Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s when millions of immigrants flooded our shores, no paperwork was required to immigrate. No passports, visas, or work permits. Anyone who could afford a ticket could board a ship, arrive in America, answer a few basic questions, and be on their way.
They could stay as long as they wanted, work wherever they wanted, buy property, start businesses, and basically do anything any American citizen could do. In fact, in most states, they could legally vote in local, state, and even national elections, subject to the same poll tax, literacy test, or other qualifications required of American citizens.
If they wanted to naturalize, they just needed to register their intent and were given seven years to complete the paperwork necessary to become American citizens, which millions of immigrants were proud to do.
Things began to change in the 1930s with the advent of social security numbers, and then more so with the Alien Registration Act of 1940, signed into law as a WWII security measure. When the war ended, instead of being repealed, in 1946 it evolved into what we now call Green Cards.
In effect, we had completely open borders and the country thrived. In fact, during the decades we now call the Gilded Age—the high-growth period that Donald Trump claims he wants to emulate—our borders were wide open. The reason this worked so well is that we had no welfare state. People came to America for freedom and opportunity only. They came to contribute to our economy, not live off it. They did not drain our resources; they added to them.
The lesson is that immigration is not the problem. The problem is the welfare state. Shut off that magnet and America will no longer attract people looking for free stuff. In fact, we need to turn off that magnet for everyone, so those who are looking for free stuff will leave to seek it out someplace else.
"McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government," per PublicNotice
@SallyMayweather@LibertarianJedi Did you know that was in reference to Maxwell flying the helicopter and it was a joke. Focus on the truth, it’s bad enough.
@jakeshieldsajj You just share anything or r u deceitful?
Full context from the email chain (document EFTA00581836 and related):
• Maxwell first sent Levine a photo/message: She had just landed a helicopter at Santa Monica with her friend Kelly.
• Levine replied: “Where is the real pilot?”
The democrats have gone full socialist. They are literally going to just hand out $5,000 to every citizen if they win. We must not turn into a socialist country. Vote Republican to pay down the debt and not continue to set up future generations for inflation! Trump is my king!
“One of the reasons why I am in favor of less government is because when you have more government, industrialists take it over, and the two together form a coalition against the ordinary worker and the ordinary consumer.”
— Milton Friedman
Video shows Flock walking police through how to monitor a No Kings protest in real time. I do not have to agree with a single sign at that protest to say this plainly: Surveillance aimed at your political opponents today will be aimed at you tomorrow.
@GSavetheplanet@IUHoosiers@HoosiertheBison You’re not doing a very good job saving the planet using data and energy just to be rude. So my answer to both questions is stop being a hypocrite and work on saving the planet.
@itsTheBeaves@B89Adam@INtheHoosierSt@IUHoosiers@HoosiertheBison Ai could have misled on this, but two different platforms said it was just us and Rutgers. I feel like a drunk idiot can do something prior to the game and after the game just as much as during. Idk. Tbd on the enforcement this weekend.
@Troycdonovan@ColinMcMahon31 Listen boomer. The link goes to https://t.co/BfJjpSdtUh 2026. Maybe the 2013 pamphlet you saved has the same policy, that doesn’t mean it’s still not true today. I’m not faking these in order to be correct, I hope they don’t enforce it, but that’s the stated policy troyboy.
@Troycdonovan@ColinMcMahon31 I’m not sure how you clicked on the link in my screenshot, maybe you used ai, but here is what it states. Parking lots could be open to interpretation, but again I spoke to the ticket office and they agreed with https://t.co/unFBbzGyvY and ai that the policy was across the board.
@Troycdonovan@ColinMcMahon31 I don’t disagree that ai makes mistakes, but as you can see it’s pulling from the IU website. I also spoke with the ticket office. That is their policy. Tbd on enforcement this weekend.