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The OBL and the pro Mexican lobby hate the idea of personal responsibility. That is what this idea of Mitt's addresses in the end.

In your dreams. This proposal is going to apply to people who have over a certain level of income (those who don't qualify for Medicaid). Officially, many illegals have no income, because they get paid under the table. Almost all the rest have very little, and would qualify for Medicaid. They don't pay much in the way of income taxes to begin with, so there isn't going to be much of anything to withhold from them. The state's still going to keep playing the cutesy little "don't ask/don't tell" game with them.

So you agree those who have income should pay.

They should be required to pay for the care they actually receive, yes. Doesn't mean they should be preemptively required by law to pay for the care they might receive. It'd be smart for them to do so, so as to avoid the consequences of receiving a bill that's over their head financially and having all their assets taken away in order to pay for it, but that's their choice.

Wouldn't it be just great though to make the criminal alien at least be required to show they have no income? The next question would be, how do you earn a living? The next question would be, whom do you work for? The next thing would be either to deport the alien, deny them free care, or force them to begin the process of paying taxes and then becoming a responsible person in his newly civilized world, by paying into an insurance pool.

See, Mitt has it figured out I think. The criminal alien problem cuts across all political boundaries and it would be too bold for him to say, just throw them all out. But for him to tackle a problem while putting the aliens on notice that they must participate as an American would and not a Mexican then he gets a twofer. He cuts the cost of medical care to the taxpayer and forces responsibility and at the same time, identifies the alien element.