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originally posted by: CriticalStinker
originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: network dude
It's obvious you don't understand reality on this subject. It's hardly as simple as the yalk I'll ng points you are buying into.
Well don't just sit there.
Drop bombs of knowledge on us.
originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: rickymouse
Don't forget Texas and Arizona.
But yeah you have it far more figured out than the OP.
The immigrants are the scapegoat.
We are subsidizing states and private businesses growth by paying welfare to the people who are getting paid less than legally allowed in many cases.
Basically the cheaters are the employers. We are literally subsidizing them. Yet nobody is talking about how the employers are the single biggest factor here.
originally posted by: network dude
Our nation was built by immigrants. BUT, those who came, did so legally, and brought skills and ambition with them. They didn't plop down in a chair in some government office waiting to be called to collect their benefits, they busted their asses after risking their lives to get here. They built all that we enjoy today.
In 2014, 63 percent of households headed by a non-citizen reported that they used at least one welfare program, compared to 35 percent of native-headed households.
Like all Census surveys of this kind, welfare use is based on self-reporting in the SIPP, and as such there is some misreporting in the survey. All means and percentages are calculated using weights provided by the Census Bureau.
21.3 Percent of U.S. Population Participates in Government Assistance Programs Each Month
originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: Asktheanimals
Uh no. For cheap labor and labor voids. Illegals can't vote.
originally posted by: Lab4Us
originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: Asktheanimals
Uh no. For cheap labor and labor voids. Illegals can't vote.
Really? You think no illegals have illegally voted?
Back on topic, so it seems what you’re saying if we remove the illegals, the “perceived” wealthy would have to pay an honest wage for labor. Sounds fair to me. Removal of the illegals will also reduce strain on the welfare systems and allow those systems to aid US citizens they were set up to to aid. Now if we could just get the Democrats to understand that! (Think back to when Trump offered 1.8 million non-citizen dreamers amnesty, 1 million more than the Dems asked for, and the Dems blocked the immigration reform).
originally posted by: ausername
The easiest way to destroy a great nation is to set up an exploitable system of entitlements for the poor then have open immigration from the poorest countries.
You can't really blame the millions of illegals here now, or those that are desperately trying to get here. They have nothing to lose and everything to gain by getting into this country.
Eventually the system will become unsustainable and those social safety nets set up for American citizens in need will be gone.
Maybe then it will matter?
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: network dude
What's the rate on citizens?
For comparison...