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2023-12-24 Government Corruption

Biden's broken borders, welfare, and America's coming collapse

[American Thinker] America’s greatest economist ever was Milton Friedman. (Incidentally, the second greatest, a living treasure, is Thomas Sowell, who learned from Milton Friedman.) In an era before terrorists traveled across national borders, Friedman was a believer in the free movement of people. However, he was not a believer in giving immigrants welfare or votes, for he understood that combining these things would break the system. So, would it surprise you to know that a significant majority of people entering America under Biden’s illegal open border policy are on welfare?

Wall Street has always liked the idea of open borders because it sees people chasing jobs, thereby increasing wealth. A certain sector has also liked the idea of unlettered immigrants who can easily be exploited, but that’s another subject entirely.

Another group that likes open borders is leftists. As this UMinn professor made clear, they loath America, and a country without borders isn’t a country at all.

This is great for Biden because his illegal open border caters to both demographics, Wall Street and the hard left. It’s not often that you get a political two-fer quite like that.

Milton Friedman, who believed in the free flow of capital, also liked open borders. However, he had a very firm caveat: "It’s just obvious you can't have free immigration and a welfare state." More than that, as Robert Rector explained (and Mitt Romney inartfully tried to explain, too), there’s a problem when those receiving welfare vote:

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-24 06:10|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 they loath America now that they have tenure.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-24 08:15|| 2023-12-24 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 We have even achieved tenure among welfare recipients. Now the tenured folks are ticked at the upstart immigrants for raiding their gravy train.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-24 09:16|| 2023-12-24 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Class warfare. The dems love it until they don't.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-24 09:19|| 2023-12-24 09:19|| Front Page Top

#4 The Amigos are receiving US Government preference. Everyone else, to the back of the bus.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-24 09:24|| 2023-12-24 09:24|| Front Page Top

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