miami_thomas
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- Jan 20, 2011
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I hear over and over about send us your poor, your homeless, etc
. But those days were different. Those days we did not have any welfare systems to be overwhelmed. If we go back to the days where there was no welfare and where everyone could come but you have to make your own way, then more power to them and all those that want to come. But that is the point times are different. People coming into this country cost this country a great deal. We did not have to feed and house those that came back then as they had to feed and house themselves. We did not have to educate them as they were responsible for their own education. We did not have to police them and provide them health care. So you really cant compare then to now. If you want to go back to the days where we didnt provide all these services, then by all means let them all in. But as long as each new person coming across that border is a burden on the already financially strapped system then we cant afford to take them in period.