California board votes to drop healthcare coverage for 60,000 children

[RCprince]

California board votes to drop healthcare coverage for 60,000 children

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-budget14-2009aug14,0,6580131.story

[Dr. Jet]

How many of those "poor" children are anchor babies or illegal aliens?

[domwilson]

What's an "Anchor Baby?"

[domwilson]

Does it really matter? We are talking about children.

[AndyKunz]

California is a good preview of where the country is headed as a whole. It's been that way ever since I can remember.

The good news is that occasionally we get a warning shot across the bow, like this one. Let's hope more people realize that.

Andy

[ghostofpf1]

Does it really matter? We are talking about children.

A voice of reason amongst howling monkeys.........

A sad thing indeed....surprised it took the rabid right so long to say something unfortunate


Steve

[Dr. Jet]

Anchor baby: The child of an illegal alien that is tacitly given "citizen" status, thereby making all their relatives "quasi-citizens".

Yes it does really matter. Should we provide healthcare to every child on the planet? Half of the childern on the planet? Just the children of selected nations? Where would you draw the line? I suggest that line should be drawn at our borders. We cannot afford to provide healthcare to the entire population of the planet. A line must be drawn somewhere.

These people leave their crappy, third-world countries and come here illegally; they have no intention of "assimilating" or becoming "Americans", then turn their neighborhoods into a crappy third-world ghettos.

Tell them to take their criminal butts back to their own countries and work on changing them, just like Tom Jefferson, John Adams, and a host of other gentlemen of the period did with this country.

We are not the World's keeper. We only have the responsibility to show them what works and what doesn't.

[domwilson]

surprised it took the rabid right so long to say something unfortunate
Steve

Not understanding this.

[domwilson]

Anchor baby: The child of an illegal alien that is tacitly given "citizen" status, thereby making all their relatives "quasi-citizens".

Yes it does really matter. Should we provide healthcare to every child on the planet? Half of the childern on the planet? Just the children of selected nations? Where would you draw the line? I suggest that line should be drawn at our borders. We cannot afford to provide healthcare to the entire population of the planet. A line must be drawn somewhere.

These people leave their crappy, third-world countries and come here illegally; they have no intention of "assimilating" or becoming "Americans", then turn their neighborhoods into a crappy third-world ghettos.

Tell them to take their criminal butts back to their own countries and work on changing them, just like Tom Jefferson, John Adams, and a host of other gentlemen of the period did with this country.

We are not the World's keeper. We only have the responsibility to show them what works and what doesn't.

Ok. They are inside our borders. We're not even providing healthcare to all our own citizens. Not even a majority of them are criminals. Many live in middle class america.

If we are not the world's keeper, then please explain Iraq, the middle east for that matter. Let's not fall victim to stereotypical views.

[Flying Scotsman]

[QUOTE=Dr. Jet;116930]Anchor baby:
These people leave their crappy, third-world countries and come here illegally; they have no intention of "assimilating" or becoming "Americans", then turn their neighborhoods into a crappy third-world ghettos.

An interesting point. We in Canada have the same problem. I came to to Canada as an immigrant and did not join any Scottish societies or live in an enclave of my peers. I embraced the new society, but still proud to be of Scottish birth and family connections

Douggie

[Rumdog]

Yes, Dr. Jet, you are a better person than the "illegals" and their babies. Happy now? Some people have the guts to do what they need to for them and their families to survive. Illegal or not. Do you want these third world idiots spreading disease and infection? I surely doubt it. But hey, they don't deserve health care right?

[Dr. Jet]

...... Not even a majority of them are criminals..... Many live in middle class america.

Maybe so, but why is 1/3 of the prison population ILLEGAL aliens?

...... If we are not the world's keeper, then please explain Iraq, the middle east for that matter. Let's not fall victim to stereotypical views.

That's another topic for another debate. We are talking government-funded healthcare here.

[Dr. Jet]

Do you want these third world idiots spreading disease and infection? I surely doubt it.

One of the prerequisites for LEGAL immigration is a health screening. Did you know that tuberculosis and other diseases that were almost non-existent in this country are now mysteriously on the rise? Does “Swine Flu” or more appropriately named “Mexican Flu” ring a bell? When these criminals sneak across our borders, what diseases are they bringing with them?

When Ellis Island was screening LEGAL immigrants, if you had T.B., you weren’t allowed in. Tough luck buddy, go back to your country and take your virus/bacteria with you.

Have you ever studied epidemiology? You might be frightened to know how diseases propagate.

Keeping ILLEGAL aliens out better serves the health of U.S. CITIZENS.

[domwilson]

Maybe so, but why is 1/3 of the prison population ILLEGAL aliens?

Do you have a source for that claim?

[domwilson]

http://www.project.org/info.php?recordID=174