I get tired of this subject because people don't realize the facts and they argue it based on the propaganda they are victims of.
We already pay for healthcare for everyone in this country, legal or otherwise. Hospitals are prevented by law from turning away patients - they serve anyone who shows up at their door. We develop[ meds, give them to companies and then the charge us more than Canadians for the meds we created? We pay insurance companies a fortune when the government administers healthcare for a fraction of that cost. So the fact is, Medicare for all will get people into a cheaper cost model as opposed to running to the emergency room for a cold. It would stop letting insurance companies loot us and take the profit motive out of administering healthcare. And finally limit the profits on medicines to 10%. These are all totally rational moves that would stabilize the system almost immediately. How stupid is it to keep parroting "I don't want no socialize medicine" while year after year threaten to destabilize the mortgage industry and the economy in general?
Mexicans are not pouring into this country. Illegal immigration is going down as a trend, not up. Further, all facts show we need immigrant labor and they are a net asset to the US economy. That's why businesses continue to depend on them. The people at the border are refuges. They are running killer gangs in their native lands. Gangs who are flourishing because of the US pulling back cash and military support to small overwhelmed governments who sell out their country to save their lives and the lives of their families. BTW, these people are coming to existing ports of entry, not sneaking across the line so a fence is not a solution (sorry, fact).
What is taking your jobs are machines. It's going to get worse, much worse. Those sci-fi movies are not fiction, they are documentaries of a robot industry that is waiting for the political environment that allows them to replace you. Soon computers will take over white collar jobs and your company is foaming at the mouth to cut large numbers of very expensive staff in favor of machines. The truth is in less than 20 years, there will be little need for human labor. These are huge redefining changes few are prepared for or even have a clue of what to do about them.
Yes rich pay a lot in income taxes but that's a small part of the story. First, filthy people don't pay income taxes. The take $1 salaries and make their income from capital gains. That's why capital gains are only taxed at 15%. The rich spend about 1% of their income on living expenses, we spend 70%+ So average people spend nearly all of their money drive the economy. So we are putting the money into the hands of the rich and in return we are on your own to retire and for healthcare.
So if you are angry about welfare, minorities, women, or immigrants you've been punked. The rich are stealing your future and like a magician getting you go for their misdirection while they do it.
