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[Mr Puggsly]

the-pi-guy said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Is the offering of benefits, sanctuary cities and discouraging enforcment of throwing illegals not examples of enouragement? Meh... maybe Im just making assumptions...

>benefits

Illegals aren't getting massive benefits.

>sanctuary city

Are set up so that illegal immigrants can call on crime.  For example if an illegal immigrant sees someone getting murdered, they can call the police without worrying about repercussions.  

Mr Puggsly said:

You seem to have the impression I support republicans blindly. I am not registered as one.

And I'm not registered as a Democrat.  

Mr Puggsly said:

Hehe, you really believe tax hikes would only be on the rich? Thats funny, naive and not reflectice of other welfare states.

Middle class would get taxed for the healthcare, but it'd be replacing their existing healthcare costs.  

Mr Puggsly said:

California's growth has gone down significantly. People are escaping or simply not moving there in the significant numbers because its becoming a liberal shithole. I live in Arizona and I meet people who moved from blue states regularly. Its the same reason everytime why they moved, cost of living. So if you have the impression dems only wanna tax the rich...

Cost of living is so high because there literally isn't enough houses for the people in the state.  

It's not purely because taxes are high.

Mr Puggsly said:

That's the thing, dems want to little to no limit on the number of people entering while giving them all free stuff like healthcare. That literally is dealing with the world's problems. The failures of those countries is causing this illegal immigration. Yet those corrupt leaders stay in power and we are expected to pay bills of their people.

>dems want to little to no limit on the number of people 

False.  Just because dems don't think spending billions on a border wall is worth it, doesn't mean they want everyone to come over.  Most illegal immigrants aren't going to be stopped by a wall.  

Mr Puggsly said:

Its a good deal for those countries though. The remittances Mexico gets is a nice boost for their economy and a free welfare system.

Unlike the US, Mexico has a universal healthcare system.

Mr Puggsly said:

Now maybe youre thinking if they all just become citizens they can pay taxes too! But the problem is they would not generate enough tax revenue to support a welfare state unless we are all taxed heavily... like other social states. You also cant tax the rich too much or they just leave, other social states consider that as well.

Yes all those other social states with low unemployment.  

Mr Puggsly said:

Do a little research please, your ideology doesnt work.

Seeing as you:

-don't understand my ideology, shown by such beliefs as: "dems want to little to no limit on the number of people entering"

-are vastly overstating the welfare/illegal immigration problems

I would say you're the one in need of doing some research.  

In the imaginary world where 10's of million of people are illegally coming to the US, and are being given 10's of thousands of dollars just for sitting on their behinds, you are absolutely correct.  

In the real world though, there are only about 11 million illegal immigrants and that number has been consistently falling over the past 10 years.  

And they aren't being given massive amounts of money.

The biggest expense for the US is the elderly with medicare and social security.  

It's not the poor, it's not the illegal immigrants.  It is the elderly by far.  

Mr Puggsly said:

The concept of universal healthcare is nice, its just paying for it thing people won't like. We're gonna need a massive tax hike and that is going to push many millions of people out of private healthcare.

Again, what the democrats are proposing is far more ambitious and generous than what other countries provide. Especially if we have a massive number of people entering legally or otherwise.

I've gotten to a point I actually wish democrats were actually honest about what Europe or Canada actually provide, be honest who is affected by the taxes (spoiler: not just the rich) and of course admit other countries aren't as generous as democrats want to be. I also don't believe the other western countries have the same number of illegals coming in either. I assure you the democrats in the US do not want to just emulate other countries, that isn't ambitious or irresponsible enough.

>what the democrats are proposing is far more ambitious and generous than what other countries provide

How so?

I suppose it becomes a debate on how many billions of dollars is massive support for illegals.

In practice sanctuary are more like cities illegals simply dwell in and may even get benefits, even if they commit crimes. I dont understand this myth that police kick out every illegal they see. If thats the case then theyre doing a terrible job.

Politically Im where center used to be. Your arguments have always been left of that. Dems right now are in the far left. Republicans have found themselves more to the center, unless its a very conservative state. I dont agree with all republican views but I find myself siding with them more just for being closer to the center.

What if the middle class cant afford the tax hikes along with a private healthcare premium? Dems dont want to admit that will happen with their plans. Democrats want options, high taxes reduce options so the politicians lie.

Its a mix of high taxes and too many regulations that have people fleeing blue states. The thing is you arent acknowleding democratic cities have thrived in the past and are seeing a massive decline in recent years. If they were simply run better they would keep growing. People want to live in big cities and democrats keep chasing people away.

In the grand scheme of our spending on the wall is a drop in the bucket. Many more billions go to dealing with illegals. The wall works but not on its own and frankly has become symbolic. Simply throwing illegals out would actually kill demand for a wall.

I did a quick searxh on Mexico's welfare in general, its pathetic and I dont see universal healthcare.

High taxes arent something the dems can run on. They are trying to convince people it will be paid by the rich. Its a lie and many of the illegals wont be able to pay much tax and provide for themselves entirely. They arent exactly highly educated.

We dont know how many illegals are actually in the country, now count is really done for ideological teasons. Estimates vary from 10 to 20 million. Some estimates believe 100K enter monthly. Another $4 billion just went to providing additional care for illegals coming. The whole thing is a mess, thats reality. What has declined is people coming from Mexico while people from other countries has increased.

Indeed, a lot of resources does go to the elderly and rightfully so. Perhaps we arent collecting enough taxes to simply take care of that, perhaps people retire too early and maybe the government is doing a terrible job negotiating healthcare costs (because they suck with money). Essentially we have a government doing a terrible job balancing our current budget yet want to spend significantly more with new social programs. You're actually helping my argument.

I've argued if our government can't find a way to provide reasonably priced healthcare for 100+ million of whatever number they provide for. What good can we expect from another 150 million they hope to take from private providers?