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All of its residents.
by mmoche 10y ago
All of its residents.
- kingmanaz 10y agoSans illegal aliens.
- darkstar999 10y agoWell, even illegal immigrants pay taxes one way or another if they have a job or buy anything.
- whafro 10y agoOf course, they also pay lots of taxes too, including sales tax, and presumably some of that, directly or indirectly, would offset the costs of this kind of program.
- DennisP 10y agoIn theory they could have a problem with really sick people moving to California for the healthcare, raising their costs. But that takes time, so maybe before it becomes a big problem, other states will do similar things.
- bsimpson 10y agoInteresting idea. In practice, I wonder if there'd be a grace period, e.g. your insurance doesn't kick in until you've lived in California a year. However, since so many jobs start your insurance benefits on day 1, I'd expect this would have to as well.
- kcorbitt 10y agoThis isn't really an "in theory." Welfare states are fundamentally incompatible with open borders until we live in a world where equivalent levels of welfare are available everywhere. The incentives just don't add up. On the other hand it could still work if the benefit is only available to Californians who have lived there for X years. Not sure about the legality of this though -- states can discriminate this way for in-state University tuition, but in Zobel v. Williams the Supreme Court ruled that Alaska couldn't pay out Permanent Fund dividends based on how long you had lived in Alaska (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund).
- tylersmith 10y agoIf that were true there would be no need for taxes. But in reality poor people will steal from non-poor people. That's what taxes are. "everybody pays" is a worthless statement if you don't include amounts.