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Legalizing illegal immigrants is the solution to Obamacare: Democrat
2013-11-17
Rep. Jared Polis said Friday the key problem with health care right now is that illegal immigrants aren't included in Obamacare, and said part of the solution is to pass a bill granting them citizenship rights.

The House is debating a GOP-written bill that would allow Americans to keep their health plans that have been canceled under Obamacare, but Mr. Polis, a Colorado Democrat, said the chamber should instead be looking at ways to make sure everyone in the country is covered by the Affordable Care Act -- including illegal immigrants.

"American citizens are essentially being forced to pay for the health care costs of people who are here illegally every day, until we pass comprehensive immigration reform," he said. "We're wondering why rates are going up. ... It's no surprise. When somebody doesn't have insurance, their costs are shifted onto other people that do."
Let's load up ObamaCare with poor immigrants who have lots of kids and also that will bring in millions of their poor relatives once they have citizenship/Documented Democrat status. The tax payers and those who actually pay for insurance will save money because all these people will have free subsidized health insurance. To a Liberal this actually makes sense because regardless the cost they will be reelected in perpetuity.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#16  What kind of khat is this guy chewing?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2013-11-17 21:21  

#15  ...gee, sounds like such a reasonable solution to a problem created by party with the solution. Do you think that, just maybe, Cmdr. Zero has threatened to veto anything that takes the heat off the Obamacare debacle other than Immigration "Reform."

So, big business gets cheaper serfs labor = more profits (assuming good business model;
Unions and Democrats get more serfs voters;
So Unions can run an extortion racket and Democrats can continue the process of taking taxing away from businesses and serfs voters;
Then "redistribute" to the serfs voters (after first passing through whatever money-snagging conduits laws they have made available using business-paid lobbyists (lawyers), they to help design money-snagging conduits laws benefiting businesses.

And what facilitates this process are our elected representatives, also lawyers.

My head hurts...
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2013-11-17 20:32  

#14  Legalizing illegal immigrants is the solution for ... everything.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2013-11-17 20:06  

#13  Or . . . we could get serious about deporting illegals, and repeal Obamacare. So crazy it just might work!
Posted by: RandomJD   2013-11-17 14:42  

#12  No worries Bobby. We always need material for snark and sporking.
Posted by: Steve White   2013-11-17 14:16  

#11  U.S. business leader remains confident Boehner will seek immigration reform increase competition for lower class jobs and lower wages making the upper classes yet more wealthy.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-11-17 14:13  

#10  I wouldn't say it's stupid - more like a low-life animal cunning.

Last year, Governor Brown managed to convince California voters to approve a tax increase to "fund education." Left out was that said tax increase freed up state funds already earmarked for education. Hence more money in the state's general fund for use elsewhere.

This would be essentially the same move, but more devious. As GBUSMC sed, it would pull money from citizens and business (like a tax would,) to buy votes from particular interest groups, and free up funds at the federal and state levels for buying even more votes.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-11-17 12:51  

#9  Alec Baldwin rates a four gauge cluster.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-11-17 11:07  

#8  I am so borrowing the Stupidity Meter for the Burg.
Posted by: Steve White   2013-11-17 10:45  

#7  Really ? A thought on his "Brilliant Idea"



<----- Rep. Jared Polis, Colorado Democrat
Posted by: Tiny Elmineck5004   2013-11-17 10:18  

#6  Speaker of the House Boehner has already said immigration will not be addressed this year.

Hmm, that's interesting. Because some nimrod with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called Thomas Donohue seems to think Boehner is going to deliver up sweeping immigration reform on a silver platter.

U.S. business leader remains confident Boehner will seek immigration reform
Posted by: Secret Asian Man   2013-11-17 10:05  

#5  More likely the esteemed Congressman from Colorado is thinking that employers will be paying to put their employed illegals on insurance. "American citizens" will still be paying, just not directly through taxes.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-11-17 09:44  

#4  Speaker of the House Boehner has already said immigration will not be addressed this year. There's no point because he doesn't have enough votes within his party.
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-11-17 08:45  

#3  The stupider party? Math is hard for these people. We need an ASVAB for national government elected and appointed positions. Maybe not necessarily as a qualification per the Constitution, but so we can publicly post their scores just like existing public filing requirements.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-11-17 08:10  

#2  So, with citizenship comes instant insurance? Who knew?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2013-11-17 05:28  

#1  Not "Justice for Palestinians"? I'm disappointed.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-11-17 02:55  

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