[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

---- "1. Offer welfare 2. Allow illegal immigration 3. Let illegal immigrants vote (they will 100% of the time vote for more welfare) 4. Win office 5. Raise taxes, offer more welfare,..."

The perfect procedure for 1) gaining political power, and 2) collapsing a productive economy. "Free" voted for by those who want "free" becomes confiscation from all others over time.

[marktwain]

I suspect Milton Friedman would agree with you. I believe he was referring to the collapse at the end.