In Monday's Washington Post, page 3, 01/01/10, there was a big article about people (illegals I assume) demonstrating because immigration reform has not been addressed to their satisfaction by Obama. Many parties were quoted, who mainly said there was little or no chance of increasing immigration in a country with a 10% unemployment rate. Frank Sharry was also quoted as saying it was a long shot.
In the same paper there was an article about Pontiac Michigan, which formerly had 23,000 auto workers and now has 3000. Pontiac sold the Dome where the Detroit Lions used to play - which was built for $55 million - for $538,000. In a column on health care, it was noted that Medicaid and Medicare made up 22% of our GNP in 2008; it is expected to increase to 28% by 2020.
I won't begin to address the financial drain that immigrants are making upon Medicaid here in WDC, and how the losses we sustain bleed the hospitals. I can tell you that we are seeing people here who will spend their lives living off of public funds, and never contibute to the tax base.
Courtesy of an Irish American medical professional
Washington, DC area
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Every day I see in my state government position, how much more difficult it has become to enforce the most simple provisions of the law, even where the immigrant is attempting to operate in good faith.
"The Prosecutor"
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