Editec - that article may be misleading, but I know very few (if any) "RW trolls" that consider SS "welfare".
nah... it's just a 'ponzi scheme'... right?
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Editec - that article may be misleading, but I know very few (if any) "RW trolls" that consider SS "welfare".
Maine's generous welfare benefits attracted thousands of Somalie immigrants that are skewing the numbers. They are unemployed and unemployable. They have traded standing in line at a UN feeding station in Somalia to standing in line at the welfare office in Maine.
A dying Maine mill town gets a fresh burst of energy.
Barely a decade ago, Lewiston, Maine, was dying. The once bustling mill town's population had been shrinking since the 1970s; most jobs had vanished long before, and residents (those who hadn't already fled) called the decaying center of town "the combat zone." That was before a family of Somali refugees discovered Lewiston in 2001 and began spreading the word to immigrant friends and relatives that housing was cheap and it looked like a good place to build new lives and raise children in peace. Since then, the place has been transformed. Per capita income has soared, and crime rates have dropped. In 2004, Inc. magazine named Lewiston one of the best places to do business in America, and in 2007, it was named an "All-America City" by the National Civic League, the first time any town in Maine had received that honor in roughly 40 years. "No one could have dreamed this," says Chip Morrison, the local Chamber of Commerce president. "Not even me, and I'm an optimist."
I consider welfare as any government assistance (ex. student loans) for able bodied persons between 18-65. We have a responsibility to care for the most vulnerable citizens (children, seniors, and the disabled). Any entitlement in the form of check, rent, heating, health ins., food stamps, free cell phones, "refundable tax credit", is welfare IMO.
Unemployment and Social Security are insurance programs that have been paid for by the claimants.
But whether or not these people in Maine "deserve" welfare (or UI or SS) is irrelevant. The fact is that the tipping point has been reached. States cannot "print money" and run trillion dollar deficits like D.C.
and the employee. Just like SS. At least here in NJ.