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 CS> What I recall was my disgust that a cuban immigree got a
 CS> 40,000$ house and full
 CS> subsistance upon arrival while we and others were mostly
 CS> struggling on a substantially lesser house and income.

 I had not heard about that. Can you tell us more? Did they get
 assistance getting jobs, or education?

 CS> What made me very *proud* of my fellow new Americans is
 CS> that MOST (and i mean that as far as i could tell) got jobs
 CS> anyway having to give up the house and an almost welfare
 CS> payment for far less money and get a JOB.

 After that, did they then work their way up to higher paying
 jobs?

 CS> You dont hear about that often, but it's true.  It changed
 CS> only just about when
 CS> we left (around 1970 we saw even the cuban kids objecting
 CS> to the new ones and I
 CS> left by 1972).

 So that was long ago.

 CS> I was proud of the USA helping but thought it a bit much
 CS> that they all had swimming pools and central AC but we all
 CS> were proud that most considered it a short time to get
 CS> started til they got a job.  Most used it just that way.

 Don't forget, the ones who came here were typically among the
 more educated. The Mariel Boatlift was when Castro shipped out
 the ones he didn't want.

 CS> I remain proud of how the USA treated the initial people
 CS> who wanted to come here and gave them short term (intended
 CS> as such then I assure you) help to get established and very
 CS> very proud of how so many made that leap to be real
 CS> americans with jobs as fast as they could.  They took major
 CS> financial cuts but did so because it was 'right'.  Became
 CS> taxpayers and we loved them.

 I used to work with a cuban immigree. He was a pilot in the
 Cuban National guard. He was not wealthy there, but they did
 have connections in the Batista govt.

 CS> Florida isnt the same now.

 CS> Rant off i guess.

CH>> IE: Take the story of Robins being  a first sign of spring.
CH>> They're a sign in the NORTH. Actually they fly there in the spring
CH>> FROM the south. What do you say?

 CS> Huh?  Sorry.  Red ones, spring in Virginia.  Havent a clue
 CS> which direction they
 CS> were flying.  You only notice what stops in your yard .

 In the fall they are not flying North.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... God must have loved the poor people, he made so many of them.  A. Lincoln
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