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[JurisDictum]

Fine fuck it -- no poor immigrants. I'll get on bored. All Middleclass or up with some hope of bettering our economy -- we still need immigration though.

[mickmoranis]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fine fuck it -- no poor immigrants. I'll get on bored. All Middleclass or up with some hope of bettering our economy -- we still need immigration though.

We'll have plenty of it, saying no to illegal immigration is not saying no to immigration!

I love food from all over the world, I just love being served by someone who understands the words that come out of my mouth. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

but then again the OP of those statistics was simply to show how the narritive from the elected elite on the left, is actually dead ass wrong [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Id take illegals over democrats tbh.

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fine fuck it -- no poor immigrants. I'll get on bored. All Middleclass or up with some hope of bettering our economy -- we still need immigration though.

Why do we need immigrants? Overcrowding and landfills / shit air quality are real issues

[mickmoranis]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why do we need immigrants? Overcrowding and landfills / shit air quality are real issues

it is ironic that liberals will cry about overpopulation and climate change then demand we have unfettered population growth.

[JurisDictum]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why do we need immigrants? Overcrowding and landfills / shit air quality are real issues

If you don't worship at the alter of economic growth -- then you don't need them. But immigration helps build the overall size of the economy by concentrating talented individuals in first world countries like ours. We get the kind of people we need when we need them from a labor supply perspective.

The more hand wavy shit would be about cultural enrichment and the positive effects of globalization.

Basically, if the economy isn't growing -- rich people aren't happy. In America, they are very good at having the lower classes suffer more from economic downturns than other first world countries. But that is starting to wear thin because it has been so long since the lower orders have seen any growth in real wages. Meanwhile luxary for the rich has skyrocketed.

[Pokesan]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you don't worship at the alter of economic growth -- then you don't need them. But immigration helps build the overall size of the economy by concentrating talented individuals in first world countries like ours. We get the kind of people we need when we need them from a labor supply perspective.

The more hand wavy shit would be about cultural enrichment and the positive effects of globalization.

Basically, if the economy isn't growing -- rich people aren't happy. In America, they are very good at having the lower classes suffer more from economic downturns than other first world countries. But that is starting to wear thin because it has been so long since the lower orders have seen any growth in real wages. Meanwhile luxary for the rich has skyrocketed.

growth is the only thing keep mick's apocalyptic sex-fantasy from becoming real

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

growth is the only thing keep mick's apocalyptic sex-fantasy from becoming real

Disagree

The north Europeans will figure out a post growth economy... them or the Japanese. Hopefully at that point we'll have a populace that is smart enough to understand we aren't #1 anymore

Also, we can increase productivity without increasing population

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you don't worship at the alter of economic growth -- then you don't need them. But immigration helps build the overall size of the economy by concentrating talented individuals in first world countries like ours. We get the kind of people we need when we need them from a labor supply perspective.

The more hand wavy shit would be about cultural enrichment and the positive effects of globalization.

Basically, if the economy isn't growing -- rich people aren't happy. In America, they are very good at having the lower classes suffer more from economic downturns than other first world countries. But that is starting to wear thin because it has been so long since the lower orders have seen any growth in real wages. Meanwhile luxary for the rich has skyrocketed.

I'd be at the top of the pyramid regardless how it was structured. I don't care about that. I passed on values to my children that would allow them to flourish. Investments and constant GDP growth aren't great arguments anymore because automation really is coming. People are more likely to be liabilities as opposed to assets in the future. Our fertility rate is what, 1.8 kids per woman? That's a good pace to decline at. Let all the kids go into nursing to care for the elderly... $15,000 minimum income per annum so that peopl can afford healthcare and education (cut all forms of welfare)

It would work fine. But yeah, I agree that we have to tell Wall Street and Hollywood that they won't call the shots in the future. I'm thinking st some point even corrupt ass holes will realize population growth without decent job opportunities = bad for markets

[JurisDictum]

The problem is most the left isn't with me and will fight tooth and nail to keep poor South Americans coming in. We feel sorry for them blah blah...

All you have to do is set the IRS up to enforce it. Fine the shit out of business hiring illegals. Police don't want to arrest business owners...IRS have no issue giving out fines most the time.

[Pokesan]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The problem is most the left isn't with me and will fight tooth and nail to keep poor South Americans coming in. We feel sorry for them blah blah...

All you have to do is set the IRS up to enforce it. Fine the shit out of business hiring illegals. Police don't want to arrest business owners...IRS have no issue giving out fines most the time.

spoiler: not gonna happen in a million years