[quote=urbanrealtor]
I respect and agree with your point, however, it proves mine. Per your description, they used government assistance.
I suspect many of them had government aid or government backed loans in college (like many people do).
I very much respect that people work hard but the assertion that I (or anyone else) should not contribute or should be exempt from wealth redistribution because we never needed it is almost universally a false one.
Let me ask, did they have the degrees when they got here or did they get them here?
If they already had the education (or their parents did) thats not coming with just clothes. Thats coming with education and skills but starting with small bank accounts. Not exactly rags to riches.[/quote]
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the right government assistance. I’d be gladly to pay more taxes if I see that it goes programs that actually help people who are trying to do better for themselves. What I’m trying to say is, what we have now and in the 80s & 90s in term of government assistance should be sufficient for people who want to do better for themselves to do so.
Regarding your last question, some people did have a degree in their home country. Some were teachers, accountants, etc. But some were also only HS graduate and some didn’t even have education past 6th grade. The one that did have education before they came here are now Engineers, Doctors, business owners, etc. here. However, those that didn’t are now business owners. They didn’t have any education when they came here either. They did well for themselves through their work ethic. Some still don’t even know how to write or read very well. Just enough to succeed in their business.
