Active Users:457 Time:02/05/2025 11:06:15 AM
Very good questions Tom Send a noteboard - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM

I used to be a laissez-faire libertarian on immigration but I have really stepped away from that because people really underestimate all the hidden costs that illegal immigration has on our system, from depressed wages ("jobs Americans won't do" is an ever-expanding category as a result) to increased health care costs to costs in our criminal system. It results in taxes that fall disproportionately on the middle and lower classes because (1) the rich benefit from the cheap labor to do their landscaping, cooking and child supervision for them, and (2) they can absorb the added costs throughout the system.

It goes back to the basic proposition that you can't have a welfare state and open borders (unless your welfare state is shittier than everyone around you).

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

*MySmiley*
Reply to message
Case study of the damage liberalism can do - $15 Min Wage - 27/06/2017 01:54:54 AM 1427 Views
Seattle is a poor choice for a case study - 27/06/2017 05:31:18 AM 781 Views
Well, sure, but many of those non-entry level jobs are being held by baby boomers. - 27/06/2017 06:09:40 AM 780 Views
That's at least in part because the minimum wage makes automation more cost-effective - 27/06/2017 11:04:28 AM 682 Views
That is an incredibly silly argument. - 27/06/2017 08:56:09 PM 764 Views
If you assume wages can't go lower... - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM 779 Views
Many? - 27/06/2017 12:30:39 PM 763 Views
Amen. - 27/06/2017 07:21:47 PM 740 Views
Yes, many. My office is full of them. - 27/06/2017 08:59:55 PM 691 Views
So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 722 Views
Re: So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:49:21 PM 696 Views
My father worked two jobs his entire working life. - 27/06/2017 09:56:56 PM 726 Views
We have a 40 hour work week for a reason. - 27/06/2017 10:17:15 PM 768 Views
That's a piss-poor analogy - 27/06/2017 10:23:04 PM 717 Views
How is that really relevant, then? - 27/06/2017 11:03:34 PM 678 Views
I am really enjoying this new-fangled "like" feature we have now. *NM* - 28/06/2017 12:13:42 AM 531 Views
*NM* - 28/06/2017 12:25:45 AM 394 Views
Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:20:47 AM 791 Views
Re: Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:32:31 AM 739 Views
In theory I agree with your ideas about a living wage, however - 28/06/2017 12:16:56 PM 743 Views
Very good questions - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM 729 Views
FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM. - 28/06/2017 07:49:59 PM 845 Views
damn *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 468 Views
Just retire already, you luddite! *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:45:46 PM 475 Views
I wish. - 27/06/2017 09:48:02 PM 749 Views
Bad life decisions lead to bad life consequences - 28/06/2017 05:44:58 PM 705 Views
You also shouldn't respond to it by letting them die. - 28/06/2017 07:53:10 PM 721 Views
But this same arguement can be flipped by.... - 28/06/2017 10:34:25 PM 783 Views
I feel like you're making my arguments for me here. - 28/06/2017 10:51:38 PM 815 Views
an apt comparison - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM 683 Views
So everyone who "can't" - 29/06/2017 09:49:41 AM 716 Views
ummm - 29/06/2017 02:06:54 PM 639 Views
I know. And I disagree with you. - 29/06/2017 04:58:45 PM 755 Views
Health care and minimum wage are different discussions - 29/06/2017 05:14:07 PM 730 Views
I think nossy and I are ok with letting lazy people get by... - 29/06/2017 08:11:36 PM 728 Views
Si - 29/06/2017 09:08:03 PM 727 Views
Who said that? - 29/06/2017 09:47:32 PM 797 Views
Who said what? - 29/06/2017 10:32:12 PM 677 Views
There is a huge difference.... - 29/06/2017 05:10:05 PM 735 Views
Why does McDonalds keep coming up in this? - 29/06/2017 06:53:46 AM 869 Views
Nicely said. Or written. *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:30:06 AM 437 Views
All right, so what society without minimum wage do you point to as a model? *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:39:12 AM 466 Views
How about "all the ones we had before the 20th century"? - 29/06/2017 10:47:30 PM 848 Views
The ones where hunger and scarcity were widespread? - 29/06/2017 11:04:02 PM 702 Views
So just to put this out there... - 29/06/2017 11:12:47 PM 686 Views
Re: So just to put this out there... - 30/06/2017 01:34:03 AM 671 Views
Yes, and me being SUCH a fan of urbanization... - 30/06/2017 03:39:51 PM 879 Views
I for one am entirely unsuprised. Common sense result. *NM* - 27/06/2017 06:23:01 AM 423 Views
Seems like a methodology to identify struggling operations more than one to evaluate... - 27/06/2017 10:25:30 AM 712 Views
But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 12:47:13 AM 807 Views
You are a Husky? TIL clover is one of the Huskies. - 28/06/2017 02:26:46 AM 653 Views
Re: But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 10:38:54 AM 705 Views
Just to nitpick, Switzerland isn't exactly homogeneous. - 28/06/2017 10:28:01 PM 755 Views

Reply to Message