Reply #146: I'll try and explain [View All]

Not to hijack my own thread as I was interested primarily where people would emigrate to and why, if they could.

I know some will always believe it is xenophobic to speak critically of those 30 million illegals in this country (and yes there are probably at least 30 million as the administration has a big incentive to underestimate them). I speak critically of them and the greedy bastards that hire and rent to them because they lower wages for US citizens and circumvent the laws of the country. I suspect that at some time in the near future, the politicos will give them all amnesty again just as they did in 1986, and allow them to tap into our already defunct Social security and medicare system even though they have and will pay relatively little into it, relative to most long term citizens.

Speaking of SSI I personally know of several life long US citizens that collect it as fully disabled for things like back injuries, while they continue to do things under the table that requires physical effort. I have no idea if they handle SSI differently for legal immigrants. So if my sample of one is significant there are many people abusing the system. SSI should not be easy to get and it should be closely monitored for those that do, unless their disability is 100% and an obvious problem such as paralysis or brain damage, etc.