Well, as I get it, Doug, Rig is opposed to any kind of health care public option because he's convinced that boatloads and buses full of illegal immigrants would come rushing into the U. S. to take advantage of free or inexpensive health care and break the country.

I gather from what you say that you're not fond of the idea of national health care and are satisfied with what you have (which, as has been pointed out, is government funded and paid for by taxes), but your reasons, though I can't agree, are nowhere near as far-fetched at Rig's.

His constant trotting out of his particular hobby horse is where the thread gets off the real subject.

Don Firth