His stance on illegal immigration is worrisome to me and my friends. Have not had a chance to speak with them about the debate last night.
His comment about not having a heart if you don't agree with illegals children being able to attend college ( at tax payer expense ) has soured me quite a bit. Can't understand how he didn't take Mitt apart last night.
“His stance on illegal immigration”
I think you’d find many here in Texas have a similar stance. It’s not really about the purity of the question, “illegals or not illegals” it’s about focusing on effect. We see illegals every day. In fact it’s pretty hard not to do business with somebody that has them somewhere in the food chain - either in their business or in one of their supplier’s business. It tends to give people bigger picture attitude, something like:
The illegal gets free health care, free education*, and if they are really bold and good, free food stamps. They contribute low cost labor. So what they cost us is the difference between lower prices and the health care and other benefits.
(I put an astrisk next to education because in actuality, they don’t get free education. We have no income tax, and education is paid for by property tax. If you have a duplex with one side rented to a US citizen, and one side rented to an illegal, the property owner pays the same school property tax regardless. And he’s paying that out of the rent he collects, so who got anything for free?)
Meanwhile, the welfare receipient gets free healthcare, truely free education (government housing), free food stamps
and $832 to $1400+ every month. They contribute only higher crime rates.
The typical old time Texan attitude around here tends to be, “I’ll keep them messkins, they work, let’s deport all them welfare people.” I guess that’s reason most people down here just don’t get as worked about illegals as they do in other places.