So y’all don’t see a connection with overwhelmed local community infrastructure, the lack of affordable housing, not investing in enough in schools and healthcare, and a tidal wave of immigrants at ridiculously high levels?
Yeah, not all problems are connected, but some are. And while it’s ultimately the fault of the politicians for creating the immigration policies, immigrants still have free will.
So y’all don’t see a connection with overwhelmed local community infrastructure, the lack of affordable housing, not investing in enough in schools and healthcare, and a tidal wave of immigrants at ridiculously high levels?
No. I don’t.
The problem is not immigrants.
The problem is a broken government system that fails to allocate resources effectively.
The problem is whole ass political parties are incentivized to keep the system broken so they can blame immigrants and leftists/liberals and get votes.
I mean, if you make it illegal for an undocumented immigrant to get a driver’s license, you don’t get to complain that undocumented immigrants are driving without licenses. If you make it illegal for undocumented immigrants to work legal jobs, you can’t complain that undocumented immigrants are working under the table for sketchy employers at shit wages. You know?
There is no “tidal wave” of immigrants anywhere in Europe nor in other “developed” countries. All the problems you mention exist on their own and would affect the local population just as much if there were no immigrants. Edit: we could argue about “immigrants” Vs. “refugees” here, but the regular immigrants don’t come in small boats.
Given all the immigrants I know put a lot more back into the economy than they get out of it, I suspect the only connection here is more likely those multinationals not paying their taxes due to loopholes that shouldn’t exist. Especially since the record profits they generate as a result of this are not reflected in the workers wages either. Where does all that money go I wonder? Probably on that increasing the gap between the rich and poor.
So y’all don’t see a connection with overwhelmed local community infrastructure, the lack of affordable housing, not investing in enough in schools and healthcare, and a tidal wave of immigrants at ridiculously high levels?
Yeah, not all problems are connected, but some are. And while it’s ultimately the fault of the politicians for creating the immigration policies, immigrants still have free will.
No. I don’t.
The problem is not immigrants.
The problem is a broken government system that fails to allocate resources effectively.
The problem is whole ass political parties are incentivized to keep the system broken so they can blame immigrants and leftists/liberals and get votes.
I mean, if you make it illegal for an undocumented immigrant to get a driver’s license, you don’t get to complain that undocumented immigrants are driving without licenses. If you make it illegal for undocumented immigrants to work legal jobs, you can’t complain that undocumented immigrants are working under the table for sketchy employers at shit wages. You know?
There’s only so many resources, no country can take millions of people in a single year and ramp up quickly enough to handle them.
Fact check: what are the numbers on “ridiculously high levels”?
At least 8 million that we encountered during Biden’s admin alone. https://budget.house.gov/imo/media/doc/ogr_icymi.pdf
There is no “tidal wave” of immigrants anywhere in Europe nor in other “developed” countries. All the problems you mention exist on their own and would affect the local population just as much if there were no immigrants. Edit: we could argue about “immigrants” Vs. “refugees” here, but the regular immigrants don’t come in small boats.
That’s a straight up lie and you know it. 8 million in 4 years is a tidal wave no matter how you slice it.
Not if they pay taxes. While a lot of them can duck income tax, property and sales taxes will still get them.
Oh yes, they’ll steal SSN numbers so they can pay taxes. Do you honestly believe that?
Given all the immigrants I know put a lot more back into the economy than they get out of it, I suspect the only connection here is more likely those multinationals not paying their taxes due to loopholes that shouldn’t exist. Especially since the record profits they generate as a result of this are not reflected in the workers wages either. Where does all that money go I wonder? Probably on that increasing the gap between the rich and poor.
Nice anecdotal evidence there bud.
Do you have some factual evidence to refute it?
Refute that you met an immigrant who paid taxes? It’s not something to refute.