Really? Those countries tend to be much more homogenous than the U.S. Sweden does not have a horde of Mexicans who dearly wish to become free riders.
Really? Those countries tend to be much more homogenous than the U.S. Sweden does not have a horde of Mexicans who dearly wish to become free riders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_foreign-bo...
Sort by "immigrants as a percentage of national population."
In fact, Sweden and the US have almost identical immigrant percentages. Switzerland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Austria all have higher immigrant percentages than the US, and all these countries have public health care systems.
> Forgoing your blatant racism, ...
"Racism" is not a general purpose swear word, any more than is fascism. And even if my motives were naked bigotry, Mexican is a political affiliation, not a race. The appropriate accusation would be to call me an American nationalist.
> Switzerland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Austria all have higher immigrant percentages than the US ...
Their immigrants are heavily skewed towards the First World, and screened for acceptability. None of them share a border with a famously corrupt third-world country. (I suppose Canada may quibble. ;-)
If you actually want to learn about the Latino medical theft problem, do some reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/health/policy/21grady.html...
There are few things in life that are as demonstrably false as that sentence.