The Forum > Article Comments > The cult of Trump > Comments
The cult of Trump : Comments
By Vladimir Vinokurov, published 17/3/2016Trump's uniqueness, however, lies in his media savviness. Trump is able to combine popular dislike for trade and immigration with a practiced demagoguery that has come from years of observing and working in popular media.
- Pages:
-
- 1
- Page 2
-
- All
Talking your book again? If the "white nativists" have so much power, then why has US legal immigration been running at more than a million people a year? Plus who knows how much illegal immigration, mostly from people overstaying visas rather than coming in over the southern border. Tanton once wrote that it is good thing that he wasn't put in charge of fighting global warming or we would be fried by now.
Working and middle class people in the US have been facing a whole host of problems, ultimately due to the free rein that the bought-off politicians have given the plutocrats. Mass migration, including illegal immigration, is just one of them.
We have a good test of your idea that immigration is entirely beneficial in Arizona. Arizona instituted a number of immigration reforms that were intended to discourage illegal immigrants from settling in that state, beginning in 2004. By 2012, the illegal immigrant population had declined by about 40%. The Wall Street Journal commissioned a report on the economic consequences. The original article is behind a pay wall, but the link below it explains the main results. Basically, it was bad news for the 1% because it reduced overall economic output and gave workers more bargaining power, but ordinary workers had higher wages (up 10% in construction and 15% in agriculture) and cheaper housing, while spending on schools, hospitals, prisons, and welfare was substantially reduced.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-thorny-economics-of-illegal-immigration-1454984443
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/10/wsj-arizonas-pro-american-immigration-reform-boosts-wages-productivity-housing/