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I’m all for immigration when the immigrants are vetted, and when they are coming here for the right reason.

The last admin flew a South American prison gang into my state. They overwhelmed hospitals and police resources, and committed a shitload of serious crime. Tends to change the way you look at things.

You make some massive generalizations while attacking others. You say most are hard working and pay taxes. What % do that? You keep asking me for numbers so I’ll do the same.

I am not for illegal immigration but here is some data. I am just having a discussion. I apologize for attacking you, it was not my intent. I want to keep discussions civil and polite.
 
It’s amazing how dumb people are. China invaded Viet Nam decades ago to teach them a lesson.

I can recall the Chinese Army crossing the Yalu River INTO North Korea as American troops were pushing North Korea backwards !

The Chosin Reservoir may hit a brain nerve !

CCP soldiers froze to death at night in their holes !
 
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Of course not, few are 62+. But considering we’ve supposedly been paying benefits to people 150 years of age, are you truly confident these people won’t figure out a way to get paid, too?
I hope you are not gullible enough to believe persons 150 years old are getting benefits or any of the nonsense Elon put out. Just like his 3 Trillion in waste and fraud savings is now supposedly $145Billion. But we still do not have any data showing any savings.
 
I can recall the Chinese Army crossing the Yalu River INTO North Korea as American troops were pushing North Korea backwards !

The Chosin Reservoir may hit a brain nerve !

CCP soldiers froze to death at night in their holes !
Yep. That wasn’t in my lifetime though, which the parameters of the X post were that. This X post is after they released a gain of function Covid virus (biological weapon) on the entire world, as well.
 

I am not for illegal immigration but here is some data. I am just having a discussion. I apologize for attacking you, it was not my intent. I want to keep discussions civil and polite.
I am not for illegal immigration but I voted for the sequel and wanted another 25 M illegals brought into the US --- and I didn't care if I had to vote for Joe or Kamala in 2024! Illegal immigration obviously didn't trouble you at all.

You own illegal immigration, Jeff. You are also worried about egg prices and inflation. HA! That happened under your boy skippy two years in a row with near 10 percent annual inflation. Why do you think Trump won an overwhelming victory?

Trump is fixing all of your party's crap and you are moaning like a baby. And yes, it is obvious illegals are getting massive benefits. Hell, in NYC they lived in hotels I could only dream of staying at. Did they ever say thank you? No, they gave America the finger.
 
Morons of the Suburban party.

Several years ago, the Adirondack Park had huge wind storms ! The Park is larger than many States and mostly forest.
So many trees were blown down that forest/lumber "experts" stated that to remove the downed trees for lumber would depress the lumber markets !

Result ?

Millions of board feet were allowed to rot where they fell.
 
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I hope you are not gullible enough to believe persons 150 years old are getting benefits or any of the nonsense Elon put out. Just like his 3 Trillion in waste and fraud savings is now supposedly $145Billion. But we still do not have any data showing any savings.
I hope you are not stupid enough to believe we just need to be nice to Chinese students? They have been mandated to spy forever on America and steal and cheat (sort of like Democrats). The ones who don't want to spy, steal, or cheat usually have families back home and are threatened to do the right thing for the CCP.
 
Yep. That wasn’t in my lifetime though, which the parameters of the X post were that. This X post is after they released a gain of function Covid virus (biological weapon) on the entire world, as well.
So we should ignore CCP History, because of your birthyear ?
 
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Trump's criminal case was the porn star payoff (the loan case was civil).

I agree with you - both Wall Street and workers can do well. It's not me that is saying the GOP should spurn large portions of its traditional coalition. That would be the populist right/NatCons (whatever you want to call them). Baris is one of them.
Has her Attorney been released from Prison ?

Has she paid Trumps legal fees of $ 600,000 + yet as ordered by the Appellate Court ?
 
Yep. That wasn’t in my lifetime though, which the parameters of the X post were that. This X post is after they released a gain of function Covid virus (biological weapon) on the entire world, as well.
I've CONSTANTLY posted that the CCP rating of Level 4 (The highest Level !) was a fraud, like much of what the CCP built or claim !

It may have reached Level 2, which is the normal level in your local Dentist's office, where you get decay fixed !
 
I hope you are not stupid enough to believe we just need to be nice to Chinese students? They have been mandated to spy forever on America and steal and cheat (sort of like Democrats). The ones who don't want to spy, steal, or cheat usually have families back home and are threatened to do the right thing for the CCP.
One of Mary Anne's Dentists she works for is a Han from China. The first thing she did after opening her Dental practice here in NY was to remove her Mother (also a Dentist.) from China to the USA !

Her Son, graduated from a Big 10 school.

They do not vacation in the CCP. Right now they on Vac in India !
 
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The assertion was that illegal aliens can receive SSI benefits. They cannot, they need to have legal status plus be disabled, over 65 etc. Plus this may have recently changed as Haitians, Cuban refugees were one special class and I think I read Trump has eliminated their special status to be here.
F R A U D.

Just like Politicians cannot become Millionaires on salaries around $ 200,000 a year for many years !
 
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Jeff, time to catch up with what’s going on. Eggs have fallen to $3.19/doz.

My Grandsons STILL get $ 5.00 a dozen + tips !

But they deliver front door by red wagon (no energy use, but feet !) and the eggs are from Non-GMO raised chickens !
 
You clearly are not for immigration. Whenever there is a discussion about immigration, you bring up all the possible negatives associated with their presence.

Most immigrants are hard working and pay taxes. Your focus is on the ones who don't.
In totality, immigration is good for the US.
Our cleaning lady is a nice person, BUT she asked to pay her weekly in CASH.

Your best guesstimate % that she reports that as income ?
 

I am not for illegal immigration but here is some data. I am just having a discussion. I apologize for attacking you, it was not my intent. I want to keep discussions civil and polite.

I didn't word that well, didn't think you were attacking me personally. Just some of my generalizations, while you are making similar generalizations. I always enjoy our discussions, and appreciate your positions/data that you bring to the board.

I would argue that while they do pay a significant amount of taxes, they take in a huge amount of benefits too. I think if we looked at the medical expenditures alone, it would be high. The problem is, everything is an estimate. We don't track how much is paid out for non-citizens for health benefits, police activity, schools, etc. The #s are massive.

Just looking at medical alone would be surprising to a lot of people. Think about a single mother (or family) who has delivered a few kids here, and not paid a $ towards delivery, treatment, etc. That happens all the time.

We have anecdotal stories for both sides. I'm sure there is a % of non citizens that give more than they take. But there is a significant % that don't. And some of them learn to game the system. We should weed that out as much as possible, so we don't have to cut benefits for American citizens.
 
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I didn't word that well, didn't think you were attacking me personally. Just some of my generalizations, while you are making similar generalizations. I always enjoy our discussions, and appreciate your positions/data that you bring to the board.

I would argue that while they do pay a significant amount of taxes, they take in a huge amount of benefits too. I think if we looked at the medical expenditures alone, it would be high. The problem is, everything is an estimate. We don't track how much is paid out for non-citizens for health benefits, police activity, schools, etc. The #s are massive.

Just looking at medical alone would be surprising to a lot of people. Think about a single mother (or family) who has delivered a few kids here, and not paid a $ towards delivery, treatment, etc. That happens all the time.

We have anecdotal stories for both sides. I'm sure there is a % of non citizens that give more than they take. But there is a significant % that don't. And some of them learn to game the system. We should weed that out as much as possible, so we don't have to cut benefits for American citizens.
PRIOR to the Joey led influx of Illegal Immigrants, I worked Security at a suburban hospital in a non-city area.

But we had an Emergency Room !

My estimate (remember estimate) was that 1/3 + of our ER was occupied for Health care for Hispanic families all the time !
Nearest Hispanic area 1/2 to 3/4 an hour away !
 
You don't know how many immigrants are receiving SSI so you don't know the financial impact. SSI payments are only 4% of total Social Security outlays. Whatever amount immigrants receive is hardly significant.
You are BOTH ignorant of the EXACT number !

Suffice it to say the exact number cannot be found !

BUT the number IS LARGE and getting LARGER !

Those are facts as disclosed by DOGE's investigations !
 
I’m all for immigration but we are the ones who get to decide who can come here. It’s the way we’ve done it for over a hundred years.
Mary Anne's Parents met in Syracuse at their American Citizenship classes, but both from pre-Nazi Germany.
My Mom's Parents were from Scotland and earned American Citizenship from her Father's working on the Panama Canal !
Dad was adopted in NYC.

In the 70's my Sister paid for Mom and Dad to visit Britain and Scotland ! In Scotland they were able to meet long lost relatives !
 
Investments !

I have been watching and thinking ! It hurts !

IMO you should ALL review your portfolio's for ANY investments in CCP controlled listed companies !

These companies DO NOT use SEC required accounting methods as other listed companies !
Nor are they controlled by the BOD, but by 1 person with Super Voting Status !

You therefore have NO idea of the ACTUAL operating costs or profit/losses reported.

IF the trade war continues, the delisting of CCP controlled companies could be forthcoming, why risk $ on it ?
 
The truth is that many perhaps most buy a set of fake papers that makes it appear that they are here legally and allowed to work. They get a Social Security number under a false identity. They make contributions out of their paychecks withholding. So they also are increasing the solvency of SS. They never draw benefits.
So everyone wins!!! No wonder you and your kind love illegal immigration so much….
 
I hope you are not stupid enough to believe we just need to be nice to Chinese students? They have been mandated to spy forever on America and steal and cheat (sort of like Democrats). The ones who don't want to spy, steal, or cheat usually have families back home and are threatened to do the right thing for the CCP.
I am really worried that the average Chinese student that I met would report back to Beijing how much I drank in a week, and the perversion seen in the co-ed dorm that I lived in. Plus on weekends I understand that the Chinese left campus and took trips to the nearby airbase where they took pictures of the planes to send back to China. I don't think they were given internships in a secret government facility, do you? I would think that our counter-intelligence services were monitoring those that were truly spies, don't you?
 
So everyone wins!!! No wonder you and your kind love illegal immigration so much….
I don't know about calculating wins, but that is how it works. Just the opposite of your RW belief that those evil aliens are obtaining Social Security benefits meant for us Americans. I wouldn't say I love illegal immigration, but with our broken immigration system, I see and realize we are completely dependent upon them, as no crops would be picked, no grounds landscaped or maintained, no roofs fixed or installed, no restaurant kitchens operating and very little construction down here without illegal immigrants.
 
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So we should ignore CCP History, because of your birthyear ?
No. I wasn't going to create a strawman. I answered the X post easily by staying within the parameters. You can create whatever you want as that's your MO here.
 
I didn't word that well, didn't think you were attacking me personally. Just some of my generalizations, while you are making similar generalizations. I always enjoy our discussions, and appreciate your positions/data that you bring to the board.

I would argue that while they do pay a significant amount of taxes, they take in a huge amount of benefits too. I think if we looked at the medical expenditures alone, it would be high. The problem is, everything is an estimate. We don't track how much is paid out for non-citizens for health benefits, police activity, schools, etc. The #s are massive.

Just looking at medical alone would be surprising to a lot of people. Think about a single mother (or family) who has delivered a few kids here, and not paid a $ towards delivery, treatment, etc. That happens all the time.

We have anecdotal stories for both sides. I'm sure there is a % of non citizens that give more than they take. But there is a significant % that don't. And some of them learn to game the system. We should weed that out as much as possible, so we don't have to cut benefits for American citizens.
You are right about the medical. Unfortunately we have a system where most care is provided out of ERs.
 
I am really worried that the average Chinese student that I met would report back to Beijing how much I drank in a week, and the perversion seen in the co-ed dorm that I lived in. Plus on weekends I understand that the Chinese left campus and took trips to the nearby airbase where they took pictures of the planes to send back to China. I don't think they were given internships in a secret government facility, do you? I would think that our counter-intelligence services were monitoring those that were truly spies, don't you?
Your thinking lacks any depth on the subject matter. you didn't see the stealing of seed development X post. There is all kinds of research being done at UIUC. If you think a grad student/TA Chinese student isn't a part of research that includes the stealing of IP, I have a bridge to sell you.
 
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No. I wasn't going to create a strawman. I answered the X post easily by staying within the parameters. You can create whatever you want as that's your MO here.
Rather than trying to attack me, you should READ the entirety of the duplicated post !

Last partial sentence in the post, that I responded to: ..." been in ZERO (caps added) wars in our lifetimes ..."

I was born well BEFORE the Korean war, where CCP crossed the Yalu River INTO North Korea and fought the UN troops, primarily USA and USMC !

But that appears to be your MO here.
 
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I am really worried that the average Chinese student that I met would report back to Beijing how much I drank in a week, and the perversion seen in the co-ed dorm that I lived in. Plus on weekends I understand that the Chinese left campus and took trips to the nearby airbase where they took pictures of the planes to send back to China. I don't think they were given internships in a secret government facility, do you? I would think that our counter-intelligence services were monitoring those that were truly spies, don't you?
I was wrong, you are stupid enough to believe that.

They don't give a hoot what happens in your dorm, etc. They are research assistants in labs at universities around the US. They are stealing any little piece of the pie they can get their hands on. Espionage is never "here are the complete designs to build a (fill in the blank advanced weapon system)". Rather, they steal bits of the picture and piece it together back in Beijing. Whether it is a component, a process, an idea, a piece of code, encryption type, etc., they grab it and send it home. With 300,000 potential spies living freely in your enemies university system, it has massive potential. Potential unrealized by people wearing Ukraine flags which will soon be augmented by China flags.
 
Another Country agrees to ZERO tariffs : India !

Along with Isreal, Viet Nam, Cambodia.

That makes only 70 + to go, that want the deal that expires in 89 days !
 
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Rather than trying to attack me, you should READ the entirety of the duplicated post !

Last partial sentence in the post, that I responded to: ..." been in ZERO (caps added) wars in our lifetimes ..."

I was born well BEFORE the Korean war, where CCP crossed the Yalu River INTO North Korea and fought the UN troops, primarily USA and USMC !

But that appears to be your MO here.
I read the post. Since you were alive during Korean War, you are more than welcome to use it.

BTW, The Korean War Memorial in DC kicks butt.
 
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I read the post. Since you were alive during Korean War, you are more than welcome to use it.

BTW, The Korean War Memorial in DC kicks butt.
Thank you for your kindness.

The Major at Manlius who was in charge of the Regular Army stationed there as an Honor Military Academy.

Was the Officer who called down his OWN artillery on his position on Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War !

He had the chest full of medals to prove it !
 
Jeff is dumb enough to believe that it happened naturally and legally. Totally intention. That is how the number of SSNs handed out doubled every single year.


Oh, and they won’t get benefits. So dumb

 
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