[investigateworld]

I don't have an answer as to spiraling hospital and medical costs. I do know that if the borders were secure, there would be less of a demand for freebies. How to contain costs, short of sealing the border and being more picky about "legal" immigrants, seems about the only way. I just don't have an answer.

A lady friend of mine, processes court attachments on wages. She tells me that after a notice of attachment, the employers (frequently big box stores/ food service/hospitality (motels and the like) advise the subject is no longer employed there.
Hence, this low wage earner learns to stay off payrolls where 25% us going to be clipped off the top to pay for an ER Room visit.
This puts a legal citizen at an disadvantage, as the illegal simply uses a 000-00-0000 SSAN.
Please tell me the equity of this?

[bayourod]

Productive employees are never a burden on the community. They are the most valuable assets a nation can have. They create the wealth that allows the top 20% of the taxpayers to pay 90% of the taxes.

Despite the hysteria you see on immigration threads, the facts are that our economy is booming, crime is down, taxes are down, unemployment is down, and Americans are enjoying the highest standard of living in our history. (and our culture is not under any imaginable threat except from courts.)

[bayourod]

"I do know that if the borders were secure, there would be less of a demand for freebies"

How many guards per mile do you think it would require to keep laborers out, and how much is that going to cost?