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I agree with that narrative.
Apparently, the Second Amendment is also now considered to be criminal by the Trump administration. The NRA is going through a moment of cosmic cognitive dissonance.
You are unbelievable and you are also not fooling me for one second.I see. The new party line is that shooting down American citizens for legally protesting or carrying a licensed firearm is good, but not spending state funds to hunt down undocumented workers is bad. This is why Americans have finally had enough.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans have turned against ICE and their tactics:
WASHINGTON, DC: Public unease over Immigration and Customs Enforcement is growing, with new polling showing a clear majority of Americans rejecting the agency's tactics amid an intensified immigration crackdown.
There's really no point in denial. Americans tolerate illegal immigrants because they build the American economy. You see, Adam Smith was right about the "hidden hand." A market economy is smarter than politicians. It's very well-documented that removing all illegal aliens would damage our economy and make us poorer.
- Policies: We examine two distinct policy scenarios regarding the deportation of unauthorized immigrants: (i) A 4-year policy where 10 percent of unauthorized immigrants are removed annually over four years (2025 – 2028), with unauthorized immigration returning to baseline levels in 2029; (ii) A 10-year policy where 10 percent of unauthorized immigrants are removed each year for a period of ten years, ultimately removing all unauthorized immigrants and preventing the entry of new unauthorized immigrants thereafter. In both scenarios, immigration laws concerning authorized workers remain unchanged.
- Budget: The 4-year policy would increase primary deficits by about $270 billion before economic feedback effects and $350 billion with economic feedback effects. The 10-year policy would cost about $862 billion before economic feedback effects and $987 billion with economic feedback effects. Besides lost revenue, these primary deficits include new required outlays that are in addition to the monies (about $170 billion) already allocated in the 2025 OBBBA for border security, interior enforcement, and deportation.
- Economy: Not surprisingly, most aggregate economic variables fall. By 2034, the 4-year policy reduces GDP by 1.0 percent; the 10-year policy reduces it by 3.3 percent. By 2054, the 4-year policy reduces real GDP by 1.0 percent; the 10-year policy reduces it by 4.9 percent. But per-capita economic variables also mostly decline, including a fall in the average wage of 0.5 percent (4-year policy) and 1.7 percent (10-year policy). Output per capita also falls between 0.5 percent and 1.1 percent.
Mass Deportation of Unauthorized Immigrants: Fiscal and Economic Effects — Penn Wharton Budget Model
It is well known that mass deportation reduces aggregate economic variables like GDP due to scale effects. We project that deportation also reduces wages of high-skill workers, compromising 63% of workers. Still, authorized low-skilled workers can see their wages increase but only if the deportatibudgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu
The upside for Trump and his friends would be a marked drop in wages for middle-tier jobs. More profits in the short-term, even as the economy would contract. But eventually, the wealthy would suffer too. Like a lot of businessmen, Trump thinks in the short term only.
This is pretty hypocritical when you look at the pardoned J6ers. The man had a holstered gun but it is legal. He never pulled it. He never had a chance to fight with the ICE agents. Probably all he did was hurt their 'fee-fees' and they killed him. A US citizen who was an ICU nurse and cared about how the city of Minneapolis is being treated right now.
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Spreading lies is spreading lies. I was criticizing the content of your post. IF you wish to discuss this further, send a pm or start a ticket. You know where.
He is just spouting spin. Many Republicans are calling for an investigation because the videos do not match what the administration is saying.
But an economic analysis from people who actually know the facts is compelling.
Perhaps someone beat me to it. But the facts remain. Why do you think we never did anything effective to remove these workers? It's because America was making money on the labor of these people. They were paying taxes and putting money into things like Social Security that they will never get back. Why do you think Trump has paramilitary units killing American citizens in Minnesota when there are many more illegal aliens elsewhere? It's all theater, and an attempt to coerce the state to release the personal information of millions of Americans to Trump.
I think the term is "co-prosperity sphere." At least it was in 1941.
That is a stretch. They certainly do not deserve to be murdered for it.
Didn’t your side win? Aren’t you getting everything you voted for?
Some are starting to realize some of them and their supporters might one day find themselves on the receiving end of this administration’s wrath.
Care to share a link showing Many Republicans calling for an investigation.
