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raising min wage statred this whole mess - it in turn raises everything else
immigration illegals are bleeding "free for them" services yet legal persons are loosing our homes
we must have a national hc system govt backed but paid for by our taxes, use EIC reductions to help off set it to start
those who have no business on disibility should not be on disability, get those persons checkd out, and retrained, this would help SS system greatly
put a higher tax on anything that is not made here reguardless of deals made in the past or "relations" we need jobs and help here befor worrying about what they think of us in china
and finally shut the door on all lobyists
We have the funds as evident in the amount of money we spend per capita. Therefore it is not lack of money. It is clear that not enough money is spent on direct healthcare. Big portion of the cost is for something else other than healthcare. Healthcare related cost takes more from the funds than actual healthcare cost.
R. A. Quijano
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