Greetings, Dear Reader,
We’re going to keep this one short today. I have a big meeting this morning and last night I had to watch my New York Football Giants die in a fourth-quarter shootout.
Just unreal. Don’t get me started.
So what’s the issue? It’s obvious …
IT’S THE CULTURE, STUPID
One of the most oft-flexed terms in the immigration debate has essentially disappeared in recent years. Have you noticed?
Melting pot.
Immigrants are no longer expected to melt into American culture. In fact, even the suggestion of it is supposedly racist.
A wide-ranging data set out of the Netherlands is going viral this morning. It shows that immigrants from Somalia end up being a net drain on the Dutch economy. At the same time, it shows that North American and Japanese migrants are a net gain for the economy.
In fact, most everywhere that doesn’t have a native Western culture ends up being a massive net drag on the economy. Arab, African, Southwest Asia (Afghanistan et al.), all the Arab states. All in the toilet as far as becoming contributing members of the Dutch economy.
One estimate put the lifetime cost of the roughly 43,000 Somalis living there at around €50 billion, with a B.
People … noticing … these data were also throwing U.K. data around.
Only one in ten Somalis in the U.K. is employed. More than a quarter of Eritreans and just over one in five Somalis are in prison in Scotland.
And what about the U.S.? Did you see the story about the depressed Pennsylvania town with a population of 4,000 that imported 2,000 Haitians to work in a factory? The company defaulted. The factory closed. There are now 2,000 unemployed Haitians with no legal status living in a small Pennsylvania town.
I wonder what will happen next. Either way, can’t be good.
I think it’s worth saying explicitly, once more and loudly for those in the back: It’s the culture, stupid.
There are some who plumb do not fit. They just don’t. And we ought to keep this in mind as we set immigration policy.
We’ve been told two things over and over and over again. 1. Low-skilled, quasi-legal or outright illegal immigration is a net boost to the economy. 2. Forcing immigrants to learn English and adopt Western culture is racist.
I don’t think either of those things is true.
You know what they will do in spades though — as they’re flooding communities and draining economies — vote Democrat.
WHAT I’M READING
No wonder he had to move.
‘No Kings’ Protester Reportedly Says He’d Kill White House Deputy Chief Of Staff Stephen Miller
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Good luck, New York.
Socialist Mamdani Hits Campaign Trail At Terror-Linked Imam’s Mosque
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Foolish Gustavo…
WHAT I’M WATCHING
Jay Jones Finally Apologizes, and Then Immediately Lies.
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