reply to post by TXMACHINEGUNDLR
hey, i hear what you are saying. but let me paint the picture from the standpoint of an average texan.
sure, i have more advantages than those living in mexico, but once they get over here, they certainly seem more entitled to get what i have to work
for even harder.
when i first lost the only income in our family, my husband (now ex), i immediately started looking for a job. all the jobs that i once was qualified
before marriage suddenly became UNAVAILABLE simply bc i couldn't speak SPANISH. so, now i needed to start focusing on a better education.
all good and fine. willing to do so, but i have no $$ and two kids to support, so i go to apply for a government grant. first, i have to go through an
automated answering service (all fine still until....) that i have to press a # for the english version. i understand enough spanish (living in tx it
really is becoming a norm to understand the language now) to have understood that THEY didn't have to push a #, but rather just wait on the line for
an operator. but here i am, born in tx (an american state) having to push # after # in order to FINALLY get someone real to listen to me.
let's go through the process of "food stamps".. someone told me that illegal immigrants can get them quicker than those of us born here paying
taxes. me, not being one to just accept what someone says, decided to go through the process just to see if what this person said was true (go ahead,
mr. texan ........ said in a nice way, of course..... give it a try), although i refuse to get on them.... just wanted to know.
sure enough, same thing as when i was applying for the government grants to go back to school. speak spanish, ya get to speak to someone sooner. also,
the emergency benefits are right there at your disposal should you be a mexican (even illegal) working as a farm hand, but those of us who pay taxes
and are citizens (whether obtained by birth OR by going through THE process) are subjected to multiple applications and even if we should qualify more
than that person working on the farms (and even if doing so illegally) are subject to denial.
don't say this isn't true until ya give it a try. i went through the process and can verify that it is, indeed true. now tell me, mr. comfortable
(generalized, i have no personal ought w/ you and i WANT you to believe this), how far behind are you from losing all your comforts.
