tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198915255127038100.post3774721230409868701..comments2023-09-01T05:27:58.305-04:00Comments on The Hourly G: Don’t Mess With Texas—They’re Messed Up Enough As It IsGonzalo Lirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10596675676272535336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198915255127038100.post-37688800535536007882011-02-23T12:15:33.354-05:002011-02-23T12:15:33.354-05:00GL,
Texas HAS medical care for the poor. Every r...GL,<br /><br />Texas HAS medical care for the poor. Every region has special taxing districts specifically FOR this purpose. Most of the money for hospitals does not come out of the state budget, but local taxing authorities.<br /><br />The big problem is the illegals... they know how to scam the system.<br /><br />Two months ago I was in an accident with an illegal, had no insurance, had no driver's license. She pretended she couldn't speak English. No damage to the car. 87 days later she called me on the telephone to ask me money for "pain medication" with perfect English. 89 days after the event she called up the insurance company who gave her several hundred dollars just to not waste their time.<br /><br />Check out this report:<br />http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/undocumented/undocumented.pdf<br /><br />Medicaid expendurtes for illegals in 2005 were $96 BILLION<br /><br />In 2005 the local sheriff's counties combined spent $49 BILLION dealing with ILLEGALS WHO CONDUCT CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES (most illegals aren't hassled.)<br /><br />That is not even getting into the number of illegals in prison or in schools.<br /><br />And the illegals know how to game the system. There was a fund established by the state to help "Children with Special Health Care Needs". In 2005 they spent $4 million on Texas Citizens and Legal Residents (Including Legal immigrants) and $16 million on illegals! For every $1 a Texas resident received through this program illegals were given $4!<br /><br />So what is this shortfall? A deficit of $27 Billion? I can tell you how to make that up real quick.<br /><br />Texas has a problem with its budget because it has a problem with illegal immigration. This is not to be confused with legal migration. This is in place because politicians in Washington see Texas as an "enemy" and want to permanently alter the demographics in order to secure a malleable voting block.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198915255127038100.post-16149553272181079872011-02-09T19:23:31.153-05:002011-02-09T19:23:31.153-05:00It seems that cutting benefits etc... would be the...It seems that cutting benefits etc... would be the equivalent to using a squirt gun to put out a forest fire..that's all. It blindly addresses the real problem at hand. The holographic monetary model that we adhere to.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198915255127038100.post-42780741128057725132011-02-01T23:47:49.550-05:002011-02-01T23:47:49.550-05:00GL,
What would you do if you had a million illega...GL,<br /><br />What would you do if you had a million illegal residents in your locale, draining government resources? I don't have any answers, but I do know that running a deficit like that sure is a quick path to "hell".<br /><br />I had no idea that Texas is just another "California".<br /><br />-Dave in MOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198915255127038100.post-92096637156183634652011-01-31T12:24:50.474-05:002011-01-31T12:24:50.474-05:00Preposterous.
States do not need to cut services a...Preposterous.<br />States do not need to cut services at all.<br />Instead they need to scrap union wages, scrap absurd union benefits, get rid of collective bargaining for unions, and get rid of prevailing wage laws. <br /><br />Not a single teacher, firefighter, or police officer need be fired. <br /><br />The problem is public union wages and benefits are bankrupting states. I have explained this 100 times. Some people simply cannot read.<br /><br />Mishmikeshedlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844630325255577301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198915255127038100.post-6713946325496746562011-01-31T08:43:47.223-05:002011-01-31T08:43:47.223-05:00"People like Mish Shedlock who constantly har..."People like Mish Shedlock who constantly harp about the union and the taxes fail explain that the only way a low-tax, pro-business, no-union situation can exist is to cut services—drastically. Or not have them at all."<br /> Mish talks about doing away with services all the time, I don't agree with him, but he does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com