A little off topic - but then I think ranting about the illegals and their hidden and not so hidden costs to this nation is never off topic - it is the topic!!
Our daughter in law took our 3 year old grandson to the ER last night. He was having trouble breathing and running a high fever. He has severe allergies. They live in the country and they normally use a hospital that is in another town about 17 miles from their home. It just happens to also be the city/county, as well only hospital. She got there said the ER was filled with Mexicans and they told her it would be a 4 hour wait. She drove back the 17 miles, then 15 more to another town with a small Presbyterian Hospital and they took the baby right in. Lots of hidden costs.
I don't know where all these Mexicans in that area work, but a large percentage work for Pilgrim's Pride Poultry. We are paying for his worker's medical care, so he can 'create wealth'.
No ranting about this is all very ON-TOPIC!
While listening to them try to get admitted, I was full of compassion (yeah, we conservatives do feel that). I remembered that I didn't have insurance when my two chilkdren were born because we were self-employed and couldn't afford it. I had to pay up front before being admitted to the hospital, and I was out collecting money owed to us the morning my water broke.
It was a scary time and when I saw this young Hispanic couple who didn't seem to have much, I was seriously thinking about giving them the $100 bill I have kept hidden in my billfold for years against the day I might need it. When they said they had Medicaide, I knew I had already given them enough.
I hope your grandson is getting better. :-)
Hope you little grandson is feeling much better.
FRegards,
Tell your daughter to tear up EVERY bit on carpet in her house,and throw it away. If she can't afford waxed hardwood floors,she can paint the plywood and use throw rugs. Throw rugs small enough to wash in the machine. She might also want to open the bedroom window in the child's bedroom a small amount to let in fresh air. Seriously.
A major trauma center here in the Los Angeles area is about to be shut down unless the voters bail it out with tax money. Reason? Too many uninsured charity cases (illegal aliens). We pay, they benefit.