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StellaLuna · 03-08-2008, 10:47 AM

Not quoting anyone here because I don't want to come across as picking on any particular person...
But you're already paying for them. Kids of illegal immigrants, as long as they were born here OR meet certain other exemptions, are getting food stamps. I process those cases every day. I get mad about feeding the parents, but kids are thrown or pulled into these situations. It's not a child's fault that mommy and daddy live somewhere they aren't "supposed to live." I don't mind feeding those children.

And just to play devil's advocate... not every child getting free and reduced lunches belongs to an "illegal" family. Why stop there? Why not just stop the program altogether? Let's not feed the kids of any family that can't manage to feed themselves. Dad's a drunk and quit his job? Oh, well! Mom whores herself out to pay the electric bill? Sucks to be you, kid. Grandma raises you on her tiny social security check because Mom and Dad couldn't hack it, and she can't meet rent or feed you? Meh.

The question I think you should be asking yourself is what makes it so much more difficult to feed kids born to illegal immigrants who are currently in a shitty situation, as opposed to feeding kids who are citizens and parents either can't or won't make it in a society that requires cash for food?

03-08-2008, 10:47 AM	#24 (permalink)
StellaLuna Psycho Location: hiding behind wings	Not quoting anyone here because I don't want to come across as picking on any particular person... But you're already paying for them. Kids of illegal immigrants, as long as they were born here OR meet certain other exemptions, are getting food stamps. I process those cases every day. I get mad about feeding the parents, but kids are thrown or pulled into these situations. It's not a child's fault that mommy and daddy live somewhere they aren't "supposed to live." I don't mind feeding those children. And just to play devil's advocate... not every child getting free and reduced lunches belongs to an "illegal" family. Why stop there? Why not just stop the program altogether? Let's not feed the kids of any family that can't manage to feed themselves. Dad's a drunk and quit his job? Oh, well! Mom whores herself out to pay the electric bill? Sucks to be you, kid. Grandma raises you on her tiny social security check because Mom and Dad couldn't hack it, and she can't meet rent or feed you? Meh. The question I think you should be asking yourself is what makes it so much more difficult to feed kids born to illegal immigrants who are currently in a shitty situation, as opposed to feeding kids who are citizens and parents either can't or won't make it in a society that requires cash for food? __________________ Screw tradition!