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To: koan who wrote (144555)	7/17/2014 4:18:15 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

"We sure as hell can help 50,000 desperate kids. " There are 9 million desperate kids under the age of 15 in those 3 countries. Mexico has about 40 million kids, but I don't know how many are desperate. Latin America and Caribbean has close to 200M in total. How many should we take? Who should we take; those who apply, or those who are breaking and entering, so to speak?

To: koan who wrote (144555)	7/17/2014 7:07:35 PM
From: pcstel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

<I am an old hippie and have not changed my basic ideas since the 60's as I feel they were correct then and correct now e.g. love they neighbor.< Amen brother!! That's one of the Good Lord's commandments I guess, just how much you love them depends on who exactly you call "your neighbor".. Is that decided on your own homes property boundary's? City boundary's, State boundary's, or International boundary's. It appears that as far as your States Investment Funds... That "Love thy neighbor" ends at the State Boundary. <In fact I feel we must start thinking more globally or the human species simply will not survive.< Great Idea.. You know... We should all be more like those "Utopian Socialist Nordic Role Model Countries", you know the ones with the Monster Social Services rolled out on a red carpet. Uhhh!! But then again.. Maybe not..... Today's Helsinki Times Reports... Undocumented immigrants now only receive emergency housing assistance More and more foreigners may have to spend the night on the streets of Helsinki in the future, after local authorities in early July revised instructions issued by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, stipulating that homeless people ineligible for social assistance must only be provided emergency support. A Finnish residence permit is a precondition for eligibility for social assistance. Thereby, homeless people without a residence permit staying at the Hietaniemenkatu Service Centre in Helsinki, for example, must be referred to other services after a stay of few nights. Sanna Sunikka, the director of the centre, states that the new instructions were rushed through and that the centre was consequently unable to fully prepare for them. “The problem has always been that there are not enough places. Now, even more people unable to apply for rental assistance will come here,” she says. Adopted on Monday, the new instructions are part of a project to revise the eligibility conditions for social assistance. “Emergency housing cannot be the solution. It'll still be possible to spend two nights in the case of an emergency, but then you must clarify whether you want to return to your home country or can find a solution to finance your residence,” she explains. *************************************************************************************************************************** Thousands of students may lose their student allowance The situation stems from the changes to the student benefit system implemented in 2011, which saw the payment of student allowance split into two parts, one for the bachelor’s degree and the other for the master’s degree. ***************************************************************************************************************************** Imagine if a US Green Card was a pre-condition for receiving social assistance here in the US? Yeap! Those Nordic Countries Socialistic ideologies are Utopian alright. PCSTEL