patrick.net

Strategist says

I gave you a reason. You don't understand economics.

I have a better reason. You don't understand economics. Since that's the bar for this conversation, I win.

If you want to have a conversation where simply asserting your opponent knows nothing isn't a sufficient argument, let me know. Otherwise I see no reason to waste time on you.

Booger says

You were really expecting strawberry pickers to be mostly white???

No, red. They sunburn easily.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexico-prepares-to-absorb-a-wave-of-deportees-in-the-trump-era/2017/03/03/a7bd624a-f86c-11e6-aa1e-5f735ee31334_story.html

Castillo said he was arrested when U.S. immigration officials knocked on his door looking for one of his sons, who had been scheduled for deportation. They didn’t find his son and, after checking his ID, picked him up instead.

You know, I think I finally got Rin into economics.

Do you think humanity will give up on cash? The powers that be seem to hate that little loophole.

deepcgi says

Do you think humanity will give up on cash?

Yes, but that has nothing to do with capitalism. Money is money regardless of its form.

condoning illegal activities because they benefit you financially is backward and corrupt.

so now we know what the liberals TRULY stand for: BIGGER POCKETS at the expense of others.

RealEstateIsBetterThanStocks says

so now we know what the liberals stand for: BIGGER POCKETS at the expense of others.

I'm the most liberal person here. How exactly do I stand for bigger pockets at the expense of others? Seems like you are describing big business.

maybe Switzerland needs to import some illegals.

HOW are they going to put groceries in their supermarkets??!?

RealEstateIsBetterThanStocks says

maybe Switzerland needs to import some illegals.

HOW are they going to put groceries in their supermarkets??!?

Lol, excellent point!

How on earth does Switzerland even function without illegals?

rando says

How on earth does Switzerland even function without illegals?

They still manufacture chocolate and other low-value added goods there as well. Switzerland is very tough on citizenship; they just denied somebody citizenship for nagging her neighbors about vegetarianism too much, she had lived there since a child.

A) Armed to the Teeth
B) Most things decided at the lowest level
C) Massive participatory democracy involving referendums
D) Stingy about Citizenship, they deport people at the drop of a hat.
E) Neutral.

Bad Side:
A) Not keeping your property in supertrim shape will land you in fines or prison really fast.
B) 5 minutes early is on time, you will be fired for being 5 seconds late (Germany on steroids).

Now imagine if a 300+M sized nation imitated this.

WaPoIsHitler Lipsovitch says

Now imagine if a 300+M sized nation imitated this.

Sounds pretty good to me. I particularly love being exactly on time.

rando says

How on earth does Switzerland even function without illegals?

It's full with Albanians.

Btw, capitalism is control of the means of production by a small group of owners, while presenting the unrealistic possibility of joining that group to the poor, to keep them from revolting.

Dan do you have ADD?

Dan8267 says

FortWayne says

If laws aren't enforced than we have no laws.

Another reason to prosecute torturers and cops who murder.

Fort Wayne, if you can't see the connection between "if laws aren't enforced than we have no laws" and "another reason to prosecute torturers and cops who murder", then it is you who has ADD. The connection is obvious. Torture and murder both violate the law. For those who commit such heinous crimes to not be punished would be non-enforcement of the law. I cannot dumb it down more than that.

rando says

How on earth does Switzerland even function without illegals?

You don't need to pick money or prescription drugs, which is pretty much the only real industries there, from vines and trees. The quaint little farms don't produce much, they import their food and have the bucks to pay for it.

How do many countries around the world function without illegals? Just fine. We could too, but things would cost more. Eliminate the jobs and you wouldn't need to deport illegals. They would leave if they couldn't work. When is trump going to start throwing employers in jail?

Connection?
Dude you are constantly going off topic.

Dan8267 says

Fort Wayne, if you can't see the connection between "if laws aren't enforced than we have no laws" and "another reason to prosecute torturers and cops who murder", then it is you who has ADD. The connection is obvious. Torture and murder both violate the law. For those who commit such heinous crimes to not be punished would be non-enforcement of the law. I cannot dumb it down more than that.

FortWayne says

Connection?

Like I said, I can't dumb it down any more. You'll just have to stretch your brain to see the connection. It's obvious to everyone else.