Socialism is a Mental Disease

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:42:49 -0500, Oliver Costich
<olc-> wrote:
    >On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:56:21 GMT, Socialism is a Mental Disease
    ><root@localhost.> wrote:
    >>On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:42:36 -0500, Oliver Costich
    >><olc-> wrote:
    >>>On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 20:59:43 GMT, Socialism is a Mental Disease
    >>><root@localhost.> wrote:
    >>>>On 13 Nov 2004 12:11:43 -0800, (Madeira) wrote:
    >>>>>Illegals cost us $10 billion (yes, BILLION) dollars a year, just in
    >>>>>Federal money.
    >>>>There's no reason for this to be the way it is. Eliminate social
    >>>>problems and this cost will disappear overnight.
    >>>What social problems did you have in mind? How would you eliminate
    >>>them?
    >>Whoops! I meant social programs.
    >I sympathize, but it's not gonna happen (get rid of social programs).
    >Beyond that, the issue of illegals would still be here unless you also
    >enforce laws against employing them.

Illegals wouldn't be a problem if they weren't consuming "free" social
services. If they had to pay for all the services they get in the US,
while getting 5 bucks an hour, they wouldn't find it so attractive to
immigrate. At the end of the end, economics determines the outcome.