If human empathy isn’t your jam how about this: You will be the stranger in desperate need someday. How do you hope to be treated? When it’s you who is in an emergency situation & instead of aid u r punished for not “following official protocol”https://twitter.com/dallasnews/status/1066815466361036802 …
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Replying to @SarahKSilverman @LMKrules
Respectful question: What do you predict would happen to illegal immigration rates if we welcome all comers?
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Answer: legal immigration rates would rise, illegal immigration rates would drop to nearly zero, and the U.S. economy would get a serious shot in the arm.
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Would the legal immigration would be uncapped in that scenario?
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In that scenario: uncapped. https://www.economist.com/the-world-if/2017/07/13/a-world-of-free-movement-would-be-78-trillion-richer …
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Basically the Trump plan without a merit filter?
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays @Rklawton and
I see what you did there
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Replying to @direct_marshall @ScottAdamsSays and
Actually, I'm pretty clueless. I haven't been following Trump's rhetoric as I don't find it especially predictive. I have no objection if he agrees with me, nor do I care if he doesn't. If you'd care to elaborate, I'd be happy to read more. Love the Monty Python gif!
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Replying to @Rklawton @direct_marshall and
The idea that uncapped legal migration for workers creates value because the immigrants get paid more in the new country seems simplistic. I think that only works when jobs are unlimited too. Which they aren't.
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays @direct_marshall and
I'm pretty sure The Economist took that into consideration. Remember, immigrants generate new jobs, too.
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Modeling that kind of economic complexity isn't a thing. We can't even predict what will happen to GM in a year.
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays @direct_marshall and
I suppose we could point to history rather than build models in the clouds and draw the same conclusions.
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Replying to @Rklawton @ScottAdamsSays and
what do you think models are? we sample the past, check the behaviour of such and such variables, we insert data, and try to predict. Models are pointing to history. The problem is that for complex systems, their predicting capacity is very poor.
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