A well written and thoughtful article. I take issue with one part of it though.
a closed border policy would deprive the US economy of the workers necessary to keep entitlements funded.
If you study what immigration actually does to American citizens and the inequality it causes in income, that statement isn't true. The income inequality between different races because cheap labor is brought in because corporations don't want to pay a fair wage to citizens already in the country. Tracking unemployment numbers by immigrants illegally in the country instead of citizens isn't a true picture of unemployment of the country either. This article gives a true picture of the history of what mass immigration has done to the country. The entitlement is just a talking point not a reality. The entitlements anyone is granted for immigrants is still money taken from citizens by taxation. It is money that could be better spent on citizens to benefit the country.
While the numbers are interesting, they won't matter if in the end we are voting for two sides of the same coin. Past behavior is a predictor of future behavior. We don't need a crystal ball to predict which of the administrations are a better choice. It's neither. They have failed us. People can no longer rely on out of touch global elitists and political profiteers to create a better world. They have proven time and again that money is their main concern, not the welfare of people. We are on our own, and the sooner we stop looking to megalomaniacs to "fix" it, the better. Shake it up people. If you plan on voting, sticking to establishment choices is a fool's errand.
A well written and thoughtful article. I take issue with one part of it though.
a closed border policy would deprive the US economy of the workers necessary to keep entitlements funded.
If you study what immigration actually does to American citizens and the inequality it causes in income, that statement isn't true. The income inequality between different races because cheap labor is brought in because corporations don't want to pay a fair wage to citizens already in the country. Tracking unemployment numbers by immigrants illegally in the country instead of citizens isn't a true picture of unemployment of the country either. This article gives a true picture of the history of what mass immigration has done to the country. The entitlement is just a talking point not a reality. The entitlements anyone is granted for immigrants is still money taken from citizens by taxation. It is money that could be better spent on citizens to benefit the country.
https://www.numbersusa.com/initiatives/hiring-line/
While the numbers are interesting, they won't matter if in the end we are voting for two sides of the same coin. Past behavior is a predictor of future behavior. We don't need a crystal ball to predict which of the administrations are a better choice. It's neither. They have failed us. People can no longer rely on out of touch global elitists and political profiteers to create a better world. They have proven time and again that money is their main concern, not the welfare of people. We are on our own, and the sooner we stop looking to megalomaniacs to "fix" it, the better. Shake it up people. If you plan on voting, sticking to establishment choices is a fool's errand.