The Economist, a magazine as mainstream and centrist as it gets, reports this week that immigration is only a fiscal benefit to the receiving country if an immigrant at least has a college degree. Lower human capital immigrants, instead of "funding pensions" like politicians
@charliekirk11 I read the Economist, mostly to piss myself off, “centrist” is too generous.
@karol Fair!!
@charliekirk11 Immigration costs are crushing taxpayers. Look at Denmark's hard data: non-Western migrants drain 74,000 krone more than they contribute, while even skilled workers barely break even. This isn't speculation—it's math. The numbers at our border tell the same story. 8.7M unlawful
@charliekirk11 Doesn't matter what level of education they have if they're not White. They destroy the country in other ways.
@charliekirk11 Note that 'lower human capital' is a euphemism for 'less intelligent'.
@charliekirk11 It's almost like importing working class immigrants displaces the working class or something 🤔 South Park was ahead of its time, in other words.
@charliekirk11 Patriots, the truth is finally clawing its way out of the swamp of liberal lies! This Economist bombshell exposes the elite’s immigration scam—only college-educated immigrants boost Denmark’s coffers, while low-skill hordes from the Middle East and North Africa drain $7,800 per
@charliekirk11 They are here to suck our resources dry, some of them are very productive I’m sure, but they shouldn’t be here in the first place.
@charliekirk11 Yep 👍
@charliekirk11 Now they're just telling on themselves...
@charliekirk11 I read The Economist, it's often frustrating
@charliekirk11 One should be skeptical of all studies on fiscal gain/loss due to immigration. There are just too many effects, direct and especially indirect, to properly account for, one way or the other. But roughly, one might reason as follows. 1. Low-income people pay less in taxes than
@charliekirk11 Actually the Economist has been left leaning for well over 25 years (they endorsed Kerry over Bush in 2000). So this is even more remarkable.
@charliekirk11 Long time since The Economist was centrist...
@charliekirk11 Wait, they are saying mass immigration isn’t an economic miracle? Who could’ve seen this coming?
@charliekirk11 For years, politicians, left-wing economists, and the media pushed the lie that mass migration was an economic necessity, claiming it would “fund pensions” and drive growth. Now, even The Economist, a publication as establishment as it gets, is admitting what conservatives have
@charliekirk11 Wow, imagine that. Trump was right again. We need the highly intelligent, highly motivated immigrants, but only if they're fully committed to assimilate. The rest can stay where they are or be sent back if they're already here illegally. America first.
@charliekirk11 The truth is finally coming out! Immigration isn’t the free ride the left promised it’s a drain on resources unless it’s controlled.
@charliekirk11 They were only here to drain our resources. We didn't need all those illegals. We need immigrants who want to come here legally to help themselves and America
@charliekirk11 One of the biggest differences between immigration (legal or illegal) now and a century ago is the existence of the welfare state. The people entering through Ellis Island were not being handed debit cards on their way to government run shelters. Their choice was to live in
@charliekirk11 The truth is coming out! Politicians misled us, claiming immigration boosts the economy when it’s clear lower-skilled immigrants strain public resources.
@charliekirk11 I've been reading our Legal Immigration Laws on the books, which include a requirement to not be a "public charge", meaning, you can't come here to join the welfare system.
@charliekirk11 I cancelled my Economist subscription when they endorsed Obama. I could see his socialism coming thanks to a solid understanding of basic economics. Why didn't they?
@charliekirk11 But where that college was received matters. Many countries have low standards and rampant cheating- their bachelors, masters and doc’s mean little. It’s why a surgeon from India/China can’t come to the US & operate. Yet, degrees from said countries are used to get visas here.
@charliekirk11 Complete cultural vibe shift in full swing. We went from “Immigrants do it better” to “Most of them aren’t necessary at all — and if anything, they make things worse” in a single election.
@charliekirk11 They are stating what conservatives have been saying for years.
@charliekirk11 The facts don’t lie. Automation in farming is also negating the necessity for hand picked produce, so the migrant population is less needed than 20 yrs ago.
@charliekirk11 It’s great to hear them coming around, but I wish there was some accountability for those who are always wrong about stuff. It’s like who in the last 10 years has been consistently right? Those are the ppl we should listen to and not disposable “journalists” for conglomerates.
@charliekirk11 The Economist Centrist? That was fifteen years ago. They now are the weekly version of The New York Times. That fact, however, makes this text all the more surprising, and your point even more relevant.
@charliekirk11 We should change our Lady Liberty "Give me your educated, your wise investors, your entrepreneurs yearning to breathe free, the brightest stars of your teeming shore. Send these, the homebuilders, though tempest-tossed, to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
@charliekirk11 Imagine that the elite wealthy who use them for manual labor, and low-level jobs in society don't have any commitment to these immigrant individuals to lift them out of poverty and give them a sense of Economic Security in society. Rather they use them and then throw them aside.
@charliekirk11 talk about a mic drop from The Economist! This study’s like a wake-up call straight out of Proverbs 14:15, where it says the simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps. Looks like the data’s exposing the fairy tale that all immigration magically "funds
@charliekirk11 Bro you said we should staple dimpolmas to green cards and have been schilling for importing millions of Indians to come here and take our jobs, as long as it’s done “legally”