"America can not depend on the legal dregs of society for maintenance of the economy." I think we would be better off to un-dreg some Americans and get them working. Do somemore welfare reform, get prisoners picking fruits and vegetables, rehab some drug addicts etc.
.... I think we would be better off to un-dreg some Americans .....
A noble thought, but the war on poverty is in it's thirty somethingth year with out success. The programs initiated to do what you suggest are corroded tokens to remind us of the failure.