Arizona may have gotten some attention for passing controversial immigration legislation, but Lt. Governor Andre Bauer (R-SC) understands the real problem behind the large number of illegal immigrants in his own state: Lazy people on welfare.
“The real problem is the work force,” said Bauer, who is running for governor. “The problem is we have a give-away system that is so strong that people would rather sit home and do nothing than do these jobs.”
Bauer made his remarks at a debate between the Republican candidates for South Carolina governor, The State reports.
“Laziness is not a disability,” said Bauer. “There are a lot of people that are flat-out lazy and they are using up the goods and services in this state.”
The Arizona law requires law enforcement officials to demand immigration papers from those they suspect to be in the country illegally.
In the past, Bauer’s compared people on welfare to stray animals, making the point that if you feed stray animals (or, presumably, help out the unemployed), they “will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got to do is you’ve got to curtail that type of behavior.”
