Catholic Charities of Maine told us we have 200 new refugees coming to our struggling, beleaguered, out-of-money state.

We are now told, thanks to today's Kennebec Journal article, that the number may go to 300. Who knows? We may see 500 to 1,000 new refugees. Now these folks have already been settled in other cities in the country, but they have taken a shine to Maine. I wonder why?

I know we can thank Catholic Charities of Maine, who stays in business by resettling refugees. But here is a better reason. We have one of the finest welfare systems in the country. It is extremely generous, comprehensive and never ending, and you can live on it generation after generation.

Our welfare system is like the Field of Dreams: If you build it, they will come.

Larry Davis

Hallowell