Have you been listening to what is coming our of Jeb Bush's mouth? He is coming down on the side of more immigrants being "good" for the USA. He even tries to remind us that "immigrants built this country". He does not seem to understand that the immigrants came here and "exploited" the resources of the USA. They did not crate anything. Now that 100% of the resources of the USA have been exploited, you have to ask why we need more immigrants to help us exploit them even more? I think that it is clear that we have enough. Any new immigrants only help the USA by their production of "value added". That means that to increase the "average" family income they need to produce "value added" greater than the "average".
To give you some perspective, look at South Korea. Here is a country where 99% of the people work hard and are much better educated than the USA. 100% of their economy is by way of "value added" produced by their citizens. Even with their superior performance, the average family income is far below that of the USA. How can that be, you may ask? Are our similar groups of "value added" families so different from those of South Korea? Ours are not as good. Why is this not adding up? It is because a very large amount of our economy is based on the exploitations of our natural resources. These are natural resources that South Korea does not have and resources the immigrants did not produce.
I don't know how I could make it clearer that more and more immigrants are going to lower our family income and standard of living. The top 10% or 15% of our citizens may actually do better due to immigration, but the average person will do worse. Obama and most politicians still don't understand economics and quality of life. I know that they took Econ 101 in college where they heard the same half baked economic logic over and over until they thought that it was the truth. If you follow my blogs, then you will understand that "exploitation of natural resources" is and has been the most significant way that wealth has been produced. It has not been by "value added" produced by individuals. A few people get rich by "value added", but it has done little for the average person.
How did the John D. Rockefellers get so rich? Don't know? Exploitation of oil that was already here in the ground when Columbus discovered the New World. That is just an example. There are many more.
PS---Immigration is good for who? Good for poor unskilled people who immigrate into the USA and bad for everyone who was in the USA legally already. I want a better life for my grand children, not for the people of Mexico or any place else.
