12-15-2007, 07:20 PM
No ill will towards you Colby. And we all need to remember that verbal communicaition on these forums can be construde as "very impersonal" and rude. That is not my intent.
California is in a huge budget crunch. They have closed nearly two dozen hospitals in recent years. Other hospitals are going broke. They want tobacco taxes to fund them. I work for a large medical firm and I know the issues regarding the losses of revenue and closed up medical facilities.
Why are they going broke?:
I don't know how to post the link but according to the 2006 1st Quarter INS/FBI Statistical Report there are 380,000 anchor babies born in the US in 2005. 97.2% of all those cost incurred were paid by legal US Citizens. At an average of 7k per birth provided it was a non-problematic birth, adds up to a lot of money. You do the math.
66% of all births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal paid by the taxpayers.
43% of all food stamps in California are to illegals
41% of all unemployment checks are to illegals.
58% of all welfare is to illegals.
Again, this is NOT a racist issue but pure reality. I personally like Mexican people and I love their culture. But tobacco taxes are wanted to fund entitlement programs and healthcare. And for who? For those not here legally!
This is not about America being the asshole here. You should check out Mexico's immigration laws.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14632&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&gd=05082006]http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14632&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&gd=05082006]http://http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14632&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&gd=05082006
California is in a huge budget crunch. They have closed nearly two dozen hospitals in recent years. Other hospitals are going broke. They want tobacco taxes to fund them. I work for a large medical firm and I know the issues regarding the losses of revenue and closed up medical facilities.
Why are they going broke?:
I don't know how to post the link but according to the 2006 1st Quarter INS/FBI Statistical Report there are 380,000 anchor babies born in the US in 2005. 97.2% of all those cost incurred were paid by legal US Citizens. At an average of 7k per birth provided it was a non-problematic birth, adds up to a lot of money. You do the math.
66% of all births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal paid by the taxpayers.
43% of all food stamps in California are to illegals
41% of all unemployment checks are to illegals.
58% of all welfare is to illegals.
Again, this is NOT a racist issue but pure reality. I personally like Mexican people and I love their culture. But tobacco taxes are wanted to fund entitlement programs and healthcare. And for who? For those not here legally!
This is not about America being the asshole here. You should check out Mexico's immigration laws.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14632&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&gd=05082006]http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14632&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&gd=05082006]http://http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14632&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&gd=05082006