Kamala Harris advocates open borders and free healthcare for illegals. How does that work? (unemployed, illegal aliens)
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It doesn’t work. The numbers don’t even come close to working for our own citizens if we had no illegal immigration at all. They are so far off it’s laughable.
‘Medicare for All’ Would Cost $32.6 Trillion Over 10 Years, Study Says
Washington (AP) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for all" plan would boost government health spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years, requiring historic tax hikes, says a study released Monday by a university-based libertarian policy center.....
HISTORIC TAX HIKES??!!
I'll say! The current budget is 4 trillion for everything, including paying maintenance on the national debt. So adding another 3.2 trillion per year will be a burden.
Put another way, 3,200,000 thousand - that's 3.2 trillion - divided by 310,000 Thousand - that's 310 million - people means everyone has to come up with 3200000/310000 = $10,322.58 every year to pay for M4A.
But since only about 160 M people work that figure comes real close to $20,000 per working person per year.
I love math. I hate what it reveals.
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HISTORIC TAX HIKES??!!
I'll say! The current budget is 4 trillion for everything, including paying maintenance on the national debt. So adding another 3.2 trillion per year will be a burden.
Put another way, 3,200,000 thousand - that's 3.2 trillion - divided by 310,000 Thousand - that's 310 million - people means everyone has to come up with 3200000/310000 = $10,322.58 every year to pay for M4A.
But since only about 160 M people work that figure comes real close to $20,000 per working person per year.
I love math. I hate what it reveals.
In reality, the wealthy would fund most of it, so someone making say $50k/year would probably only pay $5k-$7k in taxes towards it, which is not out of whack with private market premiums for a couple right now
She did not compare ICE to the KKK. She was talking about people's perceptions of the agency.
She asserted that the perception of ICE was similar to the perception people held of the KKK in the last century. Sounds a little extreme.
As for Medicare for all. We pay for medical care now. It is not 30-40 trillion of NEW expenses. It is just a question of who collects the money and pays the bills - be it insurance or the government. The overall cost to society could very well be less if the overhead of private insurers is removed.
It is high time we get a national health care system that is affordable and open to all like the rest of the civilized world has. It need not be Medicare for all. I don't know that Harris is locked into that. It's a good campaign slogan but not the best idea IMO. Personally, I prefer a capitation system administered by private non-profit entities to a single payer.
We need to get government out of healthcare. People need to pay for themselves. Other people should not have to pay for other people’s stuff.
Abolishing ICE doesn't mean not having an immigration agency. For most of us, we just want INS back, the way it was pre-9/11
Just out of curiosity, what exactly is your (and the Left's in general) big problem with ICE?
Be specific.
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