OK folks, we are now moving beyond the surreal and into the territory of,
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary...[/QUOTE]
[url]http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/28/liberals-seek-health-care-access-for-illegals/[/URL]
Lets get a couple of things straight before my head explodes. First, people who are not here legally, are, ILLEGAL aliens. Not "undocumented residents" or some other pc nonsense. Second, I'm against the current efforts to "reform" the health insurance and care system, because Idon't believe this effort has anything to do with healthcare.
Sooo... we have a gentleman from California () who wants to propose social legislation. The same Cali that is another bailout waiting in the wings, because their state government budget has exploded, despite the people voting to deny illegals any state benefits and being overruled by the appointed legislature of the judiciary (Prop 187). The legislators from Cali should be barred from introducing or voting on anyappropriations bills unitl their state an get back into the black...
La Raza speaks...The National Council of La Raza launched its own "flood their voice mail" campaign last week to put pressure on Mr. Baucus to expand coverage in his proposal to include all legal immigrants and to drop verification language in the legislation that would prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining coverage.
The more I try to analyze the events of the last 5 years or so, the more I become convinced that we are fulfillng a destiny. There are numerous points at which a different decision and thus outcome COULD have been made and these points have come more frequently and of greater significance than before. But, we keep heading towards the cliff, ignoring the "bridge out" signs, actually stoking the coal to the engine faster...
I don't know where this will end up, but in no way do I see it being an improvement from 25 years ago, 10 years ago or even today.
Jeff B.