tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post670038073822422999..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Reality Bites a Trump in the AssRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46989488661515146522017-02-19T10:46:17.322-05:002017-02-19T10:46:17.322-05:00Precisely. I can't believe how often I hear s...Precisely. I can't believe how often I hear supposed libertarians complaining that "illegals don't pay taxes" as if this is a bad thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56257325377567126952017-02-19T08:52:29.879-05:002017-02-19T08:52:29.879-05:00One could make the argument that these employers a...One could make the argument that these employers are practicing agorism. NY Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131625126863049626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66052941355203269542017-02-18T18:21:40.913-05:002017-02-18T18:21:40.913-05:00Valley Sapien:
There are plenty of Americans who ...Valley Sapien:<br /><br />There are plenty of Americans who are on welfare, who utilize social services, who are diseased, and who send their kids to schools that others pay for. If you don't like these characteristics in people, I assume you'd want to forcibly expel these people too?The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64210543557006246682017-02-18T17:57:18.077-05:002017-02-18T17:57:18.077-05:00Just want to point out that the cost for such comp...Just want to point out that the cost for such companies paying migrants vs residents 11.25 is not the same. If you employ residents at the same wage, there is a much higher cost. So this is probably equal cost to them as hiring a resident worker for 6 bucks or something.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46913936442123087182017-02-18T16:42:24.143-05:002017-02-18T16:42:24.143-05:00Evan, No you can't because the state seeks to ...Evan, No you can't because the state seeks to expand dependency on it and grow all its programs. Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18927303579959305442017-02-18T12:34:41.871-05:002017-02-18T12:34:41.871-05:00Re: The Lab Manager,
--- Evan, prove to me that ...Re: The Lab Manager, <br /><br />--- Evan, prove to me that these low IQ people or most 'turd world' immigrants are capable of maintaining a first world society. ---<br /><br />For TLM, the fact that immigrants are willing to abandon the land that saw them being born and grow is not enough "evidence". No, these individuals should demonstrate an extraordinary ability that not OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38961260613507659252017-02-18T12:30:33.407-05:002017-02-18T12:30:33.407-05:00Re: The Lab Manager,
--- At least they are not i...Re: The Lab Manager, <br /><br />--- At least they are not illegal[...] ---<br /><br />As if that made any difference. <br /><br />--- I could work with an H-2 program instead of them streaming across the border if there is genuine need. ---<br /><br />So gracious of you to concede people have "genuine needs."<br />OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68668132949784122112017-02-18T12:24:58.668-05:002017-02-18T12:24:58.668-05:00One piece about economic reality and immigration a...One piece about economic reality and immigration and the economically-incompetent xenophobes arrive here to vent their prejudices and bigotry as if on cue. Will wonders ever cease? OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-47583799489777584902017-02-18T11:36:39.270-05:002017-02-18T11:36:39.270-05:00Evan, prove to me that these low IQ people or most...Evan, prove to me that these low IQ people or most 'turd world' immigrants are capable of maintaining a first world society. Let me know when you are moving to a black run American city like Detroit or something. But I already know the answer.The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38159074982503637682017-02-18T09:40:32.473-05:002017-02-18T09:40:32.473-05:00Jimmy Joe Meeker,
You can make that exact same cl...Jimmy Joe Meeker,<br /><br />You can make that exact same claim about those who believe that further empowering government to dictate where people can move will paradoxically reduce the scope of the welfare state.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76955901211256575152017-02-18T07:14:50.294-05:002017-02-18T07:14:50.294-05:00The Lab Manager,
If you insist on indulging your ...The Lab Manager,<br /><br />If you insist on indulging your segregationist fetish, please do so on your own property.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12232924504656337432017-02-18T05:35:39.865-05:002017-02-18T05:35:39.865-05:00Seems like an NAP violation.
In your formulation,...Seems like an NAP violation.<br /><br />In your formulation, do you consider US intervention in Central and South America? Or do you consider race as the only factor in whether or not a society can put together a civilization? <br /><br />I think we know the answer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12216903332794678762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59687964498925367922017-02-18T04:07:56.308-05:002017-02-18T04:07:56.308-05:00People who don't let silly immigration laws ge...People who don't let silly immigration laws get in the way of business are exactly the kind of American we need more of.Donxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480364222848672992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71481938127851017782017-02-18T04:00:48.108-05:002017-02-18T04:00:48.108-05:00Being against state provided social services and f...Being against state provided social services and for open immigration means those with state power use the support to get the immigration and then proliferate state provided social services anyway. Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83448598062105184622017-02-17T22:36:34.764-05:002017-02-17T22:36:34.764-05:00At least they are not illegal though it would be i...At least they are not illegal though it would be interesting to find out if it paid $15 an hour whether they would attract anyone. I could work with an H-2 program instead of them streaming across the border if there is genuine need. But we know blacks probably won't do it right, cuz that beez likes slabery.<br /><br />Maybe follow the lead of this guy. Yes, we will have to pay more for The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3649250564395536732017-02-17T22:32:57.321-05:002017-02-17T22:32:57.321-05:00Evan, you need to be assaulted or infected with an...Evan, you need to be assaulted or infected with an untreatable TB by one of those precious creatures. Better yet, maybe a house full of them in your neighborhood. I'm sure a house full of these would raise your property value, right? So when are you moving to the 'duh-verse' country of Brazil? If brown people could run things, those countries to the south of us should be in a lot The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53368997168271742092017-02-17T19:52:02.598-05:002017-02-17T19:52:02.598-05:005.) valley sapiens is a welfar-loving statist who ...5.) valley sapiens is a welfar-loving statist who is terrified that the presence of too many brown people might mess up his white nationalist "plan"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48842569501772550072017-02-17T18:22:27.682-05:002017-02-17T18:22:27.682-05:00> State sponsored immigration schemes brings in...> State sponsored immigration schemes brings in all kinds of immigrants in France.<br />> Immigration schemes naturally leads to unintended consequences.<br />> Blames immigration in general.<br />> Is descended from immigrants.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12216903332794678762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29382968503356735012017-02-17T18:19:46.826-05:002017-02-17T18:19:46.826-05:001.) Libertarians are against state provided social...1.) Libertarians are against state provided social services.<br />2.) Libertarians are against state provided social services.<br />3.) Libertarians are against state provided social services.<br />4.) Libertarians are against state provided social services.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12216903332794678762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60469176557186659282017-02-17T17:09:50.078-05:002017-02-17T17:09:50.078-05:00Bottom line: The importation of such low-skilled f...Bottom line: The importation of such low-skilled foreign workers results in a net gain in product for the US economy.<br /><br />C'est oui !<br />Nailed it.<br />The French, especially Parisians are in total agreement.<br />The "net gains" are just excellent and then some.<br />Rock on Libertarians.FormerLibertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386538794443236034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77611866174480822682017-02-17T16:30:02.949-05:002017-02-17T16:30:02.949-05:00$11.27 an hour? Even after adjusted for CPI I did ...$11.27 an hour? Even after adjusted for CPI I did menial, harsh, low paying jobs for less, considerably less, in my youth. <br />Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13857446996343377032017-02-17T15:44:31.207-05:002017-02-17T15:44:31.207-05:00So because some Americans enact stupid welfare pol...So because some Americans enact stupid welfare policies you have the right violently interfere with other people who are in no way responsible for those stupid policies? Do you kick your dog if you lose your wallet?Donxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480364222848672992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10154110735483979342017-02-17T12:48:36.807-05:002017-02-17T12:48:36.807-05:00Stupid argument by libertardians. What is the cost...Stupid argument by libertardians. What is the cost of welfare that these immigrants derive? What is the cost of social services that they utilize? What is the cost of treating/controlling diseases that are imported by these immigrants? Who pays for their kid's schools? No answer. "we just know a bunch of shit form Ricardo and Mises, and that's all we know, so trust us"- valley sapienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844269434344827884noreply@blogger.com