Hey, Democrats: If not ObamaCare, Here's $95 billion of Easy Savings

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The House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says, "We all want to reduce the deficit." However, "There's no more cuts to make," she says. "The cupboard is bare."

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/bobbeauprez/2013/09/30/hey-democrats-if-not-obamacare-heres-95-billion-of-easy-savings-n1712882?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

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[Oldrotorhead]

Take away welfare from all aliens and save a half a trillion dollars or more a year.


Most Illegal Immigrant Families Collect Welfare
April 05, 2011 | 20 Comments
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Surprise, surprise; Census Bureau data reveals that most U.S. families headed by illegal immigrants use taxpayer-funded welfare programs on behalf of their American-born anchor babies.Even before the recession, immigrant households with children used welfare programs at consistently higher rates than natives, according to the extensive census data collected and analyzed by a nonpartisanWashington D.C. group dedicated to researching legal and illegal immigration in the U.S. The results, published this month in a lengthy report, are hardly surprising.Basically, the majority of households across the country benefitting from publicly-funded welfare programs are headed by immigrants, both legal and illegal. States where immigrant households with children have the highest welfare use rates are Arizona (62%), Texas, California and New York with 61% each and Pennsylvania(59%).The study focused on eight major welfare programs that cost the government $517 billion the year they were examined. They include Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for the disabled, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a nutritional program known as Women, Infants and Children (WIC), food stamps, free/reduced school lunch, public housing and health insurance for the poor (Medicaid).Food assistance and Medicaid are the programs most commonly used by illegal immigrants, mainly on behalf of their American-born children who get automatic citizenship. On the other hand, legal immigrant households take advantage of every available welfare program, according to the study, which attributes it to low education level and resulting low income.The highest rate of welfare recipients come from the Dominican Republic (82 %), Mexico and Guatemala (75%) and Ecuador (70%), according to the report, which says welfare use tends to be high for both new arrivals and established residents.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/04/most-illegal-immigrant-families-collect-welfare/

[sinjefe]

Take away welfare from all aliens and save a half a trillion dollars or more a year.


Most Illegal Immigrant Families Collect Welfare
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Surprise, surprise; Census Bureau data reveals that most U.S. families headed by illegal immigrants use taxpayer-funded welfare programs on behalf of their American-born anchor babies.Even before the recession, immigrant households with children used welfare programs at consistently higher rates than natives, according to the extensive census data collected and analyzed by a nonpartisanWashington D.C. group dedicated to researching legal and illegal immigration in the U.S. The results, published this month in a lengthy report, are hardly surprising.Basically, the majority of households across the country benefitting from publicly-funded welfare programs are headed by immigrants, both legal and illegal. States where immigrant households with children have the highest welfare use rates are Arizona (62%), Texas, California and New York with 61% each and Pennsylvania(59%).The study focused on eight major welfare programs that cost the government $517 billion the year they were examined. They include Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for the disabled, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a nutritional program known as Women, Infants and Children (WIC), food stamps, free/reduced school lunch, public housing and health insurance for the poor (Medicaid).Food assistance and Medicaid are the programs most commonly used by illegal immigrants, mainly on behalf of their American-born children who get automatic citizenship. On the other hand, legal immigrant households take advantage of every available welfare program, according to the study, which attributes it to low education level and resulting low income.The highest rate of welfare recipients come from the Dominican Republic (82 %), Mexico and Guatemala (75%) and Ecuador (70%), according to the report, which says welfare use tends to be high for both new arrivals and established residents.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/04/most-illegal-immigrant-families-collect-welfare/

Not surprising, but F---ing unbelievable nonetheless.

[JHD]

This is just so wrong on so many levels.

[Ambush Master]

Plus, anyone receiving ANY government subsidy should have to take a drug test EVERY TIME before they receive it!!! And subsidy = Food Stamps, Welfare, Housing, Health Care, Obamaphones, etc,!!!

[sinjefe]

Plus, anyone receiving ANY government subsidy should have to take a drug test EVERY TIME before they receive it!!! And subsidy = Food Stamps, Welfare, Housing, Health Care, Obamaphones, etc,!!!

And get their tubes tied / vasectomy

[Dusty]

This is just so wrong on so many levels.

lol Welcome to the ObamaNation.

[PedOncoDoc]

And get their tubes tied / vasectomy

I disagree with this statement, as these procedures are typically irreversible, while someone may need a quick hand up to get back on his/her feet and contributing to society.

I am not against monthly welfare checks coming with a depot contraceptive (intramuscular injection) for women and, if similar treatments were available for men, mandatory monthly contraception for those asking for assistance, too.

[PedOncoDoc]

And mandatory survival lessons/ testing?

There's a lot of squirrel, coon, rabbit and other varmints out there that are mighty tasty right outta the snare and stove.

Not to mention all of those feral cats and dogs and sewer rats in the urban setting. It's not about tasting good, it's about not starving to death.

[Oldrotorhead]

Not to mention all of those feral cats and dogs and sewer rats in the urban setting. It's not about tasting good, it's about not starving to death.

I don't like dog much, but cat tastes a little like rabbit if you cool it with veggies and make gravey. At rat once but a vast quantity of booze consumed with the rat dimmed my recollections of the taste.

[sinjefe]

I disagree with this statement, as these procedures are typically irreversible, while someone may need a quick hand up to get back on his/her feet and contributing to society.
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I would disagree with this statement, except that I had a vasectomy, then a vasectomy reversal which did not work, so I guess it is permanent. Doc said: "Here are all the compliactions that might happen, but 80% don't have any issues (this was in1996)." I was in the 20% category and experienced all the complications.;)

[JHD]

I disagree with this statement, as these procedures are typically irreversible, while someone may need a quick hand up to get back on his/her feet and contributing to society.

I am not against monthly welfare checks coming with a depot contraceptive (intramuscular injection) for women and, if similar treatments were available for men, mandatory monthly contraception for those asking for assistance, too.

As a physician, what would you think of a compulsory IUD?

[PedOncoDoc]

As a physician, what would you think of a compulsory IUD?

No way to enforce it staying in - IUDs can fall out spontaneously and they can be removed (and not just by docs). Also, IUDs increase the risk for severe complications of sexually transmitted diseases (pelvic inflammatory disease).


You can't undo an intramuscular injection.

[MR2]

Totally safe...

[Stargazer]

Well, I will once again be writing to the children on the Hill about this helpful report. Honest to goodness, if people don't start burning fires under their derriere's...