Open boarders and more free stuff is a winning combination. ** -- LAHOOters 12/05/2018 10:25PM
Hopefully someone below informed you that your -- 111Balz 12/05/2018 8:13PM
What is the expanded definition of -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2018 10:41PM
Traditionally, apparently, food stamps and medicaid were not included -- 111Balz 12/06/2018 06:38AM
The big problem is that there are nearly 11,000 legal arrivals every day -- NJHoo 12/05/2018 4:53PM
100% of Americans over 64 on the dole via Medicare ** -- tchoo 12/05/2018 3:41PM
More like 95%. High earners more than -- BocaHoo91 12/06/2018 12:58AM
More like 100%; though 5% are born and third base and think they've tripled ** -- Quaker 12/06/2018 08:47AM
Pretty sad outlook. -- BocaHoo91 12/06/2018 09:05AM
Did I touch a nerve Boca? -- Quaker 12/06/2018 09:13AM
You should probably know your audience before casting aspersions. And envy -- Hoodafan 12/06/2018 09:46AM
I know my audience -- Quaker 12/06/2018 10:05AM
Lucky? Ahh, the old you didn't build that mindset. Risk, sacrifice, choices -- Hoodafan 12/06/2018 10:14AM
Well, if you were unlucky, you might be dead -- Quaker 12/06/2018 11:35AM
LOL! I'm very thankful for my luck, even though some of those things you -- Hoodafan 12/06/2018 11:50AM
Peace -- Quaker 12/06/2018 11:54AM
Back at you my "rude uncaring and obnoxious" yet successful friend. :-) ** -- Hoodafan 12/06/2018 12:13PM
Sure, lucky to be born in the US compared to Bangladesh, North Korea, -- BocaHoo91 12/06/2018 10:11AM
Where would anything in my post lead you to believe that I think -- BocaHoo91 12/06/2018 09:30AM
Everyone has anecdotes, but statistically you are very unlikely to end up -- WahooRQ 12/06/2018 1:44PM
They might even have kids who go to public school -- WahooMatt05 12/05/2018 4:23PM
Prolly also drive on roads!!!! -- tchoo 12/05/2018 8:24PM
You guys don't seriously see a difference between public roads, public -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2018 10:12PM
It was partially a joke -- tchoo 12/06/2018 08:58AM
I don't think people should demonize welfare recipients, but I do think -- BocaHoo91 12/06/2018 11:16AM
Couple of follow-ups -- tchoo 12/06/2018 11:57AM
On SS, about to catch a flight so can’t give a long answer, but -- BocaHoo91 12/06/2018 12:07PM
So its at least 15% welfare? -- tchoo 12/06/2018 1:42PM
These things are all alike, as is our defense budget, in that they are non- -- southdenverhoo 12/06/2018 10:29AM
Agreed ** -- tchoo 12/06/2018 10:54AM
Exactly! why stop there? ** -- HokieDan95 12/05/2018 4:17PM
A system most paid into. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/05/2018 3:57PM
If I pay $1 into a “system -- tchoo 12/05/2018 8:20PM
Including non-citizens. ** -- THECZAR 12/05/2018 5:16PM
Well they should apply for citizenship so they can have access to -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/05/2018 5:42PM
They don’t need citizenship to have that access. -- THECZAR 12/05/2018 6:18PM
Yeah, I pay almost $300/mo to be "on the dole" for a program I paid into -- Hoo TV 12/05/2018 4:28PM
Yes progressives created an unsustainable program that people grew to be -- HokieDan95 12/05/2018 5:19PM
Thus proving my point that conservatives don't like any government programs -- Seattle .Hoo 12/05/2018 6:27PM
I'm not sure how you got that from my post but it's not the case... -- HokieDan95 12/06/2018 09:25AM
I certainly I don't like public assistance programs that cover huge -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2018 10:48PM
And you buying what an anti-immigrant think tank is selling at face value -- THECZAR 12/06/2018 09:36AM
And you not understanding the word "IF" is even sadder. ** -- BocaHoo91 12/06/2018 09:53AM
Well, it isnt true and is a distortion of the truth across a myriad of -- THECZAR 12/06/2018 10:02AM
I'm not even particularly arguing the "IF", just saying that if -- BocaHoo91 12/06/2018 11:20AM
Yet the average benefit is well in excess (3x) of the average benefit -- Stimp 12/05/2018 5:01PM
Yep. I agree. ** -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2018 10:25PM
I hope to be so lucky in 20 years. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/05/2018 4:59PM
Make them citizens. Easier to get a job that pays taxes. ** -- HoosWillWin 12/05/2018 3:39PM
Compared to 35% native born -- TomKazanski 12/05/2018 2:37PM
Hey Tommy, now that you're back ... -- Beerman 12/05/2018 2:53PM
Don’t know anything concrete about it, if it’s just ballot harvesting -- TomKazanski 12/05/2018 2:59PM
Ballot harvesting? lol ** -- Beerman 12/05/2018 3:11PM
Ya gotta sort that stuff, separate the wheat from the chaff ** -- 111Balz 12/05/2018 8:15PM
I don't doubt it -- Beerman 12/05/2018 1:58PM
Some people bring their children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents... -- MasterRusty 12/05/2018 2:00PM
...today -- Beerman 12/05/2018 2:00PM
It’s an endless cycle with chain migration -- TomKazanski 12/05/2018 2:36PM
I mean, that's how our country was born ... -- Beerman 12/05/2018 2:51PM
You have yet to make an argument for why we need them -- TomKazanski 12/05/2018 3:13PM
Because they make America great (edited) -- Beerman 12/05/2018 3:30PM
This is such an oversimplification I don't even know where to start ** -- Faz d. Hoo 12/05/2018 10:04PM
Sorry I don’t want to be anything like India or China -- TomKazanski 12/05/2018 3:55PM
I'd be more than willing to trade entitled redneck scum like you for people -- WahooRQ 12/05/2018 4:29PM
Very RACIST of you. ** -- MasterRusty 12/06/2018 4:18PM
A prosperous economy is a growing economy -- Beerman 12/05/2018 3:58PM
The moral side: -- Eusebia 12/05/2018 4:22PM
One country doesn't have the entire burden though. That's nonsense. But the -- Seattle .Hoo 12/05/2018 6:50PM
Right - definitely. I didn't really mean that the US has the sole burden - -- Eusebia 12/05/2018 10:49PM
So I see there is no need for the immigration question on the Census ** -- WahooMatt05 12/05/2018 1:50PM
(link) -- hooshouse 12/05/2018 1:48PM
No link for her accusations. ** -- MasterRusty 12/05/2018 1:54PM
LOL - asking for assistance? ** -- Guy LeDouche 12/05/2018 2:08PM
(link) -- hooshouse 12/05/2018 1:57PM
From the article..... -- MasterRusty 12/05/2018 1:58PM
That is so disingenous. Conservatives oppose public assistance programs for -- Seattle .Hoo 12/05/2018 2:02PM
No they oppose it for people who should be getting it -- TomKazanski 12/05/2018 2:39PM
The Greatest Generation's wealth was built with the assistance of -- hooshouse 12/05/2018 2:32PM
How so ? I want to explain that to my 93 yo dad ** -- NewBernHoo 12/05/2018 9:32PM
It certainly was. Now we design policy for the 1%. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/05/2018 2:38PM
... -- hooshouse 12/05/2018 2:02PM
BH confirms capwater is trolling under identity number 355 ** -- WahooRQ 12/05/2018 1:46PM
Haha! I am living rent free in your head with a 4k BAFSTV. ** -- capwater 12/05/2018 4:15PM
Yes! An update for a new age- 4K BAFSTV to go along with the EBT lobster ** -- ryno hoo 12/05/2018 6:42PM
Damn, an actual Capwater sighting over here! Nice of you to pop in for an -- Hoodafan 12/05/2018 4:32PM
On an H1B Visa! ** -- WahooRQ 12/05/2018 4:30PM
Earned income tax credit is welfare? I'd like you to -- Shenhoo 12/05/2018 1:44PM
I generally don't criticize people for correctly using programs, especially -- Hoodafan 12/05/2018 2:47PM
Medicaid too. Why can't these people just go uninsured?? ** -- WahooRQ 12/05/2018 2:02PM
When it results in a negative tax liability, it's difficult to argue that -- Hokie5150 12/05/2018 1:53PM
I would say it's welfare. Welfare for citizens of the US. ** -- Hokieesith 12/05/2018 1:51PM
The Center for Immigration Studies pushing their agenda. Again. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/05/2018 1:49PM
Hmph. The number includes people getting food assistance for kids born in -- Seattle .Hoo 12/05/2018 1:42PM
Giving people benefits for 10+ years? -- MasterRusty 12/05/2018 1:57PM
Someone making $15 an hour is a "drain" because he/she qualifies for EITC? -- Shenhoo 12/05/2018 2:02PM
The Bronx too. Poor Americans find it hardest to compete. ** -- MasterRusty 12/05/2018 7:32PM
And they generally are not. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/05/2018 2:00PM
Seems to me like we need to take in more. -- Hokieesith 12/05/2018 1:37PM