deficit, the nation’s most populous state is considering saving hundreds of millions of dollars annually by cutting monthly welfare payments to illegal immigrants.
The savings doesn’t even include the billions of dollars that California spends annually to educate, incarcerate and medically treat the 2.7 million illegal aliens (7% of the state’s population) who live in the state that has so generously offered them sanctuary for decades. It turns out that legislators are finally realizing that illegal immigrants are draining their precious Golden State.
That’s why California officials, extremely generous with tax dollars in the past, are trying to find a way to eliminate welfare payments to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants. The move, which has caused outrage among the state’s powerful open borders lobby, would save a much-needed $640 million a year.
Outrage among the open borders lobby? How about the outrage towards these ILLEGAL immigrants who are bankrupting the state, not to mention the rest of the country?? Do these yahoos not realize that we are in the midst of one of the most serious economic meltdowns EVER?? It’s bad enough that the current administration is gonna kill us with socialized healthcare, cap and tax, and whatever else they can think of to spend MY money…I should NOT have to pay for those who shouldn’t be here to begin with.
An example of who the state cuts the monthly checks to is an unemployed 43-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico who gets $650 a month for each of her four children and about $500 in federal food stamps and other vouchers.
WHISKY. TANGO. FOXTROT. Add it up my friends…that’s $2,600 per month PLUS $500 in vouchers. Remind me again why I get up every morning and go to work??? Oh yeah – I believe in WORKING for my keep, not sponging off others.
Its still chump change compared to what the state spends—between $4 billion and $6 billion annually—on schools, jails and hospitals for illegal immigrants. That doesn’t even include other local government costs such as police and fire, road maintenance and other public services.
The biggest chunk—$2.3 billion—goes to educating about 300,000 illegal immigrant children at public schools throughout the state. California expects to spend around $834 million to incarcerate nearly 20,000 illegal aliens in fiscal year 2009-2010 and well over $700 million to medically treat close to 800,000 illegal immigrants.
More than half the healthcare money will go to emergency services but a substantial portion will pay for nonemergency health services such as abortions, prenatal and postpartum care and even nursing homes.
Abortions?? Nursing homes?? Prenatal care?? Oh – you mean the care for those who are having babies so they can collect MORE of my money?? I’m absolutely stunned. Not that I wasn’t aware of this before, but seeing it all laid out is simply nauseating. What the hell is going on in this country when those of us who do the right thing, i.e. pay our bills, do NOT spend beyond our means, and generally take personal responsibility end up being penalized, while those who DO NOT BELONG HERE are sucking us dry??
I hope and pray that common sense will prevail, and the welfare being handed out to those ILLEGALS is stopped. Seriously folks…is there anywhere else one can go, not be a citizen, sit on your ass, and have the government pay you for that privilege?? Good grief – anyone with a lick of sense will see that this is absolutely preposterous.
I think my head has now officially exploded.
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I honestly wish someone would tell me why the taxpayers of this country are paying for criminals upkeep!
ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!!!!!!! Now they need to follow up on it.
Pfft! Jenn, you know full well there will outrage in the streets, screaming “RACIST!” and they’ll go back to being lobby whipped pussies, just like they’ve been for years.
And in the meantime, more and more will come into this country illegally to suck off Uncle Sam’s teat…
That teat done gone dry! Go the F*** HOME! sigh….
Yeah, go back to where you came from and take your freaking relatives with you!
They not only get the dole from the state of Kalifornia, but a lot of them are supplemental social security.
They didn’t pay one dime in, and yet Uncle Sugar gives them MY fucking money!
I think it’s time for another evolution….
Umm…. drjim….I hope ya meant revolution? I think we’ve already evolved enough to the point of devolving.
Damn keyboard!
It never types what I want!
LMAO Ain’t that the truth.
Illegal Immigration and health care are heavily connected, believe it or not. Massive high taxes are imposed on the US taxpayer to pay for so called emergency hospital care for illegal immigrants and their families. Except foreign nation use the emergency room for their basic needs, such as the flue or a splinter in the finger. As always the taxpayer is the recipient? Health care revision can never happen while Taxpayer carry the heavy burden of paying for the millions of illegal workers and families, who have settled here. As an example 80 hospitals and clinics locked their doors for good in the Sanctuary State of California, because huge hordes of individuals came their for free health care. Why do you think California found themselves with a $24.5 billion budget deficit?
Those who want to just follow the same old road, can do so with the profit taking commercial insurance. Those who would be satisfied with a government run health care program, can now start demanding it from the lawmakers. Those who see a Universal health care system, similar to most developed countries in Europe, should start informing every Representative and Senate politician starting today. Rationing in places like England, was caused by the major impact of uncontrolled immigration. I see–THE RATS–are coming out of the woodwork, using propaganda and downright lies about government run medical care? The Special interest lobby, status quo have very wealthy fingers in the pie and do not want Health care for everybody? It’s a trillion dollar business like Cancer treatments.
The pharmaceutical companies, AMA and others have very much to lose? Even many corrupt politicians are stockholders in this behemoth money machine. Most American working class can do–without– high premiums, pre-existing condition clauses. deductibles, co-pays that is representative of the wealthy medical care insurers.
Unless our politicians commit themselves to a strong E-Verify, Police enforcement 287(g) and enforce all federal employees are vetted, so illegal immigrant workers can be rooted-out. The push for AMNESTY, will even draw another invasion in to our nation once the word goes out.
This free health care atrocity was placed on the unknowing American, years past and never been rescinded. This has favored the business community, because they pay–ABSOLUTELY NOTHING– to a maimed or sick illegal worker, because it’s passed on to the consumer. IF YOU DESIRE A NEW HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, WHERE YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR INSURER? WHETHER YOU WANT THE FOR PROFIT INSURANCE OR GOVERNMENT MEDICAL CARE SYSTEM? TODAY IS CRITICAL. SO CALL YOUR SENATOR OR CONGRESSMAN 202-224-312. Just like illegal immigration , we cannot afford anymore to subsidize the business that hire them or the millions of illegal families. GOOGLE–on the web to find the truth.