[quote=AN]Brian, by that same logic, you should be voting Republicans based on your disdain of sales tax.

FYI, Vietnamese-Americans don’t start migrating here until late 70s. So those who are over 65 in 1990 wouldn’t have been here long enough to save for their own retirement. They also don’t usually vote. Those who do vote are in their 40s in 1990 and the majority of them are either engineers or small biz owners.[/quote]

most of them are very familiar with the welfare system given the refugee status of the past.

a huge part of the Vietnamese refugee group are also ethnic Chinese. I would not be surprised these groups then interact with ethnic Chinese immigrants from other countries and taught them the ropes.

given ethnic Chinese in general are exceptional when it comes to financial opportunities, this is all quite expected.

moral of the story: any time you have a program that gives away money, it will be abused.