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In reply to the discussion: Swedish riots rage for fourth night (long-term unemployment and poverty) [View all]leftynyc
(26,060 posts)My grandparents also came for a better life - and found one after learning to speak English (which they did as soon as they arrived and even met at the class). They both worked until retirement, as does every person in my family. And for those who think it was easier then than now, my grandparents had to see signs in windows saying "no Jews or dogs". Every large group of immigrants had to put up with that kind of crap - the Irish, the Italians. Coming to a place and expecting the host country to hand over a check to keep you fed and a roof over your head is very unfair to those who get up every single day to work for a living. And rioting because they're not happy with the size of the checks seems surreal to me. When the inevitable economic slowdown occurred, I can't really blame the citizens of the host countries from resenting those who do nothing but live off the state after opening their borders to welcome them. The immigrants have a responsibility also.