Questions for Anti-Immigrationists
18 April 2006
Editor, The New York Post
To the Editor:
The recent outburst across America of xenophobia is distressing. I have some questions for people swept up in this ugly tribalism:
If immigrants seek to take American jobs, why worry that they will sponge off of American taxpayers?
If immigrants seek to sponge off of American taxpayers, why worry that they will take American jobs? And why does Uncle Sam issue so many regulations aimed at preventing immigrants from working?
And why are you so frightened of freedom?
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, The New York Post
To the Editor:
The recent outburst across America of xenophobia is distressing. I have some questions for people swept up in this ugly tribalism:
If immigrants seek to take American jobs, why worry that they will sponge off of American taxpayers?
If immigrants seek to sponge off of American taxpayers, why worry that they will take American jobs? And why does Uncle Sam issue so many regulations aimed at preventing immigrants from working?
And why are you so frightened of freedom?
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
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