By Judith Moriarty

The real issue of the immigration crisis is lost in the orchestrated media hype of intolerance and charges of racism should anyone dare try to discuss this in a rational, coherent manner.

Small rust belt towns with their echoing factories shipped overseas are suddenly overwhelmed, and thus their tax base (meeting medical, welfare, housing, education needs) goes through the roof. Many in these small towns, absent the auto job, meat packing job (now overtaken with foreign workers), textile plants etc, have citizens working at two or three service sector jobs to survive or are on fixed incomes. They are made to support the ever escalating costs of government employees (state and local) and to pay for the obscene medical costs (ever rising) for these employees, while they are unable to afford their own basic medical needs.

None of this is discussed in the theater of these ridiculous election debates (really scripted sound byte nonsense). Why should it be? These government officials are well cared for in their medical coverage - again by taxpayers. They are afforded the best of (instant) care in the finest of hospitals. Dick Cheney's numerous heart operations - medications - and an specially equipped hospital room, in his residence is easily paid for ---by us.

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