Who Should Get Into the USA? | Robert Reich
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- Robert Reich looks at the facts behind the immigration debate.
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If the current trends continue, Downward spiraling education system, two class cast system, poisoned air, water, and food, Oligarchs ruling all aspects of our lives. We won't have to worry about who's getting into America. We'll be trying to get out!
10 months later...hold true...maybe scarier and true now
Alex Jones I didn’t know you were fan of Robert
I am trying to leave. Tired of pulling myself up from my bootstraps to still struggle.
See you later! Good bye!
My son's generation is already trying to get out. Less welcome than the past.
Man, Robert Reich is awesome. I'd love to meet him or at least converse with him.
I would like to audit any class he teaches, but I am not sure if I could meet and talk with him without coming across as a bit of an idiot.
Join his substat community and you can talk to him directly
He studied alot
Wow, what a resource. I’ve never been exposed to immigration philosophy in this way before and it is enlightening. Would love to see more course style videos.
It's the exact same situation in Britain to a different time scale,due to the many invasions of the British Isles,by the Romans,Saxons,Norman,Vikings etc,the idea of a "pure" English or British race is laughable,heck,even our Royal Family are German/Greek.
In a practical sense, maybe we should simply regulate immigration based on reasonable employment numbers, or provide employment and education via goverent programs if necessary. For refugees seeking asylum from dangerous situations or poverty, just let them in, it's the humane thing to do. The Best policy I think would be to promote basic rights and economic improvements everywhere, so desperation wouldn't be forcing ppl to leave their homes and come to the US. Less pressure would allow for a more gradual increase in new citizens.
That might require a rewiring of the global economic system, a coming to terms with modern corporate colonialism, and an emphasis on reducing climate change, which is creating climate refugees.
Didn't many native Americans cross over from Asia?
Of course they did. They were "immigrants" too. They just got here first.
God bless this man who speaks truth to power.
This really gave me perspective. My mom was born in Korea, but she grew up here. So, I never really thought about myself as a, "second generation immigrant".
Remember the old saying:
"Would I want to join a club/organisation/country that would take me?"
Classic backdrop of his students as he implores the home audience.
I was shocked that this young audience was very close to 50/50 on immigration. Wow.
I think some (myself included) understand that there has to be some form of buffer to immigrate to the US, as refugee crises can destroy our infrastructure if they are not well prepared for. For me, however, this is intended to be a blanket limit from all nations, as a means to slow down the crisis while people begin to get the situation under control.
Yeah I fell in the second camp only because of the exact verbiage used. I went to the extremes of thinking, no, I wouldn’t want a convicted multiple murder/rapist fleeing from another country. I’d prefer that guy gets stopped. But barring extreme examples like that, I think everyone that wants to come should be able to. And more importantly, it should be EASIER to immigrate. Not more difficult.
@@fraser311 Who is a criminal in a warzone like Syria and Yemen?
If there's a man fleeing gang violence in Mexico, would you refuse him because he murdered someone during the pledging of that gang (which they were most likely forced in to?)
My ex girlfriend is from the Philippines and struggled mightily to get a Visa. Many there did so. Many like her had the same issues and some eventually get to the USA and yes they usually have skills. She was a health care aid, technical a low level employee. Many others from the Philippines are nurses and physical therapist, or other health care in demand jobs, yet they struggle to obtain Visas. Sadly they cannot just jump boarders. Maybe it would be better to train people and have them go back to their homes. She work so hard and sent so much money back to help her family, of which we can learn so much from that attitude and approach.
3rd generation born here on my dads side.. moms side I’m the 4 generation born here. We’re all immigrants!
Yes we are. Thank you.
If you are allowed here to work, you should be allowed here to stay. Anyone who pay fair share of taxes should have equal rights.
The idea that someone who would pay taxes in the U.S. wouldn't be able to stay is ludicrous.
Very Good TH-cam! Keep asking the hard questions!
I am a second generation Canadian and here are some of my thoughts on this topic.
Invading or conquering land, a civilization, an empire or a country has been what history has been mostly about. The thinking and behaviour has been: “we have to go kill them and take their land and stuff before they come and kill us and take our land and stuff”. Once the victory has been achieved, the land belongs to those who know how to defend it and the victors exploit the lands and the inhabitants and then set up rules that benefit the conquers and the elites who financed them and they will want to be served by the people they conquered. Perhaps humans in the 21st century have recognized and learned that this type of thinking and behaviour is not the best or most sustainable way to live on this planet.
Throughout history humans have always competed with each other for physical strength and for mental intelligence to try and get other humans often times from other races to do the labour intensive work and the heavy lifting required to live a privileged life and to be served by them. This has been achieved by force or by indoctrination including class or cast systems, armies, religions, nations and in more recent history by marketing, advertising and by the banking systems by lending people money that is created out of nothing with no intrinsic or material value. The idea of just creating money out of nothing (printing paper or entering digits in a computer) and lending this money that has to be paid back with interest is what an elite class of people managed to convince the rest of the world is a legitimate way to do business. It is basically a clever trick to counterfeit money developed by an elite class of people mainly the bankers and bank owners which results in enormous benefits for them. It is a kinder gentler master slave relationship but the borrower is always a slave to the lender. Once again, I am hoping that humans in the 21st century have recognized and learned that these ideas and behaviours are not the best or most sustainable ways for humans to live on this planet.
Immigration is also a method used buy humans to get other humans to serve them. Immigrants can be from any social class or cast. Depending on their abilities and social class or cast, immigrants have been used to do work that slaves use to do or work that the locals do not want to do and have also been used to teach at the most prestigious universities and work for the top corporations and also work as doctors or other professions such as engineering. Temporary foreign workers are also used for all these jobs but mostly for jobs the locals do not want to do. Immigrants have also been inventors and entrepreneur that have helped the locals prosper.
Sometimes this back fires since immigrants can also end up being criminals, murderers, rapist or protesters that want to challenge the existing governing authority. Immigrants can lie about their true intentions and fake their credentials or wealthy immigrants can also buy their way in by bribing officials. Human traffickers have also taken advantage of people that want to immigrate by selling them false promises or forcing them into criminal activities such as drug trafficking or prostitution. Immigrants can also face discrimination since normally not all locals are happy to invite them into their communities and sometimes feel threatened by their culture or customs.
The rules for which immigrants are allowed in and how many are usually dictated by the governing authorities that have conquered the land but it is typically the wealthiest and the big business owners that have the most influence. Many times, these groups disagree among themselves who should be allowed in as an immigrant and how many.
It should also be noted that there can be a very fine line between immigrants and refugees and that there can be quite a bit of overlap between these two categories.
I know that my family brought relatives here and had to vouch for them for the first year. there were organizations that did the same.By and large the second generation became more educated and integrated into the country. We are in need of more citizens since our population is dwindling.
If he leads in with "you have no right to complain," he has nothing of value to say. Of course, I've seen several of his videos. And the only thing he is really useful for is insight into the workings (so to speak) of the communist mind. It gives some understanding how people could follow the likes of Hitler and Stalin.
Those who won't harm our society.
Im a bit of all of America, meaning the first wave, something called Black Irish, Dutch, French Canadian, Native of 3 tribes(only know about the Blackfoot Tribe) in N.W. and Mid E. and a little of the Mountain Folk stories from Great,great,great,great grands from Mid East mountains to railroad through N.West I know some followed the gold to California then came up north to work rail as a cook ..my great-great grandfather on mommas side. My father great grandparents from mid-east mountains...lol
I still remember ken cuccinelli reciting that poem and insulting it by inserting his own opinion "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses who can stand on their own two feet and not be a public charge". This government doesn't want the responsibility of taking care of its citizens, instead we are a country of slaves to the economy.
Cuccinelli calls himself Christian, but that is quite un-Christlike. There are those who talk about "Judeo-Christian values" but then give their hearts to capitalism and the illusion of a meritocracy, and say that if someone can't contribute to the economy in a certain way, then they don't deserve to go to the U.S.
Thank you for pointing that out ... so many times, Natives are skipped over.
We are in a MUCH Different Time,there should be updated rules concerning the security and expectations for anyone who has applied.
Thank you Professor Reich for letting us (unwashed) audit your class.
136 years ago for my last name. Great grandparents for the rest and I will be 60 on my next birthday.
This was very simply explained and I got it. I am first born American on my moms side and 3rd born on my dads so I feel like a pretty recent citizen. The whole world cannot all come here but we need new people. Whites will eventually be a minority and that will greatly change the politics. We need everyone to step up and be welcoming to their neighbors.
In my opinion countries with majorities native to those countries like Germany, India or Kenya should be able to make a decision on their immigration policies, but countries like the US, Canada, Brazil and Australia don’t have a decision to make in regards to immigration, because they are countries of immigrants and they truly are the last refuge for the needy and because immigration forms their identity. They do not have a choice, they have to let in immigrants, to allow their culture of diversity to thrive and to allow even the persecuted and the needy to have a good life. And that is incredibly important for every Australian, New Zealander and American (the entire continents) to remember.
In India, we have 1.35 billion population, the world shouldn't expect Indians to take immigrants.
manjumala chunarkar 😂😂😂 That’s understandable.
Ask native Americans how well open borders and unrestricted immigration worked out for them
Exactly. Open borders dont work.
When your country's birth rate is below the replacement rate, you need immigrants to keep your society functioning. Because the world has very poor countries and very rich countries, a rich country with open borders would soon be flooded with poor people. Despite what half a roomful of naive college kids feel, that isn't going to work very well. You need immigration, but with controls. Immigrants bringing skills is a plus. Immigrants with nothing to offer take the place of people who do have something to offer.
Thomas Hanks came from Malmesbury, England, as an indentured slave, a captured soldier of Cromwell's Army, in 1642, to Virginia.
I didn't think Tom Hanks was that old. He looked awfully young in "Big". Even in Forest Gump, for that matter.
The women who penned the sonnet on the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus, was born to rich Jewish parents. No wonder.
Who want to move to USA today? Looking around me, lot of people last period moved to other EU countries, some even far-east or Russia. But none to US. It was long ago when lot of my citizens and friends move to USA, late 70es, early 80es, even earlier, for most it was bigger opportunity in science or engineering, or just because of adventure, most of adventurers came back. But today? Last year my son been in US for a week. He said ever again. And I hope that he wouldn't. Some in US thinks that they are something extraordinary like it was in 50-60es, same as Londoners think that they are still in end of XIX century. No, it passed. You live horrible, none wants that.
Only who wants - those in need, those from latin america whose houses were raided by US backed paramilitants. And those from middle east who worked for US a lot and now their head is gone if they stay for a day longer in their country. People like that, traitors, criminals, agencies agents, mass murderers from african countries or Syria and Iraq. For those you are still OK, or last chance.
I'm sort of lucky; On Dad's Mother's side, we came over on the first boat. I'm named after the first governor of Plymouth, MA. Thanks for the lecture, Bob!! Mom is 2G [today she would have been called an anchor baby!!!].
Certainly not short people!
8:45 Who’s the sociopath giggling in the audience after that line?
How awesome, on who decides on the immigrants that come into this country 😊
Immigration is not a binary yes or no issue. The question is not "who should get into the USA" it is "who should LEGALLY get into the USA" and he consistently ignores that aspect of the issue. Yes, America is a nation of immigrants with the ideal being a nation of legal immigrants.
Border security and legal immigration, even unlimited legal immigration, are not contradictory concepts.
As long as there is one person hungry, jobless or homeless in a foreign country that person will dream the "american dream". It is in the human nature to find relief for basic needs and if that person has children to feed it is obvious that this person will do ANYTHING necessary to survive. Most will try to survive doing lousy jobs but millions will take the challenge to migrate. It does not matter how painful is to migrate or many walls they build in the border, the hungry and destitute will find a way to go through. So the only solution to stop the destitute is to provide them with a job. Wall Street is always looking for places where to invest its wealth. So why not creating a "Plan Marshall" for Latinoamerica and other poor countries? Why not building the Silk Road from Alaska to the Patagonian? Why not building 200 million houses at a low rate of interest? Why not investing in factories, schools, hospitals, farms? Why not learning from China and their aggressive investment policy? Is sky the limit for investors' greed? Why killing the chicken with the golden eggs? Why not saving the empire?
Amazing that almost half have at least one parent born outside of the U.S.. Our former president falls in that category. Welcome to California.
SO DOES THIS PRESIDENT!!!
I do know that my maternal great great grandparents came from Switzerland. My Great grandma was born here. That makes me a 4 th generation American
According to my DNA, all of my ancestors are European
16:30 is the crux of the issue really.
Doctor Reich ignores the fact that Social Security will be gravely harmed by increasing the minimum wage. As far as that idea goes, I will refute it thus. Why don't we raise the minimum wage to $100 / hour? Then everybody can be rich. I would advise Dr. Reich to stick with repealing or rehearing Citizen's United decision, which was, IMHO, an excellent place to start.
i would let anybody in that is not a criminal . And the doca people should just be given CITIZENSHIP !
I'm third generation citizen both sides of my grandparents came from Canadian French and married here... got their citizenship early in their 20's I wonder sometimes if I have some Native American in my DNA?
It's quite likely, statistically, that you do.
Question A: Answer - C
that's my view too. 6:45
What is wrong with "merit"? Haven't you heard of "National Merit Scholarships"?
Mr. Reich apparently has not heard the arguments that Ceasar Chavez made to regulate immigration in order to bolster the wages of the agricultural workers he was trying to help?
Really you student immigrants,forget America, please come to the real greatest country in the world... Australia!!!
California 🙄
We Love ya BOB!
Everybody apparently. No vetting. No borders. Some states issue IDs and there are benefits to be had. In Los Angeles my vehicle can be immediately towed an impounded, but the LAPD has a policy to call an immigrant's family to have them get the vehicle. Some localities allow immigrants to vote in elections. I'm waiting to see if the Democrats bring this out on a national level.
Mine came over on the Mayflower
1. C
3. B
Immigration should have some limit. Maybe tied to the unemployment rate. Or maybe U6 or Black unemployment rate. Skills based Immigration yes but limits. Millionaire Immigration. Yes but limits. Illegal immigration. Yes but limits. Refugees. Yes but limits. H1Bs. Yes but limits. I would also add a lottery factor and stricter enforcement. Plus aid to central America. And clamp down on illegal immigration. And a limited amnesty. It has to be a balance.
How tall is he?
4'11"🌞. What does that have to do with the immigration debate?
no one for 15yrs.
So you are willing to admit you "arrived with Cortez" ? Just Amazing. What an unfortunate past.
14:50 Answer me this. Why is America the last refuge?
As long as America aspires to be a beacon for democracy and equality around the world, and own the moral high ground on inalienable human rights and opportunity for all, then we must serve as a refuge for the dispossessed. If we talk the talk, we must walk the walk.
Because we have really good affordable 🍻 beer!!🎯
@@sorabji1 yeah well we're not walking the walk. So let's just cut the crap, jettison those aspirations you refer to and look ourselves in the mirror, and acknowledge what a bunch of venal, mercenary, fat stupid selfish assholes we are. Admit what a cesspool of corruption this country is. Talking the talk merely serves to make everyone cynical and nihilistic. The walk can't be walked, unfortunately. Everything is too broken, there are too many inextricably intertwined problems, too many multiple clusters of synergizing clusterfucks, nobody will be able to fix the mess we have made
The questions about who should be allowed to immigrate to the United States are extremely thought provoking. I think that, if we probed just a tad more carefully those students who said "everybody without limitations," even they would favor some restrictions [most obvious: certain (not not all) convicted felons, rapists, child molesters, pedophiles, etc.]. This list is far from exhaustive. Conversely, such obscure terms as "merit," "quota" "educated," ought to be examined for obvious and not so obvious biases. Aside from the academic value of examining the issue, I believe that a diverse "Blue Ribbon" commission of non-politicians could debate the merits and demerits of each position and come up with a common sense suggestion. I am not so naïve as to think that their tome of brilliant ideas & suggestions will not end up as a pile of tattered sentences & words after politicians had examined and STUDIED them if and when this would come up for a vote.
" Robert " The Real Right" 20/20.
Limit immigration? Answer - A
but we can't tell the "native Americans" apart... Many so called "African American's" or "Blacks" are unknowingly aboriginal to the continent of North America. I can trace my records back to the 5th generation and many of those people considered them selves native to this land prior to slavery. Unfortunately the powers that be, coaxed the remaining 60% of the darker assumed Africanoids or aboriginals that weren't shipped to Europe or the Caribbean ... The immigration issue is thousands of years old per Abrahamic influence.
The problem for me is mainly with welfare. The burdened taxpayer shouldn't be paying for people that are poor and will get out more than they pay in towards the system. The system is already broken, don't make it worse.
This is why immigration reform must happen alongside of other initiatives, like strengthening the welfare system and restructuring taxation so that the rich pay their proper due. There is no need for people of middle or lower income status to feel a greater burden--they are the ones who should be the most protected.
Non-citizens: Answer - n/a
It's right to ask who should be allowed into the USA. But such an analysis is incomplete without also asking "who should be allowed to leave?" You probably think that anyone and everyone can leave the United States freely but that is absolutely not the case. I hope that Reich will complete the analysis. He can use this link as a starting point: purpleexpat.org/wp/2018/02/19/think-can-leave-us-think-united-states-fiscal-prison/
Everyone is allowed to leave. Next to no one has a place that will take them.
He neglected to address one really big question. How many of you are present in the US as a result of LEGAL immigration? That is very relevant. Those who immigrated legally or whose ancestors immigrated legally have "standing" to question the legality or the "equity" if you will of anyone here as a result of illegal immigration. NO ONE who is present as a result of illegal immigration have a valid claim to the rights, privileges, and benefits of citizenship. This is SUPPOSED to be a nation based upon the rule of law. No nation can survive with both free and unrestricted immigration AND a limitless welfare state. You can have one or the other but not both. To try and have both is a recipe for economic collapse. Family reunification was a leftist smokescreen to import millions of the unproductive or minimally productive who would eventually become voters who could be expected to support the welfare state and as a result give permanent power to the "progressive" political philosophy. The progressives hoped this would bring about the elimination of the idea of individual sovereign nations in favor of a world wide (socialist) government.
ONLY MEDICAL DOCTORS , ODONTISTS , DENTIST , NEUROLOGISTS , MULTI-LINGUISTS....
As an Indian student currently studying in the US, I disagree with Dr. Robert Reich. He focussed so much on race, instead of merit. I don't understand how any country "today" can freely open its doors to everyone. I feel there should be a transparent merit-based pathway and well-defined filtering system towards citizenship. You don't have to be rich(or white) to acquire that qualification. That being said, the visa rules to work flexibly in this country are horrible. Starting a company, freelancing, monetizing an app, doing a job etc. are all obstructed by the shitty visa situation. Wouldn't it be nicer to have a startup visa? Immigrants bring a lot of innovation and entrepreneurship, and America will miss out on that in the long run. Anyways, I will be going back home because of another technical reason. I liked my stay and I liked the American people here even more, but I hate the current white house administration.
So, only lock out the poor, dispossessed, and persecuted? Not what America was founded on.
@@codacreator6162 Interesting opinion. I feel like you can still have a pathway for that categorically. For example, asylum seekers should 'ideally' be taken in.
@Rob Genson That reminds me of the gun circulation abuse in Mexico driven by an NRA oriented agenda. Hassan Minaj did a good piece on this in 'The Patriot Act'.
Thanks to a nonexistent God, I am German living in Germany.
NO MORE BORDERS
BECAUSE AMERICANS MURDERED BY ILLEGALS ARE AWESOME!
1:24 Native, ORIGINAL, Americans Didn't All Become "Citizens" Until 1924. The Earliest Were Mississippi Choctaw In 1831. That's Pitiful. The ORIGINAL Americans Weren't Citizens Until 1924. The ORIGINALS!
I don’t think grifters who avoid military service should get in.
If that had been the case all those years ago, Frederich Trump would have been stuck somewhere else... and the rest is history.
People who don't annoy me should be allowed to stay. They may not take any space that would crowd horses or humans who are already here.
I like the way you think, Becky. Republicans annoy me. Kick 'em out!
Well you need to leave now
Dr. Reich, I disagree about who has the right to complain about immigrants coming to America. In fact, I think the statement xxx has the right, or only xxx has the right is not the point at all. And posing the issue in that light is more a maxim against maxim debating, and does not address the issue at all.
It is not to say that Native Americans were, have been, and will continue to be savagely mistreated. The initial question which should be asked is how American immigration began, how it unfolded, how it has always been unwelcome, what effects it has had, how it continues to be maligned, and how current efforts to "manage" immigration, are simply more of the same mistakes they have always been.
Immigration is a three fold needs and effect feedback system. Immigration includes the needs of the nation (and native Americans), the needs of the immigrants and the needs of the people who were here prior to the people arriving. The key to creating salubrious "symtriosis" is truth. And for truth to live I remind you of the lesson of the seed. A good one can be found in Mark 4. You don't have to be a Christian to get it. And the seed of truth in this case is the history of American immigration.
Because there is a three way relationship, Nation (our Government and our Native American Brothers and Sisters) - newly arrived immigrants - prior generations of Americans (who were not Native Americans) everyone, including immigrants have a say in the matter. Why are the Government and Native Americans on the same plane? Because what the Government does effects everyone - in a sense the body of the nation, and what happens to the Native Americans is what happens to the soul, or the spiritual make up of our nation. No other group is as connected to American nature and natural resources as are Native Americans. When we butchered the tribes and nations, we also began to brutalize American nature. We lost what Native Americans could have taught us, and missing this lesson we have, for some 500 years, been destroying America. And like the places many Americans, including present day immigrants come from, they left behind their wastelands. So governance included our right, liberties, and laws, as well as
Lastly, in order to have effective "symTRIotic" relations we need to have both the means to conduct three way assimilation (not one way), into a governed (remember who and what that is) strategic (with tactical underpinnings) planning, that includes a deeply redesigned effort to rebuild foreign relations (how about 16 nations where we are engaged in combat???) and an even larger effort to resurrect our country.
If you noticed I never mentioned special interests, industries, companies, lobbyist, the media (mainstream or otherwise) or other such. I only mentioned the people, and our representative Government, with oversight by Native Americans. The conversation must be open, the facts proven or tossed, vignettes are evidenced or are tossed, open air statements (maxims) are disregarded.
The only matter is a three way algorithm that determines who, what, and how.
I can see your viewpoint but also I think that would require true assimilation one language, law, and culture for everyone. Like we would literally have to take ethnicity out of it. I don’t think that would happen. People would lose it at what true equality means across the board. Especially if they address the horrendous crimes the government has done to various ethnicities. How many generations would it take to make as close to balanced as possible. For instance , what if we shortened the years we could make it five to achieve citizenship. Actually provide state resources for immigrants to fulfill their qualifications. They would pay taxes, be able to qualify for in state tution, and have access to basic health care, and entry level jobs. I think the problem is not really immigration I think the inequality of upward mobility and the instability of living through the technology revolution is what makes it seem like that is the problem. It’s like peeing the onion their are too many layers beneath. First fix the Congress, regulate the economy, decrease lobbying , hold state governments accountable, and force companies to pay living wages. People won’t be talking about immigration as much.
As long as they leave sufficient space for our horses immigration is fine with me.
We should have the right to roam
try roaming elsewhere somewhere that illegals don't cost us $135 Billion dollars a year.
African Americans at the low end of the labor and wage pool are rightly indignant when replaced by lower wage immigrants. Not just native people are right to resist newcomers as Robert Reich noted early in the lecture.
Some second gen central American immigrants resist newcomers from their origins too. That is wrongheaded but even the highly educated 2nd gen latinex will take that position.
Merit based immigration
I SEE MY FRIEND IN THE BACK
I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion however, since my ancestors were forcibly brought here and subsequently enslaved, exploited and subjugated to provide free labor in order to quite literally build up the country and economy. By those merits alone, we in the African American community should have standing to complain about immigrants just as the Native Americans are as Reich claims in the beginning of the vid. For the record though, I absolutely do not have complaints about immigrants or refugees who want to come to the US. Quite the contrary, I encourage it as I know it helps our economy, and many cultural, technological, agricultural advancements have been contributed by immigrants and we are all the better for it.
The difference between early 20th century and today is that we didn't have a welfare state in place. Immigrants in 1920 didn't get federal money for anything. There was no welfare and federal programs for them. Now we give them a stipend, health care, housing, etc. You can't have huge amounts of immigration and at the same time have a welfare state in place.
not true..the modern welfare state began back east new York and boston to deal with the poor ignorant irish catholics that were pouring into the country due to famine.... it was too much for any church or charity to handle...let's remember what a despised minority they were and how they were given a helping hand and also given civil service jobs as cops firemen and teachers
Maybe local and state welfare, but not federal welfare programs. Federal income taxes were not even in play until the Progressives got them passed in 1913 under Woodrow Wilson (a racist who segregated all federal buildings. Google it.). Local and state governments should look after their own citizens. The Federal government was never designed by the original Founders to maintain the welfare and entitlement programs they are currently responsible to fund. 105 years later, Progressives like Hillary and Bernie still seek to tax the shit out of Americans and redistribute wealth.
@@wordpressobsessed9067 the shit is already being taxed out of Americans, the lower 90% pay a way higher proportion of their income than the top 10%. And there is already massive income redistribution, it is a trickle up affair, hear that sucking sound? That's trillions of dollars going from the poor people to the billionaires...
Personally I believe it should be less about the "who" (other than vetting an individual's background for criminal or dangerous ties), and more about the "How many"
We're a nation with relatively rich, bountiful resources. But it's 2018, and explosive population growth and environmental damage can turn the Land of Milk and Honey into the Land of Soylent Green (Brough to you by Carl's Junior) pretty fast.
So a variable year-to-year quota needs to be established based on realtime scientific/market data projections on what the combination of agricultural, economic, infrastructural, and even social resources can sustain, rather than the country of origin as stated in 11:35. As harsh as it sounds, there is a limit on the number of vacancies that can be filled sustainably in ANY country, including ours. That doesn't mean you get to not pick the fat kid because you play by Dodgeball rules, but you do need to recognize the max number of players.
A unregulated flood of immigrants causes problems that last for many generations (are you really proud that The Mafia is still a thing here?), but a well reasoned number is an asset that grows the nation.
Easiest way to fix that? Give women access to birth control, sex ed, and other tools to take control of their lives and bodies. You do that, you will never have any overpopulation issues.
/agreecompletely
Back in the day the immigrants who came to the U.S. didn't cost the government a dime because there was no welfare. Today that's a different story and admitting the poor from everywhere will exacerbate overspending by the government. Since the U.S. doesn't want that on one hand but still wants immigration, the result is that they aim for skilled labor. That's what many first world countries do; and it's fine.
Why does Mr. Reich immediately presume "inequality" at the start of his lecture?
Why allow student visa's which pay to educate students when they just go back to their original country afterwards?
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Who wants to live there anyway??
But the streets here are paved with gold! 🌟. You can pan for it in the ditches when it rains, but the repaving costs are astronomically high!🌞
*Holds students for an extra three seconds to say “and you” to the camera*
*Covers it with ads for other videos*
Genius
Honestly a great video though, just good meme at the end
Watching Robert Reich teach makes me so proud to be part of Berkeley and so proud to be a liberal.
God, he’s a worse historian than economist. The US like all countries has controlled immigration based on its own needs. East Europeans that were denied entry was because they were illiterate and unskilled. In the time from he’s talking about poor people had no more or less kids that the wealthy. There was no birth control. Today the poor have many more kids that responsible people because we incentivize childbirth for welfare recipients.
The problem is not immigration; it’s the democrats wanting free and open immigration without regulations or controls. Why? Votes. They believe Hispanics will support democrats when they get welfare. Research shows second generation are conservatives and vote Republican. They are against open borders. Ironically open borders hurts poor and low income blacks, but they just keep on drinking that cool aid.
so f witt name me a main stream democrat who advocates for open boarders?you people are so full of it .
btw way the right wing has often been In control of all the branches of government and could stop illegal immigration overnight .they never even try ? and why ? lol because of fools like you . work it out, try really hard .who does illegal immigration serve ? democrats or republicans .think real hard ? keep drinking the cool aid indeed.
Not Indians from India who take away U.S. jobs in IT and physicians. Not foreign students who attend U.S. universities that I paid for through taxes.
US universities love foreign students because they pay a higher tuition than Americans. Technology companies hire South Asian IT workers and American hospitals fill their ranks with South Asian doctors for the same reason farmers hire seasonal workers from Mexico. The American eocnomy depends on it. An American with a liberals arts college degree will still be unemployed even if you kick all foreign trained professionals out of the country. Everything from iPhones to healthcare to strawberries will just be more expensive.
I dont think the real issue is that Americans didn't immigrate originally, but that we now need immigration control. That was during a time when America could grow. Now were far too big to continue growing forever.The problem is having millions of people at the southern border. Not thousands. That would be a real problem. You cannot have millions of people dumping into this country. Legally or illegally. Especially if were to have a welfare system of any kind.
We are overpopulated and our resources are stretched thin. Perhaps a five year moratorium on immigration would be the best answer
Let's start by sending Trump's illegal immigrant trophy wife and her chain immigrant family back home to Slovenia. After all, if the country is really "full", surely our leaders should set a good example for the rest of us, yes?
@OwnOwnOwnOwnOwnOwn : What are you talking about?
Under the UN rules (established in 1948 in the wake of a massive refugee crisis in war torn Europe and beyond) any asylum seeker must make the proper application at the border/point of entry they are crossing. Once the claim is made they are entitled to stay under temporary order until their claim is processed and completed.
That is how refugee claims are and have always been processed.
All UN members are bound by this regulation.
The upward mobility. How's that working for California. California has the highest poverty rate and the highest homeless population, and probably the highest levels of income in equality. So how is that upward mobility working.
Been here since the beginning, amcestors faught in every war for this country. I believe in what Australia is doing.
I disagree strongly with the idea that someone born on American soil is an immigrant in any capacity. I was born here, my parents were born here, their parents and theirs... all the way down the line until somebody DID immigrate to this country. THEY were an immigrant, but not any of their children or children's children and I hold that standard across the board.
I will also state I don't have a problem with immigrants, and in fact support immigration. Both of my parents were and still are dirt poor, at one point literally living on a dirt floor and neither of them had the means to leave this country once I was conceived. I have never left this country, either so for my literal entire existence I've been on American soil. I am not an immigrant.
A false and dishonest question to begin with. The question is how many are descended from ancestors who broke the law to enter the USA
You need to answer that question yourself. Your ANCESTORS were not originally here.
The victims of the U.S.?
Just more of Robert Reich BS. People should choose who they wish to live with Not the other way around
I agree with Robert Reich on a lot of things! I am kind a fan really. But this is stupid! He is comparing apples and oranges here! When we where a young developing nation we needed people and lots of them! This is no longer the case, we are established and have the worlds third largest population! Natural resources only go so far and over population can be a huge problem and cause massive amounts of poverty! India and China are great examples of both!
People die every day, faster than the birth rate. We are all immigrants. You seem to think you own the land. In actuality it was stolen from the Natives. We are a nation that welcomes all people.
It's just like Age of Empires. Initially, you need a lot of villagers.
@@bethy-lou3307 No we aren't. We are a nation composed of some people who welcome all people and some people who don't.
We need more Stepford wives. Allowing only steely-eyed Eastern bloc country fashion models (and their parents) into our country will keep more great American men faithful to their wives, and solve all our societal disorders.