My immigration proposals are better than Trump's
Mine will make us rich while his will make us poor
WARNING: I'm a libertarian. Some of what I write below may offend the Left, the Right, or both. But as Walt Whitman asked, "Who are you who only wants to be told what you've heard before?"
What I propose below is not a purely libertarian scheme, but it would move us in the right direction.
The problems before us
We have a labor shortage and a demographic debt crisis. We have too few young people to support our retirees and too few workers for the new factories President Trump promises. We cannot have babies fast enough to solve these problems, but my immigration proposals can solve them, and do more besides.
I offer twelve benefits
No more annual deficits
No more demographic debt crisis
No more price inflation caused by Federal Reserve money creation to help fund the federal deficit
No more danger of cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Massive economic growth
Federal surpluses to pay down the national debt and reduce interest payments
No more population advantage for China
No more welfare for immigrants
No more immigrant crowding at hospital emergency rooms
No more voting by non-citizens
No more housing crisis and less homelessness
Massively reduced deportation expenses
Making America great again isn't good enough
We've been there and done that. We need policies that will make us better than we've ever been. I want to extend American preeminence into the far future. I want Americans to enjoy unprecedented prosperity. Do you want the same? Then support the following policies...
Six proposals
Proposal #1: Outlaw tax-funded welfare benefits to non-citizens at both the state and local levels.
Proposal #2: Require health insurance to get a green card. The money that was going to smugglers should go to healthcare instead.
Proposal #3: Require an ID to vote. You can even make citizenship requirements harder if you want.
Proposal #4: Charge an annual fee for green cards (in addition to the health insurance). Make the price high enough to eliminate the annual deficit, but low enough to attract sufficient people to end the labor shortage, expand manufacturing, and sustain Social Security and Medicare. In other words...
Make immigrants pay you to be here. Make immigration a profit center.
Proposal #5: Legalize home construction. Outlaw all zoning, density, and NIMBY constraints at the state and local levels. Let immigrants build sufficient housing for themselves and those Americans who are currently homeless.
Proposal #6: Require due process to deport someone for failing to buy a green card. Do not let ICE be the cop, the judge, and the punisher, all rolled into one. Restore the separation of powers. Make ICE conform to the spirit of DOGE. In short, make American due process great again.
If you reject my proposals you will pay the following costs...
The demographic debt crisis will grow worse.
Interest payments will consume the federal budget.
Social Security and Medicare will both be cut.
The labor shortage will continue.
There will be no new factories because there will be insufficient workers to justify them.
GDP will stagnate.
We will lose ground in the competition with China.
The housing and homelessness crises will continue.
You will spend hard-earned money deporting people who could have helped you solve the above problems.
It's up to you. Decide which future you want. Call the White House [(520) 529-0212] and your elected representatives. If you like the future I offer then point them to this article.
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Perry Willis is the co-founder of Downsize DC and the Zero Aggression Project. He co-created, with Jim Babka, the Read the Bills Act, the One Subject at a Time Act, and the Write the Laws Act, all of which have been introduced in Congress. He is a past Executive Director of the national Libertarian Party and was the campaign manager for Harry Browne for President in 2000.