Contrary to what you may believe MANY on medicare are not senior citizens who have contributed all their lives. This is what the media would like you to believe but it's far from true.
If someone goes out of the country and adopts a disabled child, the disabled child, who will never contribute, gets medicare. Disabled children who are born here get medicare. Young adults get plenty of medicare and the disability can be "mental" and they can be addicts into the bargain. This begs the question, are they "ill" because of the drugs and should we be paying for their every need? Multiple trips for detox? Is it bipolar or is it cocaine? This disabled population includes very young people and plenty of middle aged ones. If someone is truly disabled due to injury, they need our help and I don't think anyone would argue, but if their "disability" is self-inflicted with bad substance abuse choices should we be on the hook? Should we have to listen to them shout about their "right" to OUR money?
I say no.
But back to adopting disabled kids from abroad. If you need to make the rest of the nation pick up the tab for your "noble impulses", you are not so damn noble. Sorry.
We used to have laws preventing people who need to be cared for by the government from coming here for free care. That needs to come back in style. We just can't afford to care for everyone. No one is stopping you from making donations, donating ALL your discretionary income if you like, to such causes, but we should be able to keep the bills from being foisted on those who don't want this burden.
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