We forget what Milton Friedman said about illegal immigration
By: John Dewar Gleissner (The Hill)
MAGA was suppose to fix these ideas of the great god(damned) Milton Friedman. MAGA was not supposed to create communism for oligarchs. Trump was not supposed to be a reincarnation of Joseph Stalin.
Putting hobnail boots on the necks of immigrants let's the rich freeloaders off the hook. The root cause of the problem has been socialism for the wealthy. They're the fat cats who wanted cheap labor that they didn't need to care about. The cheerleaders for Milton Friedman's un-Americanism have destroyed our ability to compete even with an open border that sucked in cheap labor.
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Years ago, the great conservative economist Milton Friedman said Mexican illegal immigration across the border was a good thing. These workers, he said help the American economy.
Friedman said illegal immigration was a good thing so long as it is illegal. Illegal immigrants do not qualify for welfare benefits, Social Security, or other myriad benefits American citizens can receive. Illegal immigrants work hard, are good workers, gravitate to jobs, are better off here, and benefit the U.S. and American citizens. Illegal immigrants take jobs most Americans do not want.
But if you make illegal immigration legal, then "it's no good," Friedman added.
Friedman may not have calculated the costs of educating the children of illegal immigrants, who if born here become American citizens. Sometimes illegal immigrants are injured in accidents and receive free medical treatment at hospitals.
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, "Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Most of that amount, $59.4 billion, was paid to the federal government while the remaining $37.3 billion was paid to state and local governments."
Why shouldn't the standard for deportation versus a green card boil down to whether the illegal immigrant helps or hurts the American economy? Under this standard, illegal workers can stay and pay taxes, while those who do not work or commit crimes are deported. One DUI, drug-related or violent crime conviction? Immediate deportation. Criminal record? Deportation. Being the guilty driver in a motor vehicle accident without insurance? Deportation, unless the victim obtains restitution or wants the worker to stay and pay damages.
Deporting illegal immigrants with jobs harms the American economy. Employers of illegal immigrants might be given a say in whether their workers are deported. The U.S. workforce includes 8.5 million undocumented workers, or some 4.8 percent to 5 percent of the total U.S. labor force, according to the Center for Migration Studies, concentrated in construction, accommodation and food services, manufacturing, agriculture, waste management, retail trade, and several other areas. The government historically does not enforce laws against employers vigorously, although enforcement is on the upswing.
Increasing enforcement activities against employers and resulting economic losses may be just what are needed to effect meaningful reforms. In 1925, Calvin Coolidge in a speech said, "The chief business of the American people is business." Harming business and the American economy will make reform happen faster than any other method.
John Dewar Gleissner practiced law in Alabama for more than 45 years, and is author of "Prison and Slavery — a Surprising Comparison," and "Truth About the Old South — A Case for African American Exceptionalism," other ebooks, law review articles and recently "Explaining the Mammoth Economy, Smokehouses, and the Mezhyrich Map."
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Is it any wonder that Trump Republicans blame the victims while they cheer the crooks? Even now they're building an over indulgent, extravagant monument to celebrate rich men's balls at the very heart of our government. It's not the people's house any longer.
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Illegal immigrants do not qualify for welfare benefits, Social Security, or other myriad benefits American citizens can receive.
That's simply not true. The governor of California literally brags about how much they spend on welfare for illegals..
Your claim is untrue. California covers LEGAL asylum seekers. You know the asylum seekers that you refuse to acknowledge are legal.
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The problem with your argument , which is a good one, is that white people in America are being "replaced" by non-white immigrants irrespective of what the immigrants employment and taxpayer status is.
Democrats are only competitive nationally because of the votes of non native born Americans. They intentionally refused to enforce immigration laws to let as many immigrants as possible enter the country and when given the chance have created foreign sex predator protection zones to try and keep as many illegals as possible in the country all the while fighting to make election fraud as easy and undetectable as possible. They aren't even subtle about what they are doing.
Is what I said a belief of many opponents to immigration or not? Nerm posted a piece suggesting that employed and taxpaying immigrants are a plus for the country. Those who are afraid of "white replacement" arent impressed.
They obviously aren't. The premise is faulty and doesn't reflect the reality of illegal immigration. 59% of illegals mooch off a welfare program. This quote from him " you cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state" is much more reflective of what's actually happening.
Look what happened to the budget of your city in order to pay for the services they consumed. It's not like that's the only place either. The massive fraud in Minneapolis that Walz and company tried to cover up will never be recouped.
Here we go with fraud again. Fraud is an American way of life. Your hero in the White House was found liable for fraud. He also settled a fraud case by paying out 25 million dollars. His family committed tax fraud for years and years.
So your solution is to import more fraud for taxpayers to pay for? Fantastic.
The best part of the first progressive movement was it's commitment to clean government. The muckrakers etc really focused on exposing fraud and trying to eradicate it from government. They actually believed and pushed for "good government" Their ideological descendants have gone over to the enemies of the original progressives. They now defend defend and cover up corruption and see it as a tool to maintain their power. Sad to see. Corrupt machine politicians like Boss Daley won the battle for the Democratic party.
According to the last Census, approximately 71% of the US population self identified as White alone or in combination with another race. Seems that real people like being white.
I hope you are being facetious with all these comments. Otherwise I am worried about you.
Stop trying to use race as bait. Milton Friedman encouraged exploitation of non-citizens because that provided a legal loophole. Friedman's socialism for the rich didn't sift and sort who to exploit by race.
this is a quote from your seed
Do the conservatives who currently want to deport ALL illegal immigrants care about what immigrants contribute to the country?
No. Reagan Republicans, Gingrich Republicans, TEA Party Republicans, and now Trump Republicans only care about money. They have always wanted all the money the government spends.
It's not about immigrants; it is about the money spent on immigrants. Republicans who worship Milton Friedman firmly believe that the United States only exists for their monetary benefit.
BTW, one of the promises of MAGA was to over throw Republican worship of Milton Friedman. MAGA was supposed to revive the founding principles of the Republican Party and the legacy of the Great Emancipator.
Trump killed MAGA for monetary gain.
Nerm, if all the illegal immigrants were white, do you think any conservative would be demanding that every single one of them be deported on the basis that they "broke the law"?
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Well the truth does hurt, I am aware of that.
They're Hispanic and Latino, which means they're not Black or brown, either. So, where does that leave your argument?
Entering the United States without permission is a crime. Granting asylum after the crime has been committed requires a willful delusion (or collusion in the crime). To avoid breaking Federal law, the immigrant must make the request at a port of entry before entering the US.
I dont know why you quoted my question since your comment has nothing to do with what I said.
You based you comment on illegal immigrants being white (and implied they are Black or brown). The overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants are not white, Black, or brown. They are Hispanic and Latino.