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I've said this before but it was such a perfect moment that I share it whenever possible, my mother in law is one of these folks and once she said that she'd ne

I've said this before but it was such a perfect moment that I share it whenever possible, my mother in law is one of these folks and once she said that she'd never support universal health care because there was a chance some immigrant might get free health care on her dime. She followed that statement up by mentioning she was going to Mexico for some dental work she couldn't afford.

zaroth 4y ago
Seems like perfectly congruous statements from what I can tell.
- PaulHoule 4y ago
  My wife’s uncle brought much of his family from Italy over to the US but I sometimes see him watching Fox News on the horror of ‘chain migration’.
  - nhchris 4y ago
    "We let some in so we should let all in."
    - hezralig 4y ago
      Are you implying that we reached our European immigrant quota or just the Italian quota?
  - libraryatnight 4y ago
    In high school, my girlfriend's dad was Mexican born to illegals in the US, and we found it bizarre that he was a huge Rush Limbaugh fan and Fox News fan and regularly ranted about the border. His parents were different than the drug dealers and criminals coming over "now" and they eventually did become citizens was the logic if you asked about his origins.
    - naniwaduni 4y ago
      This is much less bizarre when you realize that Mexicans are, you know, not a homogeneous bloc and have their own divisions that might simply not be visible to you.
      - danielrpa 4y ago
        Imagine creating a single stereotype for everybody in the US, calling us "Americans" and assuming we have a single set of values and opinions - now contrast it with the reality of our polarizing politics where people have wildly different points of view.
  - simonh 4y ago
    I remember Big Orange railing against it. To change the subject, I wonder how Melanie's parents are getting on these days.
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TMWNN 4y ago
There's no contradiction. Lots of insurance plans and systems, whether in the US or not, don't cover dental or don't make it "free". Let me introduce you to Mosonmagyaróvár <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosonmagyar%C3%B3v%C3%A1r#Dentistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosonmagyar%C3%B3v%C3%A1r#Dent...>, a small town with no fewer than 350 dentists, because so many Austrians and other western Europeans cross the Hungarian border to visit. Dental care is so cheap that an Austrian can get work done on his teeth and take a local vacation for less than what he would pay in Vienna. Dentists even have their own small hotels <https://diamantdent.hu/en/Hotel/ https://diamantdent.hu/en/Hotel/> to serve such patients!

zaroth 4y ago

Seems like perfectly congruous statements from what I can tell.

PaulHoule 4y ago
My wife’s uncle brought much of his family from Italy over to the US but I sometimes see him watching Fox News on the horror of ‘chain migration’.
- nhchris 4y ago
  "We let some in so we should let all in."
  - hezralig 4y ago
    Are you implying that we reached our European immigrant quota or just the Italian quota?
- libraryatnight 4y ago
  In high school, my girlfriend's dad was Mexican born to illegals in the US, and we found it bizarre that he was a huge Rush Limbaugh fan and Fox News fan and regularly ranted about the border. His parents were different than the drug dealers and criminals coming over "now" and they eventually did become citizens was the logic if you asked about his origins.
  - naniwaduni 4y ago
    This is much less bizarre when you realize that Mexicans are, you know, not a homogeneous bloc and have their own divisions that might simply not be visible to you.
    - danielrpa 4y ago
      Imagine creating a single stereotype for everybody in the US, calling us "Americans" and assuming we have a single set of values and opinions - now contrast it with the reality of our polarizing politics where people have wildly different points of view.
- simonh 4y ago
  I remember Big Orange railing against it. To change the subject, I wonder how Melanie's parents are getting on these days.

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TMWNN 4y ago

There's no contradiction. Lots of insurance plans and systems, whether in the US or not, don't cover dental or don't make it "free". Let me introduce you to Mosonmagyaróvár <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosonmagyar%C3%B3v%C3%A1r#Dentistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosonmagyar%C3%B3v%C3%A1r#Dent...>, a small town with no fewer than 350 dentists, because so many Austrians and other western Europeans cross the Hungarian border to visit. Dental care is so cheap that an Austrian can get work done on his teeth and take a local vacation for less than what he would pay in Vienna. Dentists even have their own small hotels <https://diamantdent.hu/en/Hotel/ https://diamantdent.hu/en/Hotel/> to serve such patients!