Being a first generation American and coming from an environment of poverty, my parents sacrificed their health and lives to give us kids a better one. My father did the hardest, dirtiest work that was unfit for a beast and mother cleaned houses. They had nothing but made sure the kids had everything they needed (cloths, education, food) and through their sacrifice the chains of poverty were broken.

Millions of Immigrants come to the USA/Canada with nothing but the cloths on their backs and somehow they manage to support themselves and their families. Others are 4th, 5th Generation Americans and can't seem to get off Welfare or dig themselves out of a hole.

I don't understand.....