If they don't contribute they ought not get free hand-outs; what a concept

by Eric Dondero

Geert Wilder may not have won outright the recent elections in the Netherlands. His Party placed 3rd. However, his views are having an enormous influence, in his homeland, and now even here in North America.

First place finisher Mark Rutte of the (conservative, free market) Liberal Party VVD was quoted right before the election:

"Everyone who comes to our country to contribute is welcome. But we need to put a stop to the influx of disadvantaged migrants who come here only to end up dependent on social security."

This was a blatant adoption of Wilderism late in the campaign. And it worked.

The Dutch leading the way for the US, Canada

Now some Canadians are calling for similar policies. From lfpress.com, June 20:

Canada faces a similar dilemma. Thanks to the calamitous ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in the 1985 Singh case, all foreigners who arrive in Canada, including phony asylum seekers with false documents, are now entitled to the same health and welfare benefits as Canadian citizens.

Herbert Grubel, emeritus professor of economics at Simon Fraser University, estimates the annual net cost to Canadian taxpayers of government benefits for immigrants amounted in 2002 to a monumental $18.3 billion.

That's absurd. Following Rutte's example, Canadian parliamentarians should invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution to enact laws that bar welfare benefits to immigrants for at least a few years and curtail appellant rights against deportation orders so that foreigners who break the law or pose a serious security threat can be expedited out of the country.

And here in the United States, according to the Center on Immigration Studies:

Roughly ONE-HALF of all immigrant households with kids are accessing the welfare system, especially food and Medicaid welfare.

Recent immigrants from Mexico, Central America, Jordan, Somalia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Korea, Uzbekastan, wherever, should not be allowed to access automatic food stamps, health care and welfare.

The Dutch who have maintained a massive welfare state for decades now recognize this. They're country is literally going broke. Some, at least on the Canadian Right are starting to catch on. When will we here in the US, adopt such policies? And most especially, when will the Republican Party USA start pushing such an agenda?