That California politicians like Kamala Harris have succeeded in selling open borders to the American people as necessary to solve the twin crises of “climate” and “equity” is a con job for the ages.
In what is perhaps some odd bid to find common ground with socialists, they have even claimed the infrastructure needed for urban expansion would "Subsidize the car." When it comes to immigration, libertarians call for open borders without first insisting on a critical prerequisite: immigrants should not receive government subsidies or special benefits.
The economic process playing out across the U.S. in cities like Springfield, Ohio, has attracted an ecosystem of government contractors, tax-sheltered NGOs, and public agencies that is remarkably similar to what has been dubbed the Homeless Industrial Complex.
In both cases, there is an incentive on the part of these multi-billion dollar players, protected by government regulations and snarfing down government subsidies, to make the cost of living unaffordable for America's working families.
Critics of California's failing homeless policies must understand that the growth of state regulations on home construction, excessive local permit fees, protracted and capricious building approval processes, myriad obstructionist government agencies at all levels, the failure to maintain or expand enabling infrastructure, and the near total ban on urban expansion have made it impossible for unsubsidized developers to build affordable homes.
More government agencies to oversee the expanded regulatory environment are causing permit fees to go up.
Connector roads, parks, schools, and utility conduits used to be funded out of government budgets.
Often remote landlords raise rents and favor the immigrants from whom they are guaranteed all or a portion of their rent collections by the government.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/25/the-corrupt-economics-of-immigration/
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