I don't know about that, but Medicaid will not survive two years after this bill passes, which may have been Kennedy's plan all along.
To have a socialist government, you need a proletariat. Our economy has been very poor at generating a lower class - so, we import one. Le voilà ! Instant proles!
NAILED IT!
Every communist state has as its supporting base a large group of under class citizens who are incapable of integrating into society because of skills, education, or for cultural reasons. As you can witness of an given day, illegals do not intend to assimilate.
98% of them will always be low income earners. These are the people that are easily persuaded when the politicos play the envy card. All Hugo Chavez will have to do is get the new Russian AK's to them and you have an in-place army ready to fight for their "fair share."
I realize you understand this. I simply wanted to reiterate the point.