Friedman favored immigration, saying "legal and illegal immigration has a very positive impact on the U.S. economy."[100] Friedman however suggested that immigrants ought not to have access to the welfare system.[100] Friedman stated that immigration from Mexico had been a "good thing", in particular illegal immigration.[100] Friedman argued that illegal immigration was a boon because they "take jobs that most residents of this country are unwilling to take, they provide employers with workers of a kind they cannot get" and they do not use welfare.[100] In Free to Choose, Friedman wrote,[95]
No arbitrary obstacles should prevent people from achieving those positions for which their talents fit them and which their values lead them to seek. Not birth, nationality, color, religion, sex, nor any other irrelevant characteristic should determine the opportunities that are open to a person — only his abilities.
We've all heard this BS before.
I do believe if alive....his views would have changed...with the politics of the day.
He was a thinker..and willing the change his mind...
Not stagnant....like what we have now,.
I do believe if alive....his views would have changed...with the politics of the day.
He was a thinker..and willing the change his mind...
Not stagnant....like what we have now,.