David Strom:
First things first: once you get past the fuzzy-brained claim that it is wrong to make the assertion that some migrant groups are net positives to a society and others are net negatives, let's clear something up: this is a statement of fact, and has been well documented by European studies in Nordic countries that have calculated the costs and benefits of migration.
In the Netherlands, for instance, Somali immigrants on average cost the taxpayers and the economy on average a million Euros in public support, and their children cost even more and contribute less than their parents. Immigrants from European Union countries and the United States, on the other hand, contribute on average 500,000+ more than natives from the Netherlands.
In other words, immigration is not one thing; some immigrants are net contributors, while others drain resources and increase social instability and reduce social trust.
Go figure. It's not like we couldn't figure that out based on common sense.
Nordic countries have done a 180 on immigration in the past couple of years for this reason. Once the most generous in granting asylum from s**thole countries, to the extent that Swedes and Norwegians opened their own homes and extended generous welfare benefits, they are now working assiduously to kick out the migrants, and even paying tens of thousands in bonuses for those who leave voluntarily.
Unless liberals want to believe that Sweden went from being the most welcoming country in the world to one of the most restrictive on immigration because the population suddenly woke up one day and realized they were white and migrants were not, they should concede that perhaps something—in this case experience—changed their minds.
# posted by Ranger @ 11:01 AM
