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Old 05-31-2013, 11:51 AM
 
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You're not a libertarian if you don't support open borders. Open immigration is a libertarian policy.

What he says is right. Our welfare system isn't geared for immigrants. It's for the elderly.


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Alex Nowrasteh, an Immigration Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, explains that according to every major study on labor markets, immigrants to the United States don’t use welfare nearly as much as some think they might.

The Myth of Immigrant Welfare Use - YouTube
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Old 05-31-2013, 11:53 AM
 
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Nope, it's lazy amurricans. Although, anchor babies are citizens, so I do wonder about those statistics...
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Old 05-31-2013, 11:55 AM
 
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The thing about myths is that facts don't have much impact.

I've met people that still think rubbing a wart with a potato and burying it will get rid of the wart.
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Old 05-31-2013, 11:58 AM
 
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The thing about myths is that facts don't have much impact.

I've met people that still think rubbing a wart with a potato and burying it will get rid of the wart.
If the potato don't work, I believe Huckleberry said you need to fetch a dead cat. I do not recall what he said you do with the dead cat (rub it against the wart?) but I know a dead cat is involved somehow.

If you don't have a dead cat, I imagine a rat will do, in a pinch.
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Old 05-31-2013, 11:58 AM
 
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You can't have open borders and a welfare state. Pick one.
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Old 05-31-2013, 12:02 PM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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I believe the RW would like open borders and reserve the welfare for the deserving rich with tax reduction and military contracts
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Old 05-31-2013, 01:30 PM
 
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You can't have open borders and a welfare state. Pick one.
We have both already.
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Old 05-31-2013, 02:50 PM
 
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What a lame, stupid statement that means absolutely nothing.

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Alex Nowrasteh, an Immigration Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, explains that according to every major study on labor markets, immigrants to the United States don’t use welfare nearly as much as some think they might.
He quotes no numbers, no actually studies, no anything. So if "some think" that 90% of immigrants use welfare and the actual number is only 70% that means the problem isn't real?
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Old 05-31-2013, 02:55 PM
 
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The thing about myths is that facts don't have much impact.

I've met people that still think rubbing a wart with a potato and burying it will get rid of the wart.
Lefties don't do well with facts.
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Old 05-31-2013, 09:52 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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Once again, libertarianism is proven to be the only thing that makes sense...
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