[FITZ]

I know a guy from Barbados whose mother came the same way --- very decent people. Still we need to work on getting some people off welfare, you see too many here who are perfectly happy doing nothing --- but partially because it pays more than working these kinds of jobs. The total money the government will give you in handouts for not working beats what these jobs provide.

[cyborg]

Welfare is wicked wicked wicked. I remember my father telling me that welfare was the worst thing to happen to America. People didn't want to work anymore. I think it's different now, but I still see AND KNOW a lot of able bodied Americans who are just as capable of begging for jobs outside Home Depot as many illegal Mexican! Sure it's breaking the law, but what's stopping any welfare receipient from hustling? Nothing but the entrenched welfare mentality that pervades this country. I notice it myself in accepting student financial aid. So much I can say but you are spot on yourself.