More than 40 conservative talk radio hosts from across the country - including Lou Dobbs - gathered in the nation's capital to pressure Congress and the Obama administration to slam the door on illegal immigrants.
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Showing posts with label immigration. Show all posts
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Conservative Talk Radio Hosts Descend on Washington to Make Immigration Demands
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112876325
More than 40 conservative talk radio hosts from across the country - including Lou Dobbs - gathered in the nation's capital to pressure Congress and the Obama administration to slam the door on illegal immigrants.
More than 40 conservative talk radio hosts from across the country - including Lou Dobbs - gathered in the nation's capital to pressure Congress and the Obama administration to slam the door on illegal immigrants.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Why Not Cover Undocumented Migrants?
http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/4871/why_not_cover_undocumented_migrants
Here's an article offering POV you won't find elsewhere -- especially in these racially charged times in which angry people look for any scapegoat.
Most of you don't know that "illegals" pay taxes to the tune of 12 billion per year. In addition, they will never get the services they pay taxes for -- not saying it's wrong or right, just pointing out a little stated truth. This article proposes something radical: a common sense approach to a social issue...
"The political calculus is obvious. Americans are in an ugly mood and nothing riles up the bigots like the prospect of subsidizing "illegals." What they don't realize is that it would probably cost more to exclude undocumented migrants than to allow anyone to pay into the public option, regardless of citizenship.
First off, illnesses and accidents don't discriminate by status, and unpaid medical bills drive up prices for everyone.
More importantly, insurance is about spreading risk. All else being equal, the more premium-paying members an insurance plan has, the cheaper it will be for everyone."
Here's an article offering POV you won't find elsewhere -- especially in these racially charged times in which angry people look for any scapegoat.
Most of you don't know that "illegals" pay taxes to the tune of 12 billion per year. In addition, they will never get the services they pay taxes for -- not saying it's wrong or right, just pointing out a little stated truth. This article proposes something radical: a common sense approach to a social issue...
"The political calculus is obvious. Americans are in an ugly mood and nothing riles up the bigots like the prospect of subsidizing "illegals." What they don't realize is that it would probably cost more to exclude undocumented migrants than to allow anyone to pay into the public option, regardless of citizenship.
First off, illnesses and accidents don't discriminate by status, and unpaid medical bills drive up prices for everyone.
More importantly, insurance is about spreading risk. All else being equal, the more premium-paying members an insurance plan has, the cheaper it will be for everyone."
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Health Reform Backlash Seen Fanning Extremism
http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c37_a16645/News/National.html
Uhhh, ya think?
These people are using something as benign as health care reform to do what they would have done anyway: incite hate and act hateful.
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“In a way it’s a perfect storm,” said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. “The economic crisis, last year’s tensions on the immigration issue and, some would say, the election of Barack Obama are all festering in extremist circles, looking for an outlet.”
The apparent outlet is a health care reform backlash that has dominated this summer’s headlines. The resulting furor has greatly dimmed the Democrats’ chances of enacting meaningful reform his year. And it has also set off alarm bells in Jewish boardrooms.
“It’s the same kind of unfocused rage we saw a few years ago on the issue of illegal immigration,” said a leading Jewish community relations activist who asked that his name not be used. “In polls, people say they know there’s something wrong with the health care system. But flash the words ‘euthanasia’ and ‘Nazi’ and ‘socialism’ in front of them, and it taps all this built-up anger and the hunt for scapegoats.”
Uhhh, ya think?
These people are using something as benign as health care reform to do what they would have done anyway: incite hate and act hateful.
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“In a way it’s a perfect storm,” said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. “The economic crisis, last year’s tensions on the immigration issue and, some would say, the election of Barack Obama are all festering in extremist circles, looking for an outlet.”
The apparent outlet is a health care reform backlash that has dominated this summer’s headlines. The resulting furor has greatly dimmed the Democrats’ chances of enacting meaningful reform his year. And it has also set off alarm bells in Jewish boardrooms.
“It’s the same kind of unfocused rage we saw a few years ago on the issue of illegal immigration,” said a leading Jewish community relations activist who asked that his name not be used. “In polls, people say they know there’s something wrong with the health care system. But flash the words ‘euthanasia’ and ‘Nazi’ and ‘socialism’ in front of them, and it taps all this built-up anger and the hunt for scapegoats.”
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