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Originally Posted by Willravel
I have to pick through this a bit to get at what you're saying. The only thing specific I can see is that you don't think food stamps work. Only they do work, and they work incredibly well. Do you know anyone that lives in Oregon? I do (HI SNOWY! *waves*). Back around 2000, Oregon had a serious hunger problem. Low income workers simply couldn't afford to feed themselves and their families, and it was at a rate that was alarmingly high. Because of welfare reform in the 90s, Oregon was able to change the income limit for food stamps, and between 2000 and 2004, Oregon was the only state in the country that was able to lower its hunger rate. Without food stamps, many hard working Oregonians would have starved.
But it gets a lot better. Food stamps are one of the most efficient ways for the government to stimulate the economy, according to most economists. Why? It's incredibly efficient.
Are you asking if I've ever had to wait in line at an ER because of an illegal guest worker? I haven't. In fact, according to statistics that you can find on google, most uninsured people in ERs are white American citizens.
Fear of something is not evidence of something because fear can be irrational.
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Oh hey good for them. They could have also moved to better areas, or found ways to make ends meet. It's called survival, and as you should see by now, my personal view is that daily rations for rational adults should not be doled out by your gov't. For kids? Sure. For illegals or drug dealers or former inmates that don't want to flip burgers because of their felony/murder rap? Never. I hate food stamps. Yeah, give me food and housing so I can sit on my uneducated ass all day. Way to enable the laziness and breeding and keep the population dumb, all by gov't funding. Don't get me started on the lack of drug testing for recipients. Don't have enough to feed your kids? QUIT HAVING SO MANY FUCKING KIDS.
Fuck google. I sat there personally, more than once. This is Texas. I don't know about your nice little neck of the woods, but I have yet to visit a hospital for whatever reason and not see a stack of illegals in front of me. Hell, even when I'm not there for stitches or worse, if I walk by - oh look, a bunch of illegals in the ER. no halba espanol. That's not a racist thing, that's an immigrant thing. If it was germans instead, I would be complaining just as much. Danke.
Fear is always irrational. When you fear a grizzly charging you, if you are afraid, you are not rational. That doesn't mean you shouldn't be concerned. Plus if I say "I fear", you know I'm not talking in that panic-stricken sense of the term.