Amnesty Driven by Voodoo Economics

The AMERICAN THINKER ^ | August 6, 2013 | Jonathon Moseley

[Moseley]

Voices calling for amnesty do not really understand economics or free enterprise. They offer garbled misconceptions -- with graphs. But they would be kicked out of the economics courses I took in business school. The pro-amnesty camp argues from "voodoo economics."

Amnesty will grow the economy, they argue. Well, if there are more people, technically the economy will be bigger. But each person may be poorer. A growing economy is only 'better' if the economy grows faster than the population increases. Otherwise, each individual is worse off among a larger crowd.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures total activity -- not household income for each individual family. Amnesty will create a worse economy for everyone, even if total GDP is larger. (Actually, amnesty just transfers workers from Mexico to the U.S.A., so there isn't really any growth in GDP, just a transfer.)

An estimated 30 to 40 million low-skilled workers will be added. The borders won't be secure. Millions more trespassers will invade. 'Blue card' holders can bring in their husbands, wives, children, parents, etc. to join them. Many who have already been deported can return.

Amnesty promoters insist that trespassers won't get a green card until the borders are secure. But, who cares? RPI status does everything a green card does except it just isn't green. 'Registered Provisional Immigrant' status will be granted 6 months after Obama signs a bill. Some are calling RPI status the new 'blue card' -- blue for States that vote Democrat.

Of course, amnesty will elect more Democrats. Democrats will enact government policies that destroy the utopian economic pipe dreams of the libertarians and business lobbyists pushing for amnesty. Utopian libertarians and naïve business interests are pushing for their own extinction. Political activist John Kwapisz, who taught me much, put it all together for me:

[Moseley]

Regulations hostile to free enterprise, business, and libertarian pipe dreams will multiply because of 11 million new Democrat voters. Anti-business regulations are often passed at the state, county, or city level. A few cities already allow illegal aliens to vote in city elections. Immediately after amnesty, many more county, city, and state elections will allow amnesty recipients to vote.

But businesses need more high-skilled, high-tech immigrants, we are told. Employers need more Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workers.

Wrong. In fact, American colleges and universities are graduating twice as many STEM graduates as there are STEM jobs in the USA. This is the report of Steve Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies. We have U.S. high-tech graduates who can't find work.

The solution to getting high-skilled workers is to reform our schools and universities. It is education that needs reform, not immigration. But data -- rather than anecdotes -- show that we already have too many unemployed high-skilled workers. (Perhaps we need to import better human resources directors to recruit more effectively and fill vacancies.)

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/08/amnesty_driven_by_voodoo_economics.html#ixzz2bBvZIxp5

[Moseley]

Read the full article at http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/08/amnesty_driven_by_voodoo_economics.html

[sickoflibs]

I would think that if Boghner really wanted immigration passed he wouldnt have let the House go on vacation, and go home, till a bill is passed. I imagine many of them are not getting support for amnesty at home now.

That is how Pelosi used to do it, keep them there till it passes no contact with district voters.

[Daveinyork]

The solution is to get the government the F out of all of that.

[Travis McGee]

U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 4:

"The United States shall guarantee to every state in the union a republican form of government,

AND SHALL PROTECT EACH OF THEM AGAINST INVASION."

[kabar]

This is more than just about amnesty. Our immigration policies for the past 45 years have destroyed the American worker.

Mass Immigration versus the Rights of American Workers

[khelus]

Thanks for posting this informative article.

[indthkr]

"But businesses need more high-skilled, high-tech immigrants, we are told. Employers need more Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workers."

Businesses and residential real estate owners in the state of California need these people to keep property prices pumped-up, because NOBODY who lives anywhere else in the US wants to live there. H1B - it's partially about the real estate, and seeking new renters.

[Buckeye McFrog]

There is a legitimate economic point to be made that our population is aging and the prime working-age demographic is shrinking (thank you, ROE V. WADE!!!!)

[Socon-Econ]

I might add that what really counts is not only the effect of immigration on per capita GDP but its effect on the welfare costs that must be borne by the existing residents in order to support the immigrants. What good is an increased average GDP to existing residents if the increase is entirely absorbed by the immigrants themselves?

Moreover, an increase in the average GDP as a result of immigration is of no use to existing residents who are concerned about getting voted out of their religious, political, and moral values.

[Monty22002]

There is surplus labor anyway. We don’t need more babies or imports frankly.

[khelus]

Good link.

Thanks for posting.

[kabar]

Based on the CBO projections, the total size of the U.S. population will reach 351.8 million in 2023, an increase of 43.1 million compared to 2010. It will reach 381.5 million by 2033, a 72.8 million increase over the 2010 Census.

Despite all this increase in the U.S. population, S.744 would have almost no impact on slowing the aging of American society. With or without S.744, 57 percent of the U.S. population will be of working age (18-64) in 2030.

It is worth pointing out that the size and share of the foreign-born population and the share would not stabilize in 2033 under S.744. Both would continue to increase significantly after that date.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” I would think that if Boghner really wanted immigration passed he wouldnt have let the House go on vacation, and go home, till a bill is passed. I imagine many of them are not getting support for amnesty at home now.”

Oh yeah!