By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON After dropping during the recession, the number of immigrants crossing the border illegally into the U.S. appears to be on the rise again.
The total number of immigrants living in this country unlawfully edged up from 11.3 million in 2009 to 11.7 million last year, with those from countries other than Mexico at an apparent all-time high, according to a report released Monday by Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project.
To quote Chief Dan George, my heart “soars like an eagle” with this news.
The NHS’s medical director will spell out the failings of 14 trusts in England, which between them have been responsible for up to 13,000 “excess deaths” since 2005.
Prof Sir Bruce Keogh will describe how each hospital let its patients down badly through poor care, medical errors and failures of management, and will show that the scandal of Stafford Hospital, where up to 1,200 patients died needlessly, was not a one-off.
The report will also pile pressure on Labour over its handling of the NHS, with the Conservatives likely to seize on it to attack Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary who was in charge of the NHS in England from June 2009 until May 2010.
This is, oddly enough, the same national healthcare system that was touted as so incredibly wonderful by those Leftists who swooned at the thought of its carbon copy being installed in the United States of America via ObakaKare.
But hey, no problem, thirteen-thousand persons killed [ In a medical system designed to save lives. – BZ ] via “alarming levels of infections, patients suffering from neglect and appalling blunders such as surgery performed on the wrong parts of bodies.”
Thank goodness there weren’t any really significant problems.
That ObakaKare, boy-o-boy. I simply cannot wait for the blivit to ensue.
But wait; maybe there is a true reason for socialized medicine: to significantly reduce the number of persons on the planet in order to enable Agenda 21. In which case, NHS and ObakaKare are quite brilliant in their origins.
Article: “The impact of unacceptable wait time on health care patients’ attitudes and actions.”
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Bill to overturn 1992 court decision has support of Obama, Amazon and Walmart – but its future in the House is uncertain
The US Senate on Monday passed a bill aimed at ending tax-free shopping on the internet but the move looks set to face fierce opposition before it becomes law.
The Marketplace Fairness Act, which has cross-party supporter and the backing of powerful retailers, would give states the power to require retailers with sales over $1m to collect state and local sales taxes for online purchases.
The bill has the support of president Barack Obama the majority of senators including Republican John McCain but Marco Rubio, seen a potential Republican presidential hopeful, and Rand Paul both voted against the bill.
The bill passed the Senate by 70 votes to 24 but faces a second test in the House of Representatives where internet retailers and conservatives are already lobbying against the tax. House leaders have yet to schedule hearings or votes on their version of the measure.
The legislation would overturn a 1992 supreme court ruling that said a state could not force a retailer to collect sales tax unless the retailer had a physical presence in the state.
Can you imagine being a retailer, following an actual passage of this bill, and having to comply with the separate tax codes of every state and every region?
Because, after all, if you’re a business owner, you simply didn’t build it. Everyone but you built your business.
The following Republicans voted yea on the internet tax: Sessions & Shelby (AL), McCain (AZ), Chambliss & Isakson (GA), Crapo & Risch (ID), Coats (IN), Grassley (IA), Collins (ME), Cochran & Wicker (MS), Blunt (MO), Fischer & Johanns (NE), Hoeven (ND), Portman (OH), Thune (SD), Alexander & Corker (TN), Enzi (WY).
The following Republicans voted nay: Flake (AZ), Rubio (FL), Kirk (IL), Roberts (KS), McConnell & Paul (KY), Vitter (LA), Heller (NV), Ayotte (NH), Coburn & Inhofe (OK), Toomey (PA), Cruz (TX), Hatch & Lee (UT), Johnson (WI), and Barrasso (WY).
Wow! Such good news!
