Posted on 03/21/2007 9:20:12 PM PDT by Huntress
What about private medical providers, Mr. Wailoo? Are they paid for the the services rendered to illegal aliens?
An 'undocumented immigrant' is an 'illegal alien that is breaking out law.
I never take seriously any claims people make without backing them up. This guy uses the "studies show" line of BS, without saying which studies and from where.
Is this guy on the same planet as the rest of us?
Is this guy on the same planet as the rest of us?
Okay, illegals pay the taxes to cover their "healthcare." Now, unto the burden they create in DWL, DWI, and DUI acccidents with fatalities. For starters.
"Okay, illegals pay the taxes to cover their "healthcare."
And if the illegal aliens hadn't stolen the jobs rightfully belonging to American citizens, American citizens would have paid those taxes to pay for their healthcare.
You're rigght. I shoulda put "pay" in quotations...
How many children does the typical illegal have in school?
Just one family with three kids is receiving nearly $30,000 in state services every year they are in school. How many working illegals without children does it take to pay that back in taxes?
I do not believe that they pay anywhere near what they cost us in just education expenses. Now add medical care, law enforcement, court time and prison time and is way over the top.
I googled Texas undocumented workers and health care and came up with a study by the Texas comptroller published last December. Carole Keeton Strayhorn issued the study which said undocumented workers added $1.58 billion in state revenue and used $1.16 billion in state services. In the same paragraph, in fact immediately following those figures, the article also states "However, local governments bore the burden of about $1.44 billion in uncompensated health care costs and local law enforcement costs not paid for by the state." So the good professor cherrypicked the study and disregarded the costs that the state does not directly pay through general funds.
Nam Vet
That is BS. My husband makes way more money than an illegal, the taxes he pays could not cover the cost of childbirth and healthcare for our entire family. And why are hospitals closing at such a rapid rate? Cause the illegals don't pay.
Gee, wonder who's SS# is being used to pay those taxes? What form of ID is the mother using to get her health insurance and a job?
Where's the GD Barf Alert?
#3 may be the only one that makes sense but he is only guessing?
If the author is to be believed, the costs were borne by a combination of her mother's health insurance, and a private benefactor (whose name was given, btw).
Here is the Texas Comptroller's report. (You could easily have found it yourself, you know.... the guy did reference it pretty specifically. I found it on the very first try.)
The report states that there are significant costs associated with illegal immigration. On balance, however, report concludes that:
The Comptroller’s office estimates the absence of the estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants in Texas in fiscal 2005 would have been a loss to our Gross State Product of $17.7 billion. Also, the Comptroller’s office estimates that state revenues collected from undocumented immigrants exceed what the state spent on services, with the difference being $424.7 million
So ... will you take his claim seriously now?
I wasn't talking about Jessica, I was talking about the Texas Comptrollers claim. Also, there is another post on this thread where someone actually looked up the report and pointed out that the reporter cherry picked this claim.
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