Monday, May 10, 2010
"Immigration" isn't the problem
Like this writer, I just can't accept unlimited additions to the entitlement list...
David Harsanyi writes at DenverPost.com:
"The uplifting tale of the hard-boiled immigrant, dipping his or her sweaty hands into the well of the American Dream, is one thing. Today, we find ourselves is an unsustainable and rapidly growing welfare state. Can we afford to allow millions more to partake?
When the Nobel Prize-winning libertarian economist Milton Friedman was asked about unlimited immigration in 1999, he stated that 'it is one thing to have free immigration to jobs. It is another thing to have free immigration to welfare. And you cannot have both.'
Dependency programs incentivize not only those who want to work, but those who don't want to work. That's why we need to allow a generous number of immigrants and visitors to take a shot at the American Dream and become part of our economy. I'd just like them to do it on their own and check in first."
