Power of the Market - Immigration
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@jrsub3 Also, I thank Friedman and LibertyPen for this. It's truly a shame that a bad government program has turned us from a society that welcomes immigration and a melting pot of cultures, to one that sees immigrants as nothing but competition for jobs and tax dollar leeches. Neither political party gets it right.
8 months ago 2
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And here is the problem w/ the welfare state. Farmers need labor, people need labor, but because of the welfare state dynamic, the government says no.
We have to cut off immigrants from the welfare state. Guaranteed we'll all do better.
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@scottvanska This is old, I know, but consider what you're saying. Ok, so maybe you fear ethnic or racial fragmentation. When you say that therefore immigration should be restricted, though, you are saying that people should not be allowed in because of their ethnicity or race (because otherwise there WOULD be fragmentation, right?)
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@TeaPartyPhilosophy And when we are as poor as Latin America there won't be a immigration problem then.
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@TheMexihcatl The reality is that we are being invaded by Latin America. What part of illegal don't you understand.
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@louiethegreater There would be no "violation of our laws" if the laws were changed to accomodate the realities of society.
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This benefits the mexicans enourmously
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this is the reason qhy imigration have failed in europe
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Does coming for jobs, apposed to coming for welfare, justify violation of our laws?Farmers would not have a problem with labor shortages if they paid a living wage. They want cheap illegal immigrant labor, and have total disreguard for the effects their actions has on the rest of the country. Sounds like Friedman, he would have to be for open borders, because that is one of the tenents of free trade.
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Wow it's the hippie farmers that hire the illegals, not greedy corporate farmers...gee why am I not surprised!
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I think Friedman would consider public education part of the welfare state he speaks of. Your mentioning of standardized test scores and academic standards, to a degree, justifies Friedman's economic assessment of immigration.
goddy12786 3 years ago 9
Not sure about the middle class (seems like a good deal to have cheap maid services), but sure, immigration -- at least from Mexico whose majority of people are low skilled -- would be painful for low skilled workers in the US for the short term. But gradually, their occupations would be distributed across the board, and they would improve living standards for all, especially from fixed cost production and possibly by enabling some economies of scale.
picapauengracado 3 years ago 5