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Because permanent residency shouldn't be a privilege granted only to the relatively wealthy.

• ap3 7y ago
  Do you have to be wealthy to not need public assistance?
• oh_sigh 7y ago
  Most Americans aren't relatively wealthy, but also aren't on food stamps or other public programs.
  • dragonwriter 7y ago
    As of July 1, 2016, over 80 million Americans, nearly a quarter of the population, was enrolled in Medicaid. [0] (Because someone qualified for other means-tested assistance will almost always also qualify for Medicaid, that's a pretty good rough estimate, though still a lower bound, for the total aid-receiving population at that point in time.) [0] https://data.medicaid.gov/widgets/x3sw-xby3 https://data.medicaid.gov/widgets/x3sw-xby3
    • oh_sigh 7y ago
      Okay, so most Americans are not on public assistance. That seems to agree with what I said.