re: #1015 LionOfDixon

One other thing about why this thing stinks to high heaven:
Where the hell does the government get off giving cradle to grave health care to illegal aliens? Why should my tax money go to ensuring that an illegal alien has the same health benefits has me or my family?
The fact that Dems. want illegals to be covered clearly shows that they see this as a tool for aggregating political power…not for anything to do with improving care or decreasing costs.

Sure it does. Within the next year, or two at the most, there will be renewed calls for an amnesty program to the illegal aliens already in the country. And by then, with deficits soaring into the stratosphere and a whopping new health coverage entitlement about to make even those numbers look tiny in comparison, the excuse will be ready-made - adding them to the legal populace will expand the tax base! So what was pitched as “free” health care, and then became a stone around the economy’s neck when it’s costs became apparent, will now be made “affordable” by taxing the newly naturalized workforce.