I am going to venture off the Spanish culture here and tell you a story Angie about my SIL girlfriend. Let me tell you a quick synopsis about her. She is about 61yrs. old born and raised in the US. She had married and has three grown daughters, she had the misfortune of marrying a man who drank, she divorced him after many years of marriage and he passed away a few years ago.
This woman has worked medial jobs but she always works, she could have applied to welfare and have gotten food stamps. She was always to proud, till this day she works at a nursery school and makes minimal pay.
One day my SIL told her to call section 8 and see if she qualifies for assistance to help with her rent. So my SIS says I will call for you,why shouldn't you try. Well she got this foriegner who barely spoke english and she explained her friends situation. Well he says to my sil with his broken english OHHHHHHHH NOOOOOO she is not entitled to any help and went on and on. Well my SIL is an outspoken person and said do you know why, its because of foreigners like you who abuse the system and Americans who are born here are shut out.
This group of people are not considered foreigners but refugees Judy can tell you all about them for they are a heavy population in Bklyn.
My point here is that this country should help their own when needed. Other groups come here expect hand outs. If you do it for them what about the people born and raised here? Whose families have worked and payed taxes all along.
Sorry I ventured off the topic but these like this made me mad..
Last edited by Gina; 04-22-2008 at 05:55 PM.
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