Seriously? And yinz guys are supposed to be SMART??
Posted on 08/01/2018 4:58:53 AM PDT by Magnatron
The Cato Institute, a think tank partially founded by the billionaire, pro-mass immigration Koch brothers, is advocating for full open borders to the United States. In an op-ed for USA Today, the Cato Institute’s Director of Economic Studies, Jeffrey Miron, says the U.S. “has nothing to fear, and much to gain, from open borders,” saying that Americans should “forget” about putting a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to stop illegal immigration.
Miron downplayed the negative impact open borders would have on American citizens, writing:
Immigrants will not flood into America, although the rate of immigration might increase. Instead, much of the immigration will be temporary. Return migration happens because most people want to be near their families, surrounded by their own language, culture or religion.
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Crime will not skyrocket. Available evidence shows that immigrants are no more crime-prone than natives. And the additional immigrants likely to enter under open borders would plausibly be even less so, because they have shown respect for the law by not immigrating illegally.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
No borders and huge trade deficits that cut the middle class. Evil bastards.
“...Cato Institute has been exposed...”
cato’s a koch-sucker
Well I guess the word “institute” doesn’t mean what it used. It used to mean an institution for higher learning or thinking but this CATo place sounds to be as dumb as a box of condoms. Good for one time use then thrown away. I guess the cato institute used up its one time some time back.
Open borders only benefit poor countries. Never well developed first world countries. We can and have helped poor countries from a distance. We don’t need nor want their poor uneducated criminals here. We have enough already. All filled up.
Will the democrats build a wall to keep us in after they have turned America into another 3rd world sh-thole? Or will Mexico build a wall to keep us out? Or both?
Maybe we could go to California after it secedes.
It is RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants and minorities by flooding the labor market with CHEAP, ILLEGAL workers.
We seem to be on the verge. One leg over the side of the cliff.
Uniparty is going to destroy us unless we decide to make that action mutual.
Koch-Backed CATO Institute: ‘Time for the U.S. to Have Open Borders’
Ask Koch if he is willing to pay 15.00 per hour. Willing to bet he will not answer.
FU and the horse too.
55000 of the 120000 working for Koch are overseas.
“My guess is these illegals won’t be living in Koch’s neighborhood.”
“Or in any of the CATO members neighborhood.”
Koch, Soros, CATO, Bush I, Bush II, Yeb Bush, RNC, RNCC, Romney, McCain, McConnel, Ryan, with the same agenda.
There fixed it for you.
Not if they bring it here.
Then where will WE go to be near our families, surrounded by our own language, culture or religion?
Add Chamber of Commerce. Those guys sold out to the highest bidder. Silicon Valley money can strongly influence a group like the CoC. And the CoC can strongly influence guys like Mitch, Ryan, etc.
Miron is lying. He knows he’s lying and he knows that we know he’s lying.
Not to hijack, but what the hell does anyone need a house that big for??? What do you do in it? This is not an envy rant, just one of wonderment.
I'm fairly comfortable income-wise, but my home would fit in the left-hand side of the wing in that photo.
Jeffrey Miron is either a moron or a liar.
When Republican ‘elites’ tear down their fences and open their own doors to ‘the great unwashed’ then I’ll agree to do the same with our country. Until then these jerks can go eff themselves.
I call Open Border types like the staff at the CATO Institute Suicide Libertarians.
If the US has so much to gain from Open Borders then the US should charter boats and planes and pay for passage for everyone who wants to come.
Who are our advocates for border security and for preserving the United States? President Trump, but who else? Any big money donors? Are Rudy Giuliani, Kellyanne Conway, Mike Pence on our side? Who else?
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