The welfare state doesn't make open borders impossible. It's open borders that makes the eventual abolition of the welfare state imaginable.
I suppose this is only works if you think the welfare state is a bad thing.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Immigration and the Welfare state
At Econlog, Brian Caplan makes an interesting argument about immigration and the abolition of the welfare state.
I suppose this is only works if you think the welfare state is a bad thing.
I suppose this is only works if you think the welfare state is a bad thing.
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I'd rather live in a welfare state...
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer open borders. No surprise there I guess.
ReplyDeleteEw. What a depressing statistic. Essentially this article points out that racism motivates the abolishment of welfare since people are less likely to want to pay for shit for people that are different than them.
ReplyDeleteSo Anonymous is a racist and AM hates poor people.
Kidding, obviously, but that seems to be the argument when you make the issues mutually exclusive.
Hates poor people? ouch. I don't like the welfare state, nothing against poor people though. As a proponent of a more open immigration system, I often hear that poor immigrants will bleed the system dry. I don't think that's true, for a few reasons; but there is an added benefit for libertarians: it may turn people against the welfare state. That would be good for many people.
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