Estebonrober
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Unfortunately, reality is a lot more complicated than you seem to think. Immigration is a broad topic, and immigrants from 1st world countries are generally a net benefit for the economy, but that's not the immigration we're seeing. The general Finnish unemployment rate hovers around 9%. A lot of our own citizens can't find work. Importing more people in this situation simply increases competition in the labor market, and put downward pressure on wages. I mean how can some illiterate goat herder from Somalia find meaningful employment, if even native Finns cannot? The end result is that a lot of these immigrants end up on welfare (by necessity) which makes them a net drain on the Finnish economy. It also puts financial pressure on those welfare systems, which means that there's increasing amount of pressure to reduce welfare at a time when people need it the most. This is also the reason why many "populist" anti-immigration voters come from parties that have traditionally represented the working class (the working class is hurt the most by low skill immigration). Immigration would be a silver bullet if we could attract more skilled immigrants, but low skilled immigrants just make the situation worse. Generous welfare and open borders are a combination that simply does not work.
But I suppose that's enough about Finland, I don't want to derail your thread about gerrymandering.
You sure you don't want to move to Alabama and run for Congress here in the US? You'd fit right in. The gerrymandering will help you throughout your entire life I'm sure. I believe it will be effective for longer then you believe.
You are just wrong btw, and did it ever occur to you that those low wage natives you are vouching for might be the ones mooching the system in a cynical way? I see a lot of poor and unemployed in my area and almost all of them are white Americans.
'But these immigrants do not qualify for the vast majority of public benefits — including food stamps, Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare. That’s true even though undocumented immigrants contribute billions of dollars to these programs.'
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/4/16094684/trump-immigrants-welfare
You are right though if you want round two of demonstrating your racist beliefs you should start another thread.
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