Re:52-year-old early retiree left the U.S. for Portugal with...
by dangus on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @04:46PM
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I fail to see the hypocrisy.
The xenophobic attitude exists everywhere, but the solution is never to blame outside people who are following the incentives.
The solution is to have a government that is properly structuring the incentives of society to get the best outcomes for everyone.
If I were (hypothetically) the authoritarian dictator of of Portugal I probably wouldn’t turn away willing immigrants with money to spend, I would just build more housing and ensure that immigrants were assimilating, living there, and paying taxes.
The xenophobic attitude exists everywhere, but the solution is never to blame outside people who are following the incentives.
The solution is to have a government that is properly structuring the incentives of society to get the best outcomes for everyone.
If I were (hypothetically) the authoritarian dictator of of Portugal I probably wouldn’t turn away willing immigrants with money to spend, I would just build more housing and ensure that immigrants were assimilating, living there, and paying taxes.