Lost in America: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor..Your Crack Merchant?
But the unintended consequences of these programs was to create a "victim" mentality for at least three generations of us. Imagine, three generations of folks who believe it is not necessary to work, or be productive, to draw a check.
Unfortunately, many of these programs were not well administered and these costly benefits were dispensed to millions who were not eligible to receive them. Enter the illegal immigrant, lured by a national plethora of government freebies under programs poorly monitored.