My MMT view of immigration: let everyone that wants to come, come in; we give them education, we prepare them, and they become active members of the economy, increasing the economic output. Oh, and also, we guarantee jobs for everyone coming in. Have a good Friday!
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Replying to @migueldeicaza
You must understand how many people would come to the United States the day after that policy was enacted, and the social dislocation that would cause.
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Replying to @Pinboard
This needs some process of course, that is left as an exercise to the reader.
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Replying to @migueldeicaza
Yeah, the MMT approach in its purest expression. Give everyone everything; details to follow.
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Replying to @Pinboard
Well, MMT has all the details. My extrapolation of MMT principles to immigration in a tweet does not. But the policies and processes necessary do not seem any worse than starting a war in the ME, vaccinating 100 million people, or spending 85B to build train tracks.
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Replying to @migueldeicaza @Pinboard
Sometimes I wish politicians would do things like this just so we could put it to rest one way or the other. Fling the borders open for 2 years, zero restrictions, what happens, happens. No more guessing.
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Last time we tried it we got Prohibition and a massive nativist backlash. There's actual history we can look at, in our country and elsewhere, without guessing
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