Paying the bills

[kandrathe]

Sounds to me like Life Sucks somtimes. The sooner we realize that the happier we will be. It does not matter how smart you are or what precautions you take, life can screw you over.

That said, I do not think a country should offer welfare to non citizens. Welfare should only be offered for short periods of time to people who pass drug tests and are actively looking for jobs. Certain disabilities however should get full welfare.

This is the age of abdication of responsibility. The model being implemented worldwide is that the Government takes care of all the problems, and we merely need to work from cradle to grave to pay for it. You don't like your life in your current country? Then, just move to one run by socialists and feed off the state.

Your statement that "Life Sucks Sometimes" is also a bit of a cop out. I'd agree that often there are circumstances beyond our prediction and control, but from my observation of "Life", we all make choices and then reap the consequences of those choices. An example; In my college years I went to a Super Bowl party which was getting out of control, so I chose to leave. 30 minutes later those who remained were arrested and had consequences. I helped to bail out my friends out of jail, but I didn't bear the same pain that they did. So it was not "Life" that sucked that day, but their choice to stay just a little longer. There are times when we are ignorant or heedless of the risks to which we obliviously subject ourselves, but the responsibility still remains with the individual. Another example; Again during college, I chose to live in an apartment in a blue collar neighborhood on a major bus line, while my sister chose to live near campus. Her vehicle was vandalized, and damaged at least once per month. My stuff was never touched. I was willing to take a ten minute bus ride to live in an area where people protect their own property (and consequently mine).

Being a father now, I'm trying to teach this type of common sense to my boys, but they currently don't get it yet. I do understand my own father a bit better now though.

These people that sponsor aliens are probably being led more by their hearts than heads. The sensible thing for the government to do if an alien loses sponsorship would be to deport them. But, the socialists are interested in populating their country with other potential voting socialists. So why not keep them in the country, give them amnesty, and make everyone else pay for it?