“It is just obvious that you can’t have open borders and a welfare state.” So said Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. Yet, right here in Maine, according to DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew, our government encourages that practice by paying more than $1 million per year in welfare benefits to nearly 1,000 illegal immigrants, most of […]
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R. Casimiro: Veterans’ pensions take hit
The headline of a Daily Caller article of Dec. 18 was: “Senate Dems block amendment to restore veteran benefits by closing illegal immigrant welfare loophole.” The amendment referred to was introduced by U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and would close the loophole that allowed illegal aliens to claim $4.2 billion in tax refunds in 2010. […]
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