I am not white. I guess you could say I would be considered a "minority", even though I don't like to play that card and not really the case in california.
Anyway, I'm not against welfare for the truely poor and needy. America is a very generous country, and that's one of it's strength. BUT, i do feel that sometimes america is TOO generous. See here's my problem with welfare.
As a U.S. citizen, I can apply for P.R. for my in-laws, who are in their 70ies. Being over 65, once they get P.R., they pretty much can get welfare and all health benefits. This is pretty messed up imho, irrespective of race/ethnicity because these folks have never paid taxes, and yet are taxing the system. And these folks won't ever contribute to the system because they are beyond their earning years. And this happens quite often. In fact, quite often some of these ancestors are extremely wealthy overseas, yet still take advantage of our system's generousity because there is no record of their financial situation overseas.
This sort of abuse makes me sick frankly. Because welfare wasn't defined for this kind of abuse, and sometimes I feel people don't appreciate the generousity of this country. Second, we really can't afford such handouts these days. I wish our government would reform welfare laws frankly to reduce such abuses.
It's unfortunate that sometimes the need to reform policies get mixed with other group's agendas such that it is perceived as racism or what have you. The need for reform seems to get lost in all the politics.
