On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:42:49 -0500, Oliver Costich
wrote:
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>On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:56:21 GMT, Socialism is a Mental Disease
> wrote:
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>>On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:42:36 -0500, Oliver Costich
>> wrote:
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>>>On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 20:59:43 GMT, Socialism is a Mental Disease
>>> wrote:
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>>>>On 13 Nov 2004 12:11:43 -0800, nova427427@yahoo.com (Madeira) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Illegals cost us $10 billion (yes, BILLION) dollars a year, just in
>>>>>Federal money.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>There's no reason for this to be the way it is. Eliminate social
>>>>problems and this cost will disappear overnight.
>>>
>>>What social problems did you have in mind? How would you eliminate
>>>them?
>>>
>>
>>
>>Whoops! I meant social programs.
>
>I sympathize, but it's not gonna happen (get rid of social programs).
>
>Beyond that, the issue of illegals would still be here unless you also
>enforce laws against employing them.
>
Illegals wouldn't be a problem if they weren't consuming "free" social
services. If they had to pay for all the services they get in the US,
while getting 5 bucks an hour, they wouldn't find it so attractive to
immigrate. At the end of the end, economics determines the outcome.
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"A society that robs an individual of the product of his
effort... is... a mob held together by institutionalized
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