Big time here in the USA. You won't hear the politicians or the media talking about it, though. Now they're expecting us to support illegal aliens too, and believe me, they are here IN THE MILLIONS, especially from Mexico and South America. The middle class in America is dwindling, and I always wonder who will pay the bills when we're outnumbered?
My daughter in law lives in Toronto, and she tells me that they are being invaded by illegal aliens from mostly the Asian countries. Do they collect welfare and other social services too? Canada should take note of what's happening in America on that issue.
South Park raised corporate welfare as an issue. How airlines have gotten billions for being bad businessmen, and still screw the consumer.
I agree that we are financially doomed. Baby boomers will leave the tax rolls and a much smaller generation will have to pay that generation's debt. As much as I hate taxes, this is why deficit spending is such a bad idea.
I just know we have too many people on welfare period. The worse thing about illegal immigrants is how grossly unfair it is to those who came here legally. We have triad gang members that won't be sent back to China, b/c China won't guarantee they won't get the death penalty. Then we harbour terrorists. The politicians do what they can to frustrate the Canadian Intellegence Service and the RCMP. The RCMP are not even allowed to keep some of these immigrants, who have committed crimes in Canada, under surveillance.