Welcome to the brave new Turd World.
While I agree that we have to do something about healthcare and health insurance and prescription costs for certain income groups (which we can’t afford to do for illegals)and something about the older boomers and older who didn’t provide for themselves in retirement (not illegal aliens who Obama wants to legalize), Europe and Canada are not the correct models to follow and it is especially not correct for those of us under 55 where even in a depression, we can earn far more on the market or those of us who are over 55 who may still work until mid 70’s since they are in better health and they have a chance to make it. I have been to both areas along with Africa and socialism is not the way to go, people are encouraged to do euthansia for certain ages and illnesses, the public hospitals and schools are so backed up that people go to India and Eastern Europe for healthcare since there is a two year wait on a dentist and many are jumping on the home school band wagon or other private schools since the public schools are shot. Belgium and France are so full of illegal aliens now that the taxes are so high to acommadate them all and you don’t see what these countries were originally. The things that make us unique was our rugged individualism and the fact we allowed the common man to go to be whatever she or he wanted instead of what was assigned to us as an occupation and the fact we kicked out a king over two hundred years ago. These fundamental things are what make us American and not European. The EU has gone too far and other than the environment, I am not willing to join them on anything and cheered the Irish on when they voted the EU down. Perhaps Bush went too far with his tax cuts in the wrong places and little government oversight but this started before this Bush but socialism and open borders is not the way too go. But then I am a Puma and this is what I have experienced. But I know that there is a compromise here that is cost effective but government nannycare for all is not the way to go. If it were, then why does India have a thriving medical tourism trade? I don’t want my children assigned careers either, I want them to have the right to choose their occumpation and I don’t think I should have to pay fo 12 million illegal aliens who gave our laws the middle finger and took American jobs just because their employer tried to save a buck and Mexico wants to pull a Cuba and export its undesirables. We can’t afford Mexico. Charity begins at home. Nothing wrong with Legal Immigrants (and many are getting screwed by illegal aliens too). But this issue with illegal aliens is probably the number one contributor to our economic woes and socialism is not the cureall either.