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Originally Posted by EaseUp
Additionally, what everyone is overlooking in this discussion is the enormous cost of providing health care in the emergency room to 12-15 milliion illegal aliens, who don't pay taxes. The elimination of that alone would make possible a HUGE reduction in costs which are now shouldered by those who pay for their care, or for medical insurance. Not that insurance companies would do so if they had a chance to avoid it.
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Look, this is bullshit and there is no logic behind it. First of all, it is an outright lie that no illegals pay taxes. Many of them use fake or stolen SSNs. They give them to their employer and taxes get taken out of thier checks. Hell, they might even have health insurance and even if they don't, they might still pay the bill!
Second, we are talking about less than 5% of the population here. Unless they use the services at a grossly dispropportionate rate (like 3 or 4 times the norm) their contribution is far from HUGE.
I'm sick of illegal immigration being the boogyman that gets pulled into every topic. Yes, it is a contributing factor but it is dwarfed by the amount of actual CITIZENS that don't have insurance and skip out on the bill.