[quote=CDMA ENG][quote=bearishgurl][quote=SD Realtor]In the end the complaint should really be what the hell is happening to the billions and billions of dollars in tax revenue. You are stepping over the dollar to get to the dime.[/quote]
What the hell is happening to CA’s tax revenue is this.
Unfunded mandates, including:
-emergency medical care for illegal immigrants
-public schooling for illegal immigrants
-justice-system costs for illegal immigrants
-CMS and unfunded MediCal payments
-Recently “enhanced” pensions of public employees
-Exorbitant salaries for permanent staff/administration in the CU/CSU systems
-Rental assistance programs
-benefits for public employees
etc[/quote]
BG,
You seem to be going after the illegals here… Which I don’t have a problem with… But there is a large portion legal dead beats in this state and they are the far larger problem than the illegal one.
We should be concentrating on that one first!CE[/quote]
I’m not “going after” them, CE. Would you like me to ride my elephant into your garage?? Well, get a bag of peanuts ‘cuz we’re on our way :=]
Prime example: No matter what race or nationality “legal” residents of Chula Vista are (or are claiming or “siding” with this month, lol), they ALL KNOW about illegal-immigrant women in labor being “dropped off” at the emergency rooms of both Scripps Memorial Chula Vista and Sharp Chula Vista Medical Centers. Routinely. Who pays these women’s (and their babies’) bills? Or, do they even get paid? How MUCH do these hospitals receive for providing these (intentional) “emergency” services??
Yeah, there are plenty of “legal” deadbeats. All across the nation. SD County is no exception. But there is a major difference between “legal deadbeats” and illegal immigrants. Look at my second list again (above). In addition to the above services provided by the state, “legal deadbeats” are eligible for Federal programs (SSD and SSI) and Federal pass-thru programs administered by states, such as TANF (in CA) and SNAP EBT cards (formerly “food stamps.”) Their children are also eligible for Federal educational grants and loans.
In other words, “legal deadbeats” are funded. Illegal immigrants aren’t. Therein lies CA’s primary “budget buster.”
Having spent the bulk of my adult life working in local government, I can tell you that Federal (unfunded) mandates to provide illegal immigrants with necessary services is a HUGE part of the SD City/County budgets for which they DO NOT receive ANY compensation or ENOUGH compensation from the Federal government. If we didn’t have this problem, we could reduce state and local government by at least 25% and maybe 33% and still provide needed services to “legal” productive residents, “legal” otherwise “self-sufficient” residents and “legal deadbeats.”
The fault here lies primarily with the Federal government. Their lax policies within the INS and their underfunding of the various agencies of the now Homeland Security Department here in SD which operate our borders and checkpoints is to blame.
