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Bryan Caplan makes strange arguments sometimes. In this pdf [1], he says if you don't want immigrants to vote or receive benefits, then why not just prohibit th
by cousin_it 12y ago
Bryan Caplan makes strange arguments sometimes. In this pdf [1], he says if you don't want immigrants to vote or receive benefits, then why not just prohibit them from voting or receiving benefits? That would still be more humane than keeping them out of the country altogether, right? He doesn't even mention that it would create an underclass, which is one of the biggest reasons for crime and other social ills.
[1] http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2012/1/cj32n1-2.pdf http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-...
- danielweber 12y agoI don't see why the opponents of open immigration would believe, for an instant, that those people that are let in without benefits would stay in that situation. You paint exactly the arguments ("permanent underclass!") that, after bargaining to get them here without benefits, would be used to get them benefits.