Thread: CATO Institute Abandons Constitution, Common Sense

A new study from the libertarian CATO Institute concludes that legalizing the more than eight million undocumented workers in the United States would have significant economic benefits for the country, while simply enhancing border enforcement and applying restrictive immigration laws would actually hurt the U.S. economically.
The new report, written by Professor Peter B. Dixon and Research Fellow Maureen T. Rimmer at the Centre of Policy Studies at Monash University in Australia, relies on an economic model used by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Agriculture, and Homeland Security, as well as International Trade Commission.
Weighing public spending and revenues, U.S. employment rates in various occupations, and price levels for imports and exports, among other things, the authors conclude that “increased enforcement and reduced low-skilled immigration have a significant negative impact on the income of U.S. households.â€

Assume for a moment that these numbers are correct (they're not, they're selective and skewed), there are a LOT of things we COULD do that would "benefit" the economy... like bringing back child labor... but we don't do them because they're WRONG.

It just so happens Illegal Immigration violates The Constitution as well, which is why the CATO Institute has really jumped the shark with this piece of s*&t.

I wonder if the CATO institute just coincidently received a sizable contribution from an organization by the name of LA RAZA...lol

Yeah, if you're worried about lower paid foreign workers competing with you, bring back slavery and sell yourself into it - nobody can compete with you then, and you'll have some measure of job security. And, the shareholders will love you for lowering the labor costs.

CATO jumped the shark long ago on the guestworker issue.

This study is skewed and full of sooooo many holes, that I dont have the time to point it all out.

They showed this study on c-span this morning what a joke....I can not believe they think we are stupid enough to believe the crap they are spewing!!