Rare Beacon of Light at Fox News

[CSpec]

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<p>Don Boudreaux is a national treasure.</p>

[balthazar]

Not with that tie, he's not.

Indeed there were volume restrictions during Ellis Island's time; in the immigration Act of '24 (and again in '56). They imply that there were none.

US pop in 1890: 63M, in 1950: 151M, in '10, 309M. Resources on all levels are limited- we cannot continue this 'deficit immigration' without allowing resources to catch up. So timely- reported just today: a record 40 Million people in this country are on food stamps.

All the issues WRT food prices & work can be easily addressed via legal immigration- again the two categories were seamlessly & incorrectly blended in the link above.

[CSpec]

When he said "no quotas for most of its history" he meant before 1924.

[balthazar]

Ellis Island's history is from 1892-1954. 1924 is 1 yr shy of the exact middle of that timespan, making "most" of it's history (by 1 yr) one under quotas. Or am I just being too literal here?

Point being- in 1892-24, the country was wide open & primarily farmed/hunted.

In 2010- the population is nearly 5 times what it was in '92, and 2/3rds of the Nation's entire 1892 population is on food stamps today. Unrestricted immigration volume --primarily those that are way way below the median wealth of American citizens-- DOES put a financial burden on this country's infrastructure- there is no doubt. Common sense dictates it cannot continue unchecked... regardless of the agenda of some in politics to grant endless entitlements & politically endear future voters to their party.

Edited May 8, 2010 by balthazar

[A Horse With No Name]

Ellis Island's history is from 1892-1954. 1924 is 1 yr shy of the exact middle of that timespan, making "most" of it's history (by 1 yr) one under quotas. Or am I just being too literal here?

Point being- in 1892-24, the country was wide open & primarily farmed/hunted.

In 2010- the population is nearly 5 times what it was in '92, and 2/3rds of the Nation's entire 1892 population is on food stamps today. Unrestricted immigration volume --primarily those that are way way below the median wealth of American citizens-- DOES put a financial burden on this country's infrastructure- there is no doubt. Common sense dictates it cannot continue unchecked... regardless of the agenda of some in politics to grant endless entitlements & politically endear future voters to their party.

I am all for helping people that need it, and you and I are on opposite ends of the political spectrum. However...the number of people we have on food stamps is insane...

[daves87rs]

I am all for helping people that need it, and you and I are on opposite ends of the political spectrum. However...the number of people we have on food stamps is insane...

+1

[balthazar]

66 stang - if you had only enough food to feed -say- 3 kids, are you going to feed your own children, or a random 3 that wander into your yard instead ??

The country is broke and we cannot take care of our neighbors.

Advocating unlimited illegal immigration is nonsensical in light of that.

That's not political, that's common sense.

[loki]

66 stang - if you had only enough food to feed -say- 3 kids, are you going to feed your own children, or a random 3 that wander into your yard instead ??

The country is broke and we cannot take care of our neighbors.

Advocating unlimited illegal immigration is nonsensical in light of that.

That's not political, that's common sense.

if immigration is unlimited, why would any of it be illegal?

but we have that problem, as you want to ask stang, but we also find 5 more kids not in "our yard" and give them some rations too.