Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Open Borders, Affirmative Action, the Framers and the Neocons

Open borders would also have enormous economic benefits not only for the immigrants, but for the whole world.

What about immigrants taking our state-provided, tax-funded benefits and our jobs? What if they vote in a way that upends our American values? Economist Bryan Caplan has addressed many of these concerns in his book "Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration." In short, if society really has a problem with how immigrants use benefits or vote, it could restrict their rights or even redistribute some of their earnings to natives.

American colleges are struggling to assess privilege in their admissions processes.

We can't seem to agree on much these days, but all Americans should be grateful that whoever wins the next presidential election will have to work within the Madisonian system of separated powers.

If some Americans wake up on Nov. 4 and find that their worst nightmare has become a reality, they can still breathe easy.

As U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan rage on, my contemporaries are weary of American efforts at nation-building and democracy promotion.

As William Kristol and Robert Kagan explained, neoconservatives believe American foreign policy must actively promote "American principles of governance abroad-democracy, free markets, and respect for liberty." Neocons believe that advancing democracy paves the way to greater global stability.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/open-borders-affirmative-action-the-framers-and-the-neocons-11580254962?mod=hp_opin_pos_2

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