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I certainly would rather my tax dollars go toward actual citizens that need help than illegals.
I'm not paying for your health care, go get a job that offers good insurance. That's how America is supposed to work.
Health care is not a right, access to it is.
I hear you. Sometimes I get angry when I think about my tax dollars paying for supplemental security income, SNAP benefits, Medicare/Medicaid, etc., for generations of white people in depressed economic areas like Appalachia.
"I'm not paying for you to eat junk food and watch Fox News all day," I say.
"I don't care that your factory closed down 50 years ago. Stop having more kids, stop playing with your free iPhone, and go get a different job. You vote like a conservative, so start acting like a conservative."
Then I pause, take a deep breath, and realize that we live in a representative democracy with a diverse population and diverse interests. Then I don't feel quite as bad that my tax dollars are going to fund people with lifestyles and viewpoints that I personally find abhorrent.
Of course they won't answer. One even told me that I was creating "a straw man" for asking such questions
Questions like that make them squirm. That's why they don't answer.
Nope, questions like that have zero to do with the topic of immigration. Until you provide proof that the care is being paid for from tax money, your questions are irrelevant and a smokescreen to get away from the fact that Trump doesn't care if these children die and those who support him clearly don't care either.
It's not at all related to the issue of whether there are Americans with difficulty accessing medical care, but then again, GOPers don't care about that either or they wouldn't have spent years trying to repeal the ACA without having anything to replace it with that would provide the healthcare they are trying to take away.
So yes, your questions are a strawman argument that doesn't address the topic of this thread, and I'm not squirming, I'm repulsed and disgusted by Americans who are fine with kids who have been receiving life saving treatment being denied that treatment, knowing they will die.
I hear you. Sometimes I get angry when I think about my tax dollars paying for supplemental security income, SNAP benefits, Medicare/Medicaid, etc., for generations of white people in depressed economic areas like Appalachia.
"I'm not paying for you to eat junk food and watch Fox News all day," I say.
"I don't care that your factory closed down 50 years ago. Stop having more kids, stop playing with your free iPhone, and go get a different job. You vote like a conservative, so start acting like a conservative."
Then I pause, take a deep breath, and realize that . . . .
. . . you are living in a fantasy world. Per capita, whites get FAR less welfare than other races in this country.
Nope, questions like that have zero to do with the topic of immigration. Until you provide proof that the care is being paid for from tax money . . . .
Proof? It was already admitted. That was the premise of the OP.
You must be joking. Tennessee, a republican dominated state, cut 128,000 needy children from Medicaid/TNcare.
You're another person who thinks that taxpayers aren't people. Well, we are, and you have no moral claim on our money. Parents need to provide for their own children rather than using the political process to enslave other people to do it for them.
The thing I find most offensive about this thread is the 'I thought you were Christian' bull chit.
I loathe atheists shoving religion down people's throat as a way to try and shame them every time they aren't getting their way.
How ignorant.
I'm catholic, went to catholic schools and church almost every day. We were taught to love and accept everyone as Jesus did. What's offensive is people claiming to be christian in order to hide behind their intolerance and prejudice. And these kind of people should be called out and shamed because they are not true christians.
I'm catholic, went to catholic schools and church almost every day. We were taught to love and accept everyone as Jesus did. What's offensive is people claiming to be christian in order to hide behind their intolerance and prejudice. And these kind of people should be called out and shamed because they are not true christians.
So is it being intolerant to not want to receive millions of the worlds less fortunate, illegally.. into America without ceasing? With no end in sight? Millions pouring across a wide open, unenforced open border? Is it intolerant to think that this is not logical or sustainable? Is it intolerant for a country to want its own citizens to be looked after and assisted first, and foremost? Are all the citizens of Switzerland, Canada, Norway, and so on...all phony Christians for enforcing their borders and not taking every soul in the universe in? You should be shamed for spewing such garbage.
So is it being intolerant to not want to receive millions of the worlds less fortunate, illegally.. into America without ceasing? With no end in sight? Millions pouring across a wide open, unenforced open border? Is it intolerant to think that this is not logical or sustainable? Is it intolerant for a country to want its own citizens to be looked after and assisted first, and foremost? Are all the citizens of Switzerland, Canada, Norway, and so on...all phony Christians for enforcing their borders and not taking every soul in the universe in? You should be shamed for spewing such garbage.
Sorry, I'm not ashamed for believing the religion I was taught. Why would I. We were taught by nuns and priests. Obviously you were taught something different with your religion. Maybe you should be shamed for that.
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