dpb wrote:
Just Wondering wrote:

dpb wrote:

The difference now is the US demographics are far different and
welfare programs mean the unemployed don't starve so they don't/won't
work at all in large numbers...


If that's true, then the answer isn't turning a blind eye to illegal
aliens, it's changing welfare to workfare.


I don't argue the general idea of "work for pay", but realistically what
do you think the chances are of accomplishing that?


About the same chance as there is of getting rid of the illegal aliens -
somewhere between slim and none.