I wonder if there really is a solution. Immigration pressures are global. There are over 30 million war/conflict/political refugees world wide and then add to this the economically driven immigrants.
Libertarian think tanks like the Cato Institute think that making entry for work easier and changes in America's drug policies would help re…
I wonder if there really is a solution. Immigration pressures are global. There are over 30 million war/conflict/political refugees world wide and then add to this the economically driven immigrants.
Libertarian think tanks like the Cato Institute think that making entry for work easier and changes in America's drug policies would help reduce human trafficking and undercut the drugs market upon which the cartels thrive.
The imbalance between the "haves" and "have nots" is so overwhelming (and the way us "haves" got our "have" is so tainted, at least regarding the economic drivers of this) that for sure there's no easy solution -- all the more reason that turning this into a political football, and delaying /attempts/ to solve it, is obscene. I am no Christian, but I do remember that when "Lazarus ate the crumbs from the rich man's table," it did not end well for the rich man.
Thanks for the great link, but it doesn't go to the Cato Institute piece. Any chance you could post that too?
There is a PDF link toward the bottom of the link that goes to the original report from CATO. As you probably know libertarian leaning CATO has always supported the freer movement of labor and trade. So it isn't free of bias... but does make some good arguments.
I wonder if there really is a solution. Immigration pressures are global. There are over 30 million war/conflict/political refugees world wide and then add to this the economically driven immigrants.
Libertarian think tanks like the Cato Institute think that making entry for work easier and changes in America's drug policies would help reduce human trafficking and undercut the drugs market upon which the cartels thrive.
https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/article/15-myths-about-immigration-debunked/
The imbalance between the "haves" and "have nots" is so overwhelming (and the way us "haves" got our "have" is so tainted, at least regarding the economic drivers of this) that for sure there's no easy solution -- all the more reason that turning this into a political football, and delaying /attempts/ to solve it, is obscene. I am no Christian, but I do remember that when "Lazarus ate the crumbs from the rich man's table," it did not end well for the rich man.
Thanks for the great link, but it doesn't go to the Cato Institute piece. Any chance you could post that too?
There is a PDF link toward the bottom of the link that goes to the original report from CATO. As you probably know libertarian leaning CATO has always supported the freer movement of labor and trade. So it isn't free of bias... but does make some good arguments.
Ha, busted! I read the first few paragraphs and bookmarked the rest for later. Found it now; thanks very much.
Thanks for the links.