Posted on 08/26/2004 9:54:59 AM PDT by Smogger
But, our son doen't get a free or reduced breakfast or lunch. Also, at orientation, the assistant principal spoke of the form that needed to be filled out for title 1 and how if it wasn't ahnd't back in by next Tuesday then the child would have to pay full price for their lunch.
If they had such a surplus from last year that every child was marked as receiving Title 1 lunches, then why the insistence that the form for receiving the free lunch needed to be filled out or else a child would have to pay full price??
Something just doesn't add up. imho
From looks of things, Mexico would be just as good as US....why do they keep coming if poverty here is all they have to look forward to? I say close the borders....to all of them, and make everyone go through heavy process to obtain US residency.
What adds up is that the school gets extra funding for all sorts of programs based on how many are on free breakfast / lunch. It makes a major difference in how much they get in grants and other goodies.
In short, your school administrators are scamming the system. It's illegal, by the way.
People with no education at all, no ability to learn English, no jobs skills and who start families at age 14 or 15 are going to be "poor" where-ever they go --- but being poor in the USA means you get free food, free housing, free health care, free babysitting services and much more. In Mexico with no education, they might work hard for $25-30 a week and they would have to pay for the schools, health care, housing, and food that they get.
Being "poor" in the USA means you live like a queen and the government hands you more money than you could ever have imagined.
In short, your school administrators are scamming the system. It's illegal, by the way.
Any suggestions?
If that shack in CA is "living like a queen" then I don't want any of it. Most countries have a "dole" system that they could use, although we do have better healthcare, housing, but they grow a lot of our food in Mexico....fresh food would be available there too.
The solution is simple and as I have stated previously 'CLOSE THE BORDERS'...Australia doesn't let in every Juan, Rameriz, and Pedro....
Neither does Mexico let in every Juan, Rameriz, and Pedro --- they close their borders with Guatemala and deport Central Americans.
Yes --- the welfare queen might be living in a shack here, but she was in Mexico too -- only without the $400 or more monthy housing subsidy from our government. And without the WIC, food stamps, help with utilities, and all the free health care she would hope for. In Mexico she would have to work or beg for a living.
I think we are too lenient with the "visa's", and open borders that attract illegal aliens, I say we demand our government close the borders...period.
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