Originally Posted by Manx

Yes. It happens because Republicans (specifically) and politicians (in general) make it happen. You act as if it is a natural by product of nation-specific capitalism. It is not. By default, our borders are closed. In order to bring in cheaper help, we have to go out of our way to open them.

No one owes you anything? Hardly relevant. The government should not be taking it away from people in order to please corporations.

As for your studies - I've seen studies that show global warming is real. And I've seen studies that show global warming is fake. Studies that show progressive taxation is "unfair" and studies that show the opposite. That guns should be illegal and that guns should not be illegal.

I wonder if I felt the need to google those organizations that created those studies you linked, would I find they are Republican organizations? I expect so.

I can't imagine why you would expect me to argue against a study, when all you offer are sound bites like "no one owes you anything" and "a closed and protected economy is the best way to fuck it up".

My guess is, you don't even know the why's of the position you hold - but you want to believe it, so you offer sound bites and links to partisan studies to "prove" your belief.

I'm not interested.