Comments on: Re-invigorate the economy: immigrants buy a house, get a free visa http://futurismic.com/2009/02/16/re-invigorate-the-economy-immigrants-buy-a-house-get-a-free-visa/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JasperPants http://futurismic.com/2009/02/16/re-invigorate-the-economy-immigrants-buy-a-house-get-a-free-visa/comment-page-1/#comment-19315 JasperPants Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:13:05 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6123#comment-19315 I like this idea. Perhaps we Canadians should steal it. I like this idea. Perhaps we Canadians should steal it.

]]> By: ShaunCG http://futurismic.com/2009/02/16/re-invigorate-the-economy-immigrants-buy-a-house-get-a-free-visa/comment-page-1/#comment-19273 ShaunCG Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:10:30 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6123#comment-19273 Ugh, Friedman can be a broken record at times. The USA grew to be the wealthiest country in history through being the only industrial powerhouse to come out of WW2 with its economy and domestic infrastructure intact, and through consolidating its global economic power through The Marshall Plan. The economy it built was hardly open; it was based on foreign nations receiving aid in return for policies or agreements that benefited the USA economically. I'm not debating the pros or cons of this but Friedman is just full of shit on that one, frankly. I don't think anything could stop that man touching himself at the thought of deregulation. But as far as his actual point goes, well, it's certainly interesting. Although I'm not overly sure how realistic it is, if only because unemployment in the USA is skyrocketing. There's no point trying to entice skilled immigration if there's no work for them. There's also the fact that it's a money and labour pool drain on other nations, but eh, that's the way globalisation goes (for the rich at least). Ugh, Friedman can be a broken record at times. The USA grew to be the wealthiest country in history through being the only industrial powerhouse to come out of WW2 with its economy and domestic infrastructure intact, and through consolidating its global economic power through The Marshall Plan. The economy it built was hardly open; it was based on foreign nations receiving aid in return for policies or agreements that benefited the USA economically. I’m not debating the pros or cons of this but Friedman is just full of shit on that one, frankly. I don’t think anything could stop that man touching himself at the thought of deregulation.

But as far as his actual point goes, well, it’s certainly interesting. Although I’m not overly sure how realistic it is, if only because unemployment in the USA is skyrocketing. There’s no point trying to entice skilled immigration if there’s no work for them.

There’s also the fact that it’s a money and labour pool drain on other nations, but eh, that’s the way globalisation goes (for the rich at least).

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