Just bit more corruption and liberal crap from Cuomo

[Clipper]

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No wonder people are bailing out of NY by the thousands, and no wonder illegal immigrants are flocking to NY. At what point does it become an infestation as opposed to a natural influx? No wonder taxes are so damned high in NY State. The cost of social programs to support those who pay no taxes alone is enough to drive a hard working taxpayer to greener pastures.

We see a similar problem here but it seems a much smaller scale than you see in NY State. We have a lot of Hispanic illegals here and they cause problems by driving without licenses or insurance, and do day labor under the table or draw welfare, but the numbers and the problems are no where near the magnitude you see in downstate NY. They pay no taxes and yet they line up at the service desk at Kroger's to send money back to Mexico daily via Western Union, while shopping for groceries with food stamp cards. How the hell can a person be granted those benefits without a social security number or proof that they are here legally? Maybe if we didn't make it so easy for illegal immigrants to obtain welfare benefits, they would not find it so desirable to flock here and make working the social programs such a lucrative profession.

I know that when I worked at the OD there were a lot of Bosnians and other refugees that were arriving in the city, but to the best of my knowledge, most, if not all, were legally here and most were willing and eager to find jobs, to work, to pay taxes, and to purchase homes and make a new life in the US.

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The Bosnians are a classy people. They have done much to establish jobs and create jobs and beautiful their homes and even add to the beauty of the City. Ziena's Cafe is thriving on Lenox Street is one of the very top healthy eateries in Utica. Huge thank you to them. Wish the Spanish. Hispanic. Latino/Latina peeps would do the same although I do have to say they have opened many many barbershops. Just play the music a little quieter please.

[BHU]

Apparently these immigrants are getting benefits legally or they wouldn't be getting them. Of course there are abuses like anything else. Take for instance the corporate welfare just handed out to companies like Boeing, cruise lines & other multi national corporations who had already made record profits. Or the trillion dollar tax cut these companies received in 2017, the same companies making record profits after shipping millions of American jobs oversess for the cheap labor. McConnell made a statement that he's not bailing out blue states for their bad fiscal policies. I didn't hear him mention the bad fiscal policy of his party in 2017 when they gave tax cuts to the wealthiest people in the history of this Country which will end up costing the U.S. treasury $2 trillion dollars. The tax cut for the middle class which was a pittance anyway will expire in I believe 2024, but not for corporate America's free ride which is permanent. That was really nice of them.

[Clipper]

States like NY make it legal for them to do a lot of things, drivers licenses, free education, etc. and it isn't always about Republicans, Trump or red and blue states.

[clarencebunsen]

I agree with the comments about Bosnians and would add the Russians. Utica has benefitted by being a refugee center for these people. From everything I have seen their goal is to achieve the American dream. When I was 2nd shift manager at PJ Green my entire crew was Russian. If we had an opening they always had a friend or relative from their village in Russia to apply. There was only one time it didn't work out. We had one who didn't carry his weight.

I had 2 Pavels on my crew, Big Pavel and Little Pavel. Little Pavel said he would take care of it. The under performer quit after a talk with Little Pavel and someone else from the village took his place. The crew did not want anyone dragging down their numbers.

Little Pavel had determined on his first day in the US that the key to success was English proficiency. Every lunch break was a language lesson. He was a good student. When I retired, he became the second shift plant manager.