Monday, August 8, 2005, 11:51:20 AM, Eric Yost wrote: thanks for the reply EY> EY: People with no English can survive here for a long time, either EY> through menial, disgusting jobs when they are young, OK I can see that, there are people like that here (but they are migrant workers, they don't, mainly, stay here) EY> or by swelling EY> the welfare roles (the dole) as they do when old. That could happen here, yes EY> The older EY> population of non-English speakers is particularly parasitic in this EY> city. If I get a chance I'll get some stats for you to ponder. I can try to find some -- we have no such population to my knowledge (parasitic?) mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html