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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Not let it go? I'm not even going to bother to respond to you.
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Good. When you engage in sophistry and try to change the issue from “How much of this HC for undocumenteds will be subsidized?” (Nearly all of it) to “But... Undocumenteds do pay taxes,” you’d do well to not reply.
I did not state that illegals paid no taxes. That’s your straw man, to avoid discussing how much of their coverage will be subsidized. The Post saw through that, which should tell you something about how wise it is to attempt that redirection.
On average, undocumented immigrants do not earn anywhere near enough to pay for any significant potion of health insurance. Don’t like that fact? Take it up with Vox, which cited @ $20 bill paid by over 11 mil undocumented taxpayers (state and fed). Show me how people paying taxes that small can afford to pay for anything close to even half of health insurance.
Oh, wait, are you arguing that $ 20 bil should be credited entirely to payment for this new health insurance for them? No, because that’s theoretically taking that money away from the states and feds and directing it all to this new HC insurance. That’s just a different kind of subsidy.
This new HC for undocumenteds is heavily to nearly entirely subsidized. They simply don’t earn enough to significantly contribute.
I have no issue with that subsidy, by the way, as undocumenteds tend to be poor and spend all of their money, and I’d rather see it go into the broader economy than funneled disproportionately into health insurance. What I do have a problem with is you bullshitting.
