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[Senior]

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[The Happy Warrior]

I wonder if anyone supports Arizona's new immigration bill.

[mises]

[bacasper]

[The Happy Warrior]

[mises]

I made no comment on the bill. I referenced your assertion that pushing immigration reform will help Republicans.

[Pluto]

Electorally, this will most likely be beneficial to Republicans.

[ontheway]

[Jandar]

On Socialism

I am using the internet at the library today.

My home is protected by a volunteer fire department.

The kids in my neighborhood are in school.

I drove on a highway to get here it was paved.

I ate at least one product containing subsidized corn today.

I visited a national park on my vacation.

So what's wrong with that?

[Adventurer]

There should be something done to restrict illegal immigration via the border and enforcement. What should be done about illegal immigration? I don't dislike illegal immigrants. Many work very hard and are good people, but in many cases their children don't assimilate very well in the larger culture due to the huge influx of Mexicans who, in too many cases, are illegal. There are many legal Mexicans, of course. Should there be amnesty? Perhaps, there should be. If that's done their should be clear legislation regarding those who are here illegaly after that date and those who give them housing and services in order to discourage illegal immigration. Illegal immigration is unfair to legal immigrants.

As far as socialism of the Western European variety, Jandar is correct that we have paved roads, public schools, and fire departments and in a small sense such communitarian things are socialistic in nature. Socialism entails communitarian ideas. If you have communism, however, it entails a command economy, but not your run of the mill socialist systems. It's a question of degrees.

Let's look at health care. In the United States, if you have health insurance make sure you do not get very ill, get breast cancer, or get pregnant. You may get dropped. No, it's not misogyny. It's simply profit making mixed with medical care. One woman who was a businesswoman
became so poor after she got dropped. Many business people have opposed universal health care, but too many overestimate the willingness of insurance companies to cover them.

I think the government should build more public hospitals in major cities to put pressure on the insurance companies, to hold them more accountable. When the public sector is too weak vis-a-vis the private sector, then the extremely wealthy through various institutions can go against the public good.

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[Zilong]

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