[lit-ideas] Re: Some Statistics on Non-English Speakers in US
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:14:45 +0100
Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 6:02:08 AM, Eric Yost wrote:
EY> "Parasitic" is the wrong word, written in haste. You are right to
EY> correct me on this, but we should come up with an alternative word.
EY> How would you describe people who never add to the economic health
EY> of society but only take goods and services from it? (Yeah, I know,
EY> "babies.") Would "nonproductive" suffice?
these are the people who
>EY: can survive here for a long time, either
>through menial, disgusting jobs when they are young, or by swelling
>the welfare roles (the dole) as they do when old.
so when they're young they work and pay taxes etc. and when they're old
they get welfare benefits to which they're legally entitled, in part
because of the taxes etc. they've paid. I don't see what's
unproductive about that.
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