Flawed calculations and overlooked benefits show why Trump's immigration plan would be a fiscal disaster for America.

No d’uh. It’s interesting because it’s a more scholarly take, coming from a (notoriously right-wing) “libertarian” think tank.

When you combine the likely cost of mass deportation with the lost fiscal benefits from recent illegal immigrants, reversing the “Biden Border Crisis” will end up imposing almost $6 trillion in costs on U.S. taxpayers.

  • whithom
    11·
    2 个月前

    Lmfao, the math adds up fine. Put them in a work camp and make them work off the deportation debt at $0.10 an hour.

    Wake up people.

    • treefrog@lemm.ee
      15·
      2 个月前

      The term you’re looking for is concentration camp. And in the meantime, enjoy your mass food shortage as we detain and deport 50% of our agricultural workers.

      • whithom
        7·
        2 个月前

        Saying that just makes the right wing excited.

        • treefrog@lemm.ee
          71·
          2 个月前

          I looked through your post history after I wrote that, because I wasn’t sure where you were coming from with the initial comment.

          But yeah, this is another we’re going to build a wall and Mexico will pay for it situation. Only this time it will be concentration camps which means it might actually happen.

          • whithom
            7·
            2 个月前

            Did you see the post about private prison stock prices on the rise? When it’s about money, it will definitely happen. The wall wasn’t a money-maker. Using this as a way to replace cheap Chinese labor dependency will make billions.

            • treefrog@lemm.ee
              2·
              2 个月前

              Sorry for the double reply in your inbox, but another one that’s got me is the mental health work camps.

              I think both of those contributed to the prison stocks.

              • whithom
                2·
                2 个月前

                Perhaps once they get out they will be labeled as disabled and will be paid less.

            • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 个月前

              Guess I shouldn’t be surprised about private prisons having stock, but I am. Private prisons were bad enough, but stock? How in the hell could you even try to make more money while having a straight face? They literally have no incentive to keep people out of those prisons or to have good conditions.

              • whithom
                1·
                2 个月前

                Yeah I didn’t realize it either. Seems like a business that should be a non-profit.

            • treefrog@lemm.ee
              1·
              2 个月前

              Yeah I saw that right after the election. And have been trying to enlighten some friends about it who are minimizing what’s about to happen.

              • whithom
                2·
                2 个月前

                Yeah a lot of people are like, “it won’t happen.” And I sure hope they’re right. Fortunately for me, I live in a state where this won’t be so quick to happen… so I’ll have enough warning to get out.

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
        4·
        2 个月前

        And lose 100s of billions of dollars in tax revenue.

        And pay billions for the prison guards, not to mention for the police forces to contain the riots nationwide

        • treefrog@lemm.ee
          1·
          2 个月前

          Between deportations and rising food costs, the service industry will get hit hard too

          Granted, Trump could only do half of what he said. Or stroke out tomorrow. But if we stay on this course, I imagine a depression is likely.