Ramussen: 71% Say Too Many People Get Welfare

Rasmussen Reports: Americans overwhelmingly believe that the bigger problem with the welfare system in the United States is that there are too many overqualified recipients rather than not enough. Most also think legal immigrants should have to wait at least three years before being eligible for welfare benefits. [Obviously, illegals should not be getting any benefits!]

- 71% of American Adults say the bigger problem with welfare programs in the United States is that too many people get welfare who should not be getting it.
-18% say the bigger issue is that too many people who should receive welfare do not get it.
- 11% are not sure.

- 59% of all Americans think immigrants who follow the law and enter the United States legally should have to wait 3 years or more before collecting welfare benefits.
- including 31% who believe they should wait more than 5 years.
- and 17% think 3 years is enough while 11% prefer a 5-year waiting period.
- 14% think 1 year is an appropriate waiting period for legal immigrants.
- 16% believe there should be no wait at all.
- 11% are undecided.

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