Source:VOA News reporting on Subway.

“America is often called “The Land of Opportunity.” And in 2011 alone, more than a million immigrants became permanent residents on the path to citizenship. Many come to the U.S. to escape hardships where they live, and some to give their children better opportunities. But for those with an entrepreneurial spirit, the United States sometimes helps them realize their dreams. And when that happens, it can change other people’s lives as well. Arash Arabasadi of VOA’s Persian News Network has one example.”

From VOA News

“Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest[3] and oldest of the U.S.–funded international broadcasters.[4][5] VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 48 languages,[6] which it distributes to affiliate stations around the world. Its targeted and primary audience is non-American.

VOA was established in 1942,[7] and the VOA charter (Public Laws 94-350 and 103–415)[8] was signed into law in 1976 by President Gerald Ford.

VOA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), an independent agency of the U.S. government.[9] Funds are appropriated annually under the budget for embassies and consulates. As of 2022, VOA has a weekly worldwide audience of approximately 326 million (up from 236.6 million in 2016) and employs 961 staff with annual budget of $252 million.[10][11]

Voice of America is seen by some listeners[who?] as having a positive impact while others[like whom?] see it as American propaganda; it also serves US diplomacy.”

From Wikipedia

I talk a lot about Welfare To Work a lot on this blog and this is exactly what I’m talking about. Instead of just allowing low-skilled, or even unemployed American adults, to just stay home, while they’re collecting public assistance from people who work for a living, which is what these folks could do before the 1996 Welfare To Work Law, we should be putting them to work wherever they’re currently qualified to work. While at the same time empowering them to get the skills that they need to get a good job and become economically self-sufficient.