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bill@pipping.com wrote:
:
: Many social programs in many states do not report illegals when they
: find them.
: Why do you think there are so many illegals in our schools and
: hospitals?
:

   http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20020926-25705.shtml
   Migrant care cost El Paso $30 million

  "...Under federal law, hospital emergency centers cannot ask for a
   patient's immigration status, and they cannot refuse treatment to
   someone who might be in the country illegally..."

   http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/12/16/border.medicine.ap/index.html
   CNN.com - U.S. hospitals say illegals cost too much - Dec. 16, 2002

  "BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Ambulances regularly race across the
   bridges of the Rio Grande, bringing some of Mexico's sickest to the
   nearest U.S. emergency room.

   Obligated by federal law, the hospitals provide the care and worry
   later about whether the billing addresses patients give them are
   accurate. Often the addresses are false -- and the hospitals get stuck
   with the bill..."

Texas has a school tax equilization program where the more affluent
school districts indirectly fund the poorer districts where illegal
aliens' children are in the majority:

   http://dept.houstonisd.org/taxes/RealDeal.htm
   The Real Deal:  How schools Are Funded in Texas
   
  "Many people believe that when their property values go up, the Houston
   Independent School District gets the extra tax money. It doesn't. More
   funds for Houston's schools would be a good deal for the community,
   however, that is not the way the system works. The "real deal" is that
   the increased local money simply replaces money which would have come
   from the state.
   
   Education in Texas needs to be top-quality. It must also be equally
   available to all children across the state. Texas courts have held
   that each school district should have the same access to funds to
   support its schools as any other district in the state.
   
   School District Revenue Sources

   Unlike the city and other governments, school districts have only
   three sources of funds: local property taxes, state-provided revenue,
   and federal funds. The city gets revenue from sales taxes; school
   districts do not get sales-tax revenue.
   
   Equalization--State Sharing of Local Taxes

   The state provides equal access to funding for each child through a
   process called equalization. In the equalization process the state
   makes sure that each school district receives the same amount of money
   for each student in attendance. This guarantee is based on the amount
   of effort each school district makes to generate funds from local tax
   rates. The higher the tax rate, the more local taxes and state funds a
   school district receives.
   
   In the equalization process (see Chart 1) the state gives more money
   to poorer districts (those with less property value), to guarantee a
   level funding "floor," and less state money to wealthier districts.
   Very "rich" districts may get no state money at all, and, if their tax
   revenues from local property values exceed a funding "ceiling," they
   must even turn some local taxes over to the state treasury..."

--Jerry Leslie   (my opinions are strictly my own)
  Note: leslie@jrlvax.houston.rr.com is invalid for email