"Harland Saunders" <colsaunders_at_msn.com> wrote in message
news:2pc9fdFjb4jaU1_at_uni-berlin.de...
>
> "Len McLaughlin" <len_at_nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:j86Yc.114854$Np3.4967073_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> >
> > "Scream Machine" <shake_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:8T4Yc.238289$M95.44872_at_pd7tw1no...
> > > I can't remember where I read it, but I read somewhere that the heavy
> > users
> > > of the Canadian healthcare system are newcomers to Canada
(immigrants).
> > Can
> > > anyone confirm this?
> > =====
> > This is a figure you'll probably never get in Canada, like the true cost
of
> > bilingualism it'll be classified. The reason being off course is that
if
> > people knew where their tax dollars were going, they might get agitated.
In
> > Canada it's the old mushroom principle and it sure works on Canadians.
> > I just saw a bit on a report in the US as to the cost to the medical
system
> > due to illegal immigrants.
> > The numbers I forget exactly but I remember it as being more than the
total
> > budget for Homeland Security.
> > I waited to see it again but it never showed up, having a short life
span as
> > items of that sort usually do. It's a hot potato that nobody wants to
> > confront.
> > ---
>
>
> So, if no one has any facts, we should believe it to be the case? That
sounds
> logical (not).
>
Oh, someone has the facts all right but just not us apparently. If the
facts were other than I surmise, then rest assured the liberals would be
shouting them from the tree tops because they're responsible for the mess in
immigration.....we sometimes have to reason backwards when denied the facts.
When important info is scarce, I tend to think there is a reason.
Received on Sun Aug 29 2004 - 14:44:12 PDT