WE have allowed a free-for-all as well. Trump is popular because “makers” (and former makers idled by the flood of cheap labor) know that immigration of any sort has been disastrous for Americans at all levels (and at this point is leading to their extinction).
What too many people fail to realize is that the whole “poverty industry” is just as intent on importing non-workers as industry itself is intent on importing cheap labor. The forces trafficking these people into the US couldn’t care less if they work a single day; the proponents represent the teachers who would be idled as the American birthrate plummets, the landlords who would oversee vacant buildings, the businesses that would deal with empty store aisles. Those same proponents are diametrically opposed to the American taxpayers (individual and corporate) who are footing the bill for all of those expenses (the public education system, the government assistance with rent and food stamps, etc.).
Trump is drawing support from the “makers”; his opponents represent the swelling pool of “takers”.
Excellent points.
“Trump is drawing support from the “makers”; his opponents represent the swelling pool of “takers”.”
And, I might add, those who have lost their position as ‘makers’ but who don’t want to live as government-dependent ‘takers’.