Immigration Reform and Welfare

President Obama spoke this morning on how badly this country needs Immigration Reform. This is nothing new, most Americans would agree that it has been long over due. The only problem is that President Obama and Congress either doesn't see or refuses to see how Welfare plays a part in this.

It is really pretty simple, why would anyone work, especially hard labor, when they can just sit at home and get a check from the government. While welfare might be well meaning, it has created a society of lazy, do nothing individuals. President Obama is right, illegal immigrants work as migrant workers, picking much of this country crops. But, if the government didn't dole out money like water, maybe Americans would get off their lazy butts and work in the fields, like our grandparents and great grandparents did. Hard work never hurt anyone, but welfare has been and continues to create generations of individuals that feel that this kind of work is beneath them.

Once upon a time in this country, taking a hand out from the government was frowned on. Parents and grandparents encouraged children to stand on their own two feet and make something of themselves. Now, it's okay to sit at home and wait on the welfare check. It's okay not to take responsibility for your actions. We have created a society that believes the government and taxpayers owe something. They scream about their skin color, property level, ethnic background, whatever reason they can think up to get something for nothing.

Enough already, it's time for all Americans to start picking up the pieces of this country and start working together to make our lives and the lives of our children better. Immigration Reform has to occur but along with it needs to come Welfare Reform. We need common sense solutions without politics, religion or ethnic crap brought into the mix.