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So, illegal Mexicans shouldn't be on the right-wing agenda this electoral cycle, or am I missing something?

• tosseraccount 15y ago
  No, the article underscores that laissez-faire economic states allow illegal immigrants to work so that's where they migrate. You do see bizarre coalitions on immigration issues: right wing "open border" types allied with left wing "poor starving masses" champions. That reflects the Bush/Kennedy attempt at amnesty a few years ago. You see left wing labor advocates agreeing with right wing "lower legal immigration rates only" types to restrict the supply of labor and drive American wages up. You think a poor, liberal American black guy wants cheaper labor "taking his job"? I wouldn't describe his agenda as "right wing".
  • jsavimbi 15y ago
    Could you just tell me why Griswold's opinion on the benefits of illegal immigrants over [African-American implied] welfare recipients as they apply to the US economy is subject matter for Hacker News? Relevance? Wait, don't bother. Econlib/Cato/Griswold/Koch sell kooky theories to the unintelligent to mask their war on poor people. I don't actually take them seriously.
• e2daipi 15y ago
  Of course, they are taking your jobs!