Amnesty Means Massive Medicaid Costs

By James R. Edwards, Jr.
08/16/2010

If Congress pushes through amnesty, hold onto your wallets. Taxpayers will get robbed and illegal aliens rewarded.

The 11 million illegal aliens who get legalized will then qualify for many taxpayer-funded government programs, including health premium subsidies, the Earned Income Tax Credit and Medicaid. This redistribution of wealth will add billions to the government’s

Official: Russian disaster sign of global warming

By DAVID NOWAK, Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW – Russia’s heat wave, drought and wildfires — which have killed dozens of people and destroyed millions of acres (hectares) of wheat — are another indication that global warming is causing more weather extremes around the world, a Russian official said Monday. Read the rest of the story.