Immigration Controls Are Bad for the Economy And for Freedom by Scott McPherson December 1, 2002 At the risk of uttering a terrible clich, America is a land of immigrants. The 13 British colonies that flourished on the Atlantic coast could not have existed were it not for brave men and women willing to start life anew in a strange land. These people came for many reasons; some wished to escape religious and political persecution; some to build a fortune. Whatever their motivation, America quickly became a land that welcomed all who wished to settle and prosper here. Throughout our history, most people have recognized the benefits brought to our shores by immigration. It goes without saying that from the Industrial Revolution to the transatlantic railroad to Silicon Valley, Americans would not enjoy the wealth they have today without the contributions of the immigrant. That understanding of the role of immigration (and the corresponding free trade that accompanies any open-border policy) in the building of the United States was wonderfully captured in the March issue of Readers ...
Immigration Controls Are Bad for the Economy — And for Freedom by Future of Freedom Foundation December 1, 2002 At the risk of uttering a terrible cliché, America is a land of immigrants. The 13 British colonies that flourished on the Atlantic coast could not have existed were it not for brave men and women willing to start life anew in a strange land. These people came for many reasons; some wished to escape religious and political persecution; some to build a fortune. Whatever their motivation, America quickly became a land that welcomed all who wished to settle and prosper here. Throughout our history, most people have recognized the benefits brought to our shores by immigration. It goes without saying that from the Industrial Revolution to the transatlantic railroad to Silicon Valley, Americans would not enjoy the wealth they have today without the contributions of the immigrant. That understanding of the role of immigration (and the corresponding free trade that accompanies any open-border ...
Hornberger’s Blog, March 2009 by Future of Freedom Foundation March 13, 2010 Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Neo-Cons and Moral Degeneracy by Jacob G. Hornberger The presidential advisor for press affairs to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has an interesting op-ed in the Los Angeles Times today. Pointing out that Barack Obama’s offer to talk to the Iranian regime is nice, Ali Akbar Javanfekr pointed out that words alone are insufficient, especially if the U.S. government persists in conducting an aggressive and interventionist foreign policy. Javanfekr specifically pointed to (1) the U.S. government’s surreptitious 1953 coup in which it ousted the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammed Mossadegh, from office and installed a cruel and brutal Iranian U.S. puppet in his stead, who proceeded to terrorize and torture the Iranian people for the next 25 years, with the support of the U.S. government; and (2) the U.S. government supported Saddam Hussein in his war of ...
Patriotism along the Southern Border, Part 1 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 2, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Not long ago, the patriotism of Mexican-Americans was called into question at an international soccer match in Los Angeles. Anglo-Americans were outraged that Mexican-Americans booed during the playing of the American national anthem and then cheered for ...
Presidential Inaugurations and the Politics of Stealing Apples by Richard M. Ebeling February 6, 2017 According to the Nielsen ratings, over 30.6 million people watched Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on television on January 20, 2017. The newly sworn in president soon was in a battle with the mainstream media about whether this was larger or smaller than the numbers who watched Barack Obama’s swearing in, in 2009. But whether the number of viewers was larger ...
How to Make America Great Again by Laurence M. Vance February 1, 2018 It has now been a year since Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the forty-fifth president of the United States of America. Among other things, he said in his inauguration speech, From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first, America first. Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, ...
Conservatives Are Disasters on Civil Liberties by Jacob G. Hornberger July 8, 2022 The noted conservative Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, who, according to Wikipedia, “was reportedly floated as a potential candidate for the Libertarian nomination in the 2008 presidential election,” provides an excellent example of how conservatives simply cannot be trusted when it comes to civil liberties and, equally important, how different conservatives are from libertarians. Take a look at ...
Hornberger’s Blog, May 2009 by Jacob G. Hornberger May 1, 2009 Friday, May 29, 2009 The Sotomayor Nomination Is another Yawner for Libertarians by Jacob G. Hornberger As a libertarian, it’s hard for me to get all worked up over President Barack Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, as conservatives and liberals are now doing. The only time I’d ever get excited about a Supreme Court nomination is if someone ...
Hornberger’s Blog, May 2009 by Jacob G. Hornberger March 13, 2010 Friday, May 29, 2009 The Sotomayor Nomination Is another Yawner for Libertarians by Jacob G. Hornberger As a libertarian, it’s hard for me to get all worked up over President Barack Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, as conservatives and liberals are now doing. The ...
Anarcho-Anti-Immigrationism? by Jacob G. Hornberger February 1, 2000 For reasons not exactly clear, the immigration issue gives some libertarians trouble. In their efforts to grapple with the issue, it’s made needlessly complicated and some highly odd “solutions” are promulgated. We’ll look at one such solution in this article. Preliminarily, we would expect that when a libertarian examines any ...
Anarcho-Anti-Immigrationism? by Jacob G. Hornberger March 20, 2010 For reasons not exactly clear, the immigration issue gives some libertarians trouble. In their efforts to grapple with the issue, it’s made needlessly complicated and some highly odd “solutions” are promulgated. We’ll look at one such solution in this article.
Anarcho-Anti-Immigrationism? by Jacob G. Hornberger March 20, 2010 For reasons not exactly clear, the immigration issue gives some libertarians trouble. In their efforts to grapple with the issue, it’s made needlessly complicated and some highly odd “solutions” are promulgated. We’ll look at one such solution in this article. Preliminarily, we would expect that when ...
