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Pre-natal health care for immigrants

Nebraska's governor opposes the Parable of the Good Samaritan, or at least doesn't understand it, it seems to me.  The legislature overwhelmingly approved (including many Republicans who said the vote was pro-life) a bill to reinstate prenatal medical care for undocumented immigrants.  The governor says he won't spend tax-payer money on "illegals."  He says,

“I have a very good sense where Nebraskans are at on this issue,” he said.  “They tell me over and over, I play by the rules, I pay taxes, and you're going to use my tax dollars for illegals? That's the issue.”

That's NOT the issue.  It's completely irrelevant from a moral perspective.  We care for each other.  That's true to our Midwestern values.  That's what Jesus taught us, and that's who we are as human beings. 

How can someone so fundamentally misunderstand basically human morality?

UPDATE:
The Nebraska Senate overrode the governor's veto!!!

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