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2007-02-12 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ..I call BS. Explain to me how adding a box to a form or having a bureaucrat ask a question will cost $2.9 million.
And only 200 people, 170 of them children? That's some left winger's wet dream, not a genuine statistic.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-12 04:55|| 2007-02-12 04:55|| Front Page Top

#2 The description of the implementation cost makes sense to me: upgrading computers and programming, a few extra minutes per applicant to key in the extra data costing a bit in overtime, unmentioned but hopefully also calculated the cost of running data through police and FBI computers. The savings number is a propaganda ploy, I suspect. Unless Colorado already knows precisely which of the recipients are either legal aliens or illegal alien recipients with false papers -- in which case why have those people been receiving coverage until now?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-12 06:11|| 2007-02-12 06:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Now combine this with shipping those who can't provide proof of US citizenship back to ~~Mexico~~ their country of origin then we'll have something!

Posted by gorb 2007-02-12 06:24|| 2007-02-12 06:24|| Front Page Top

#4 mmm! The costs are one time and the savings ongoing. This is Kyoto/Lancet/Insertwhatever arithmetic.

Posted by phil_b 2007-02-12 07:25|| 2007-02-12 07:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Let's see here 200 - 170 = 30/2 = 15

So you're telling me that 15 couples have 170 kids? Peeeewww, I'm in Mass and it stinks all the way over here.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2007-02-12 09:50|| 2007-02-12 09:50|| Front Page Top

#6 --35,000 people from Medicaid roles nationwide,---

Yet Evita wants to cover 9 million children, and the estimate is 3 million of them are illegals.

Go figure.

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-02-12 11:47|| 2007-02-12 11:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Denver is a "sanctuary city", and local law makes it illegal to ask immigration status. Illegals receive benefits rather easily, while a young single mother making the new increased minimum wage earns too much to qualify for Head Start! I'm strongly leaning toward a national ID card.

Posted by Danielle 2007-02-12 12:23|| 2007-02-12 12:23|| Front Page Top

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