It’s important to define what the purpose of our public assistance programs are supposed to serve. For example, if a worker suffers a disabling injury after years of productive work, it would be reasonable for such a person to be able to draw benefits from the disability insurance into which he or she paid by mandatory payroll check deductions.
The same goes for those who lose their jobs due to no fault of their own. In fact, it would be a gross injustice to mandate by law that employers and employees pay into various funds only to deny benefits to workers who truly qualify.
That these benefit programs have gotten out of hand is beyond doubt. But the idea that those who pay into insurance plans should be able to draw benefits if truly deserving is sound.
On the other hand, awarding government benefits to immigrants, especially those who just arrived in the country is an abuse of our public assistance systems. More than that, it encourages those in other countries who are struggling to come to America just to get on the welfare rolls. In a sense, this amounts to stealing benefits from deserving Americans.
Mr. Trump has just announced that he wants to put an end to this abusive practice, which should, in itself, take away some of the desire from those who would quickly become welfare leeches from entering our country.
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We don’t owe them anything.
So how do we have all these rules already passed but what we don’t have is anyone with enough balls to enforce them. Oh wait we do now trump on.
I think there should be a time limit on most cases
It used to be 90 Days. I don’t know what changed it.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WELFARE. TERRORIST WELFARE. WHY SUPPORT FREELOADERS WHO ARE ONLY HERE FOR THE FREE RIDE ? WHY SUBSIDIZE CRIMINALS AND THEN WONDER WHY CRIME RATES GO UP ?
No money for illegals. All immigrants must be able to support themselves. No more welfare, food stamps or other taking taxpayer money.
https://youtu.be/9isOodQEieo
Yeah like, NONE! If you come here apart from vacation, you better bring wealth, skills or a strong back. Thats how it SHOULD be. Lets make it so!
Not if they’re the same job producing sovereign nation state Capitalists that built the USA and world in the first place. Innovative free enterprise entrepreneurs operating in a country with borders and laws is how the USA is great again and how real foreign trade operates as it always has, not through one commie world order.
No US border means no free world. Did you flunk Political Science in school?