Debate on Healthcare for Immigrants

Okay, so I'm gonna keep it short and simple.

Do you support giving free healthcare to illegal immigrants in this

country?

Yeah.

Why?

'Cause they come here, they work just as hard as anybody else.

Illegal immigrants?

Yeah.

Okay.

Just harder than anybody else.

Okay, so they work harder. So what about the people,

what about the American

citizens who work that would have to pay for their free

healthcare from taxes?

At the end of the day, they're still doing jobs regardless

that nobody else is

doing. So if you factor that, and they're still stimulating the

economy, so there's really no reason to not.

And the taxpayers who would be paying for their free healthcare is also

stimulating the economy.

Yeah.

Do you think it's fair to make me or make my fiance

pay for an illegal immigrant's free healthcare?

Well, that's not even a thing right now.

So are you saying like...

Every single candidate up on the stage for the Democratic debates-

Right. But why-

... raised their hand

... would people die in the street?

Well, that's not what's happening.

I mean, I'm saying essentially if you're saying-

Well, dying in the street-

... people would die in the street

... that's not what I'm saying. No, absolutely not.

Right.

When did I say that?

So you're saying because they're illegal, they don't deserve

healthcare, is what you're saying.

They don't deserve free healthcare from America. I don't, I don't think that, no.

Right, but who gets that? Nobody.

Because it's not a right in this country. No one should get free healthcare.

I think people should not have to die in the street.

I think free healthcare should be a thing.

So should we give free healthcare to the American citizens who are homeless instead

of the illegal immigrants who aren't citizens?

I think we shouldn't let people die in the street.

I agree with you. I don't think that's happening.

What?

Where is that happening at?

There's a lot of people that don't go to the hospital simply

because of too high

bill, medical bills. There's a lot of people

that can't afford health insurance or

their jobs don't have benefits. There's American citizens today that

work.

So we... Yeah, good point, American citizens.

I think, I think we shouldn't let people die in the

street. That's all I'm saying.

Okay. Even if it would cost me money out

of my pocket, we should give free healthcare-

Regardless of the money,

that people are paying in taxes is not going to the things

that they say they're

going to. We all know that these politicians

are lining their pockets.

So why should we raise our taxes in support of free healthcare if, by

your words, we're, it's not going there?

Regardless, it's not going to where it's supposed to

be.

So if-

So we, maybe we shouldn't fund free healthcare

... if we do get to a, a common goal to where we're helping

people not have to die

in the street or be sick, then so be it. It is what it is.

You keep saying dying in the street.

Yes.

Where do you see people dying in the street?

There's people laying down the street right now.

Are they illegal immigrants dying from lack-

No, I mean-

... of free healthcare?

I know. I mean, it's, it's regular people, but-

Okay

... for example, if somebody got sick or got cancer, like, they should be

taken care of regardless.

Okay. I agree with you.

Yeah.

I, I agree that they should be taken care of,

but is it my responsibility to

fund their healthcare?

I think it should be the government's responsibility.

Where does the government get money to do all this?

Of course, the taxpayers.

Okay.

But they should be using the money more responsibly, as we all know they are not.

Okay.

So maybe we shouldn't be giving them money.

Yeah, people should definitely pay their taxes.

Oh, okay. So

we should pay taxes even though you recognize that the taxes aren't being used

responsibly.

Right.

Yeah, I suggest better legislation and better government.