Personally I think there needs to be some reform on aid for low-income families. Things like welfare and food stamps can make people lazy and do the opposite of what they are designed to do which is to get people back on their feet. It's not just the Midwest, it happens down in the South too, and even moreso. If you really think Bosnians (and I really hate to generalize here) are bad think of the 12 million illegal Hispanics in our country leaching off our education system, road taxes, welfare, etc.
There is a major problem with our country these past few decades and I genuinely believe this is the reason why the United States is on the decline (China's economy is supposedly to surpass the US within the next few years). And, unfortunately, it does happen largely in part due to minorities. My girlfriend is from Texas, and I know for a fact there are many people down there claiming disability and receiving money from the government because they got fake paperwork from corrupted (minority) doctors. Or they will claim welfare and hide all their assets because they work at a (minority) place that pays in cash. That place will also avoid taxes too.
It's a huge looming problem that needs to be addressed ASAP, this charity money doesn't work because it is too easy to manipulate. In the end, the government is giving handouts to people who don't need them and will turn around to buy fancy cars and houses. I know a lady in Texas who receives welfare checks and used them to buy a brand new house. It's ridiculous.
With all that said, I was a refugee. I came here with my parents as a refugee back in 1990. I worked hard and studied hard and ended up in pharmacy school here at NDSU. If I wasn't given the opportunity to come to this great country I would not be where I am today (I came from a war torn country). When we came here we did not get any welfare money, and my mom and dad had to build everything we have now with their two bare hands. Would free federal money been nice? Sure, it might have made things easier. Was it necessary? No. New Americans just need guidance, not government handouts.
Diversity is a good thing for this country. Having more minorities isn't the problem in America because once we are here we are all Americans (except for the illegals, obviously). Unfortunately what happens is people find themselves comfortable with always getting free money and they finding loopholes and ways to cheat the system. That's the hole that America needs to fix.
