[Destroyer]

I have a problem with posts like this, cause they do nothing but flame the fires of racism. And that's wrong. Period. So, although I know it won't be popular, lets be honest about the math. Right now it's a little "fuzzy".

For instance, although Jose gets food stamps and other government subsities, he does not get the entire months food "free". He still has to pay a certain amount of money for his food. A greatly reduced amount, to be sure, but still enough to be significant. The maximum amount of food stamps that can be received per month by a household of one person is $162, of two persons is $298, and of three persons is $426. Food stamps are not intended to pay for all of the food needed for a month. So if both Joe and Jose pay $500 a month for food, then Jose has to pay $74 per month out of his own pocket. $74 x 12 = $888 per year. So Jose now has $30,312.

Now on to the rent issue. If Jose pays the same $1200 per month for his rent as Joe does, but receives a $500 per month subsity from the government, that means his actual outlay of funds from his own pocket is $700 (700 + 500 = 1200) or $8400 per year. So his $30,312 now becomes $21,912. There are other examples, but you get my point.

See what I mean? The math is fuzzy and is written in such a way as to cause resentment towards a certain race of people. I have a problem with racism, of any kind, towards any people.

My point of all this is that although there are, most definetly, inequalities and unfair advantages that illegals can receive, they do not have the bed of roses that are being portrayed. One only has to look at the gettos they live in to see that they have just as hard or harder a life as legal citizens.

If you don't like something, do something about it. Elect officials that share your feelings, hold them accountable, and FIX the problems. But as long as we continue to turn a blind eye to it, it will continue to exist. We have no one to blame but ourselves.