WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE??
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By Becky May 12, 2010, 3:50 pm |
I'm dedicating this blog to my friend Karola. Karola is an English citizen who, due to the cold weather in England, prefers to be in Florida. Some years ago, her son, a wealthy businessman in England, bought her a villa where I live. She would come here and stay for most of the year, leaving for England several times a year to see her children and grandchildren and to satisfy the requirements of her visa. Now this is where it gets stupid. She does not get Soc. Security in this country. She gets a pension in England. She does not use Medicare because she has health insurance from England. She pays property tax, car insurance, homeowners insurance, electric and telephone bills and homeowners maintenance in this country (not to mention all the shopping she does). She doesn't work, so she's not taking a job from a US citizen. She brings money into the country and takes nothing from us. She has to renew her license every 6 months. However, our State Dept. has decided she may not stay in this country for more than 6 months at a time. Her family decided that to pay for her house 12 mos. a year and she can only use it for 6 months has become a financial burden (since she now needs an apartment in England too) and so, they've put her house on the market. We have hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who come here and collect welfare, medical benefits and food stamps. I know some are fleeing terrible conditions, but some are biting the hand that feeds (and educates) them. So, I say again, what's wrong with this picture.

