Re:More Than 750M Worldwide Would Migrate If They Could
by refurb on Friday January 31, 2020 @01:25PM
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I think the poll answers your question. It would be a little bit disruptive if 140M people suddenly moved to the US.
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Re:More Than 750M Worldwide Would Migrate If They Could
by pmiller2 on Friday January 31, 2020 @01:52PM
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The poll says ~140M would migrate to the US if they could. That’s very different from saying 140M people would show up at our doorstep if we opened borders. It also says that 1/6 of Americans would leave if they could. You are ignoring these important
qualifiers.
Edit: it’s actually 158M who would migrate to the US if they could, and ~55M Americans who would leave, for a total net inflow of 103M, if everyone could magically teleport to a new country on a one time basis.
Re:More Than 750M Worldwide Would Migrate If They Could
by magila on Friday January 31, 2020 @01:45PM
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If we just threw open the flood gates sure, but that's far from the only option. Simply increasing the immigration quotas gradually year-over-year would eventually allow an equilibrium to be reached without creating a large shock to the economy.
Re:More Than 750M Worldwide Would Migrate If They Could
by bassman9000 on Friday January 31, 2020 @02:22PM
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And I bet the imported values would be exactly the same as the ones held by the current citizens.