DC Council gives away $20m to illegal immigrants

[Anonymous]

I'm confused. I did not see the word "illegal" in this article.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. I did not see the word "illegal" in this article.

Yeah, the Wash. Times was surprisingly PC. The Post featured "illegal" in its headline, but used "undocumented" in the article itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The whole straw man argument of "we must pay for them or they'll be a burden" is so tiresome. Their just being here leeching off the system is a burden to DC. Didn't DC just have to raise taxes because they couldn't balance the budget?

This program only applies to low income individuals. It's people who would be covered under Medicaid if they were legal. They most definitely will be a burden one way or another if they become ill.

Moreover, since empathy appears to be quite beyond your capability, let's try self-interest. Do you really want the person cooking your food to be unable to afford a doctor's visit to treat his communicable disease? To you want to ride on the Metro next to someone who is sick, but unable to afford medical care?

No. I want the person to go back to where they came from and then apply to come to this country legally like so many of my friends and family did. Many of my friends spent over $150,000 in to get a US education to then be eligible for H1-B (EB2) (which costs about another ten grand) to finally get their green cards. All the while making sure every single I was dotted and T crossed.

I hope you live in VA b/c I would not want you as my neighbor.

[Anonymous]

I used to work for DC gov't and had to take the furlough days. Council should not repay employees. Most DC employees live in MD or VA. Why should DC repay them and raise my taxes to pay for the needs of the city? I would rather not be nickel and dimed to death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The whole straw man argument of "we must pay for them or they'll be a burden" is so tiresome. Their just being here leeching off the system is a burden to DC. Didn't DC just have to raise taxes because they couldn't balance the budget?

This program only applies to low income individuals. It's people who would be covered under Medicaid if they were legal. They most definitely will be a burden one way or another if they become ill.

Moreover, since empathy appears to be quite beyond your capability, let's try self-interest. Do you really want the person cooking your food to be unable to afford a doctor's visit to treat his communicable disease? To you want to ride on the Metro next to someone who is sick, but unable to afford medical care?

No. I want the person to go back to where they came from and then apply to come to this country legally like so many of my friends and family did. Many of my friends spent over $150,000 in to get a US education to then be eligible for H1-B (EB2) (which costs about another ten grand) to finally get their green cards. All the while making sure every single I was dotted and T crossed.

Yes, completely agree. I don't want illegals cooking, parking, or doing anything else. If businesses and individuals would stop hiring htem at dirt cheap wages, maybe legal immigrants and US citizens could have these jobs and the businesses and individuals would have to pay a liveable wage.