An insatiable American work ethic is what attracts immigrants to the United States. So, when Americans lament the arrival of would-be workers, they’re in a very real sense yelling at themselves. Work begets work.
The excellent Barton Swaim has written in various ways that what turned the 2024 presidential election was electorate unhappiness on both sides about the arrival of people at unruly borders. The view here is that Swaim could be persuaded that the electorate wasn’t mad about the arrival of workers, rather it was mad at the look. Central planning is unattractive, and entering a country at the borders is a sign that an economic phenomenon is being centrally planned.
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