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Maybe try restating your point in units of food and shelter. Dollars have no intrinsic value.
by psyc 10y ago
Maybe try restating your point in units of food and shelter. Dollars have no intrinsic value.
- megous 10y agoSo perhaps move those poor americans to the third world. They'll feel like top 1% with those dollars.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoPlease don't - here in India we don't need a bunch of people too lazy to make their way in America.
- ars 10y agoYou could probably use their money though, no?
- hkmurakami 10y agoDefinitely saw similar things discussed in an East Asia -> SE Asia context and I had conflicting feelings about it as well.
- naveen99 10y agoWhy not? as long as they spend their money, it would be good for India.
- TheGirondin 10y agoSays the person who wants them to all come to the US. "I agree with that [immigration is a net benefit to nearly everyone] and support more or less open borders" - yummyfajitas
- yummyfajitas 10y agoI should have caveated that statement with the fact that immigrants must be good people who sell labor to willing buyers and don't victimize innocents. I thought I made that clear by mentioning comparative advantage. Unfortunately most poor Americans refuse to work, commit disability fraud and otherwise exploit the taxpayer, and commit disproportionate amounts of crime. (Far more than Indians - I've never felt unsafe in any slum here, unlike in the US). You don't get any comparative advantage from people who refuse to trade and merely take things from you.
- ars 10y agoThat's basically the history of South Africa. A regular income person is a millionaire in South Africa. It caused some problems.
- Buge 10y agoWill their income move with them?