Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting

[nobody's_hero]

I think some states are shitholes like Connecticut or Massachusetts, so it's not unreasonable to think that countries can be shitholes as well.

 

[tod evans]

 

[Swordsmyth]

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free suffocate us with their philosophy of government.

Fixed it.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Or about Obama dropping bombs with drones on unarmed children of "shithole" countries without due process of law.

There is lot of hypocrisy everywhere.


"Every Time I Think About Those Kids It Gets Me Mad"

 

[Superfluous Man]

Care to mention one?

I personally benefit immensely from people who were born in third-world countries. I won't get into specifics, because I prefer not to get into my personal life on this site.

But the US benefits economically enormously from immigrants from third world countries, including the ones Trump listed. He probably employs a good number of them on his own properties, I bet. In many cases, government regulations hold them back from making even greater contributions, including regulations designed to stifle immigration.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/researc...t-population-is-highly-educated-underemployed
https://www.mnnonline.org/news/study-shows-refugees-wealth-education-job-skills/

 

[pcosmar]

There is lot of hypocrisy everywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariel_boatlift

 

[tod evans]

I personally benefit immensely from people who were born in third-world countries.

Would you still "benefit" if government didn't support the US cheap labor class?

Strip the free shit programs and watch how quickly the third world labor becomes a liability.

 

[Superfluous Man]

Would you still "benefit" if government didn't support the US cheap labor class?

Strip the free $#@! programs and watch how quickly the third world labor becomes a liability.

I don't follow. How could more labor conceivably be a liability?

Government welfare programs aren't keeping foreign labor from hurting us. They're only stifling how much it helps us. Getting rid of them would be a boon to the economy.

And to answer your question, yes, I would still personally benefit immensely.

 

[tod evans]

I don't follow. How could more labor conceivably be a liability?

The labor pool is currently tainted by government and her free-shit programs, remove them and the local underclass will make employing foreigners a liability...

An 'employer' is always glad for an expanded labor pool, the employee not so much........

 

[timosman]

I personally benefit immensely from people who were born in third-world countries. I won't get into specifics, because I prefer not to get into my personal life on this site.

But the US benefits economically enormously from immigrants from third world countries, including the ones Trump listed. He probably employs a good number of them on his own properties, I bet. In many cases, government regulations hold them back from making even greater contributions, including regulations designed to stifle immigration.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/researc...t-population-is-highly-educated-underemployed
https://www.mnnonline.org/news/study-shows-refugees-wealth-education-job-skills/

Please spell it out for a simple mind like myself.

 

[RonPaulMall]

You have it backwards. Immigration restriction always has been and remains one of the hallmarks of socialism and progressivism.

As Bernie Sanders, who supports immigration restriction, accurately observed. It's we libertarian Koch Brother types who support free movement of people across borders. And of course Trump's own socialist leanings are no secret.

Bernie Sanders does not support immigration restriction. He used to support it, because he was against depressed wages for workers, but since his Presidential run he has converted fully to the mainstream Democratic position which favors White Genocide above the protection of working class wages.

 

[Thor]

 

[Raginfridus]

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Makes you think...

 

[Danke]

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quite a dilemma

 

[juleswin]

Personally I think this whole controversy is a big distraction just like our national politics. This is the real reason why I stopped participating with it, it still boggles my mind that serious sensible people are treating politics like it really affects anything.

But I am bored and I found this video from a Nigerian fella I watch and he nails it for me. Essentially, what he is saying is this, if the people he allegedly talks about are mad, they should do something to correct it.



I am embarrassed, butthurt, mad, triggered....... fill in the blank but not because of Trump. I wish this very public tongue lashing will spark something in Africans to step their game up.

 

[Superfluous Man]

An 'employer' is always glad for an expanded labor pool, the employee not so much........

But the overall impact is a net good for most parties, including most employees. If you focus on a particular employee who loses their job or has to work for less, you can find someone who loses more than they win. But that is to commit the fallacy Bastiat calls the seen versus the unseen. You pick one point in the whole vast economy where a net loss is concentrated while ignoring the net good that's distributed widely for all.

 

[juleswin]

Well , did they have an answer on how accepting people from a $#@!hole improves life for american taxpayers ?

People who live in glasshouses with loads of cracks in it should definitely not throw stones. Just saying

 

[oyarde]

People who live in glasshouses with loads of cracks in it should definitely not throw stones. Just saying

My people have been consistent on immigration since 1001 .

 

[Danke]

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[oyarde]

Personally I think this whole controversy is a big distraction just like our national politics. This is the real reason why I stopped participating with it, it still boggles my mind that serious sensible people are treating politics like it really affects anything.

But I am bored and I found this video from a Nigerian fella I watch and he nails it for me. Essentially, what he is saying is this, if the people he allegedly talks about are mad, they should do something to correct it.



I am embarrassed, butthurt, mad, triggered....... fill in the blank but not because of Trump. I wish this very public tongue lashing will spark something in Africans to step their game up.

I agree that we have little influence in politics .