How many times have you heard someone spout that. "The USA is a country of immigrants"? Too many time for me. This blog will try to expose this stupid argument.
There was a time when encouraging more immigrants was good for the USA, but that was a long time ago. After Columbus discovered America and small pox killed off 90% of the Native Americans, America was very sparsely occupied. That was a very unique time in world human history. It happened, but you can bet that it will never ever happen again. Given that we had millions of acres of land that was unoccupied, it was logical to promote immigration to develop that unused land to grow our economic wealth. We used to be able to "give for free" 160 acres of land that is now worth a million dollars to any immigrant who would farm it. Why don't we still do that today? The land is all occupied and we can't afford it. It is a new time and we have to do thing differently. We don't need any more immigrants.
Just because something was a good idea 200 years ago does not mean it is still a good idea today. 200 years ago it was a good idea for farmers to cut down trees and clear the land so that it could be plowed and planted in corn. Is it still a good idea to keep cutting down trees and clearing land so that farmers can plant more corn? I don't think so!
At one time it was a good idea to shoot buffalo to keep them from eating all the grass on the plains so that we could allow our cattle to eat that grass. At that time there were million of buffalo on the plains and now there are "zero". Should we still keep killing any buffalo that we see because we once did? Again, I don't think so!
It is true that many of the people in the USA are immigrants or are children of immigrants, but that does not mean that it is still a good idea. Back in 1849 thousands of immigrants came into California to mine Gold, but now the Gold has all been mined out. Do we still need more immigrant miners coming into California? I don't think so!
The argument that we still need more immigrants is one of the stupidest ideas that I have ever heard. Those who use this argument are totally uninformed of the facts or are not capable of understanding how stupid their argument is. What was good at one time is now not good. Times have changed and what was good has also changed.
There was a time when encouraging more immigrants was good for the USA, but that was a long time ago. After Columbus discovered America and small pox killed off 90% of the Native Americans, America was very sparsely occupied. That was a very unique time in world human history. It happened, but you can bet that it will never ever happen again. Given that we had millions of acres of land that was unoccupied, it was logical to promote immigration to develop that unused land to grow our economic wealth. We used to be able to "give for free" 160 acres of land that is now worth a million dollars to any immigrant who would farm it. Why don't we still do that today? The land is all occupied and we can't afford it. It is a new time and we have to do thing differently. We don't need any more immigrants.
Just because something was a good idea 200 years ago does not mean it is still a good idea today. 200 years ago it was a good idea for farmers to cut down trees and clear the land so that it could be plowed and planted in corn. Is it still a good idea to keep cutting down trees and clearing land so that farmers can plant more corn? I don't think so!
At one time it was a good idea to shoot buffalo to keep them from eating all the grass on the plains so that we could allow our cattle to eat that grass. At that time there were million of buffalo on the plains and now there are "zero". Should we still keep killing any buffalo that we see because we once did? Again, I don't think so!
It is true that many of the people in the USA are immigrants or are children of immigrants, but that does not mean that it is still a good idea. Back in 1849 thousands of immigrants came into California to mine Gold, but now the Gold has all been mined out. Do we still need more immigrant miners coming into California? I don't think so!
The argument that we still need more immigrants is one of the stupidest ideas that I have ever heard. Those who use this argument are totally uninformed of the facts or are not capable of understanding how stupid their argument is. What was good at one time is now not good. Times have changed and what was good has also changed.
