Quote from OPTIONAL777:
I don't know where you get the idea that the emergency room can solve all medical problems, prescribe all necessary medication, etc.
I think the anchor baby issue is needs to be addressed, and I oppose illegal immigration.
However, this is essentially, and fundamentally a supply demand issue, and if there were no demand for cheap illegal labor, the problem would not exist as it does today.
Just like most of the problems we deal with, have to do with demand at their foundation, not supply.
Illegal drugs? Demand.
Prostitution? Demand.
Illegal aliens? Demand.
Terrorism? Demand for justice from our interfering behavior in the middle east.
Rodent problem? Remove the food rodents eat.
Ants? Clean the house.
Disease? Eat healthier foods.
Rarely does the right or the left address the real reason for the problems...they try to deal with the problem on the level of the problem, not addressing the cause of the problem...then it just becomes all noise and political bullshit.
I agree it is time to stop the bullshit, but you act as if the war on illegal aliens is going to be successful when it will fail like all other attempts to stop the supply when the demand continues...
You start with the demand, and the supply is dealt with automatically.
If I can't pay for a doctor, and have no other recourse I can always go to the emergency room and get treated. I didn't say it was the end all answer, but it goes on all day, every day and you and I are picking up the bill for it.
The problem has been addressed, there's laws on the books that make it illegal to employ anyone illegally, then enforce it. Everyone wants to bash Bush, but at least he tried to get some things going but found no support in congress, but that still doesn't address the problem of not enforcing the laws.
So things finally start to hit critical mass because the Federal level refuses to deal with the issue. Now the States, those who actually have to deal with the situation, start to take the matter into their own hands, and instead of support, the get shit from the Feds.
Deal with the supply, Yes. This law does not get in the way of that, it only helps state law enforcement to do just that.
It doesn't matter what new law is passed to try and deal with the situation, they ALL are deemed racial and bad.