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J. D. Vance: “We are going to bankrupt this country if we keep on giving…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 17:12

First of all, the only people that we say should not get Free government health care benefits are illegal aliens and those who refuse to try to even look for a job. It's very common sense. We want. And look, We are going to bankrupt this country if we keep on giving the people's benefits, the people's Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits to illegal aliens who have no legal right to be in this country and never paid into the system to begin with. That is never the design of those programs is to give them to every person all over the world. They ought by right to belong to the American citizens who paid into those programs to begin with. (17:12–17:27)

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Asserts that providing benefits to illegal aliens will bankrupt the country.

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