21 sats \ 1 reply \ @oliverweiss OP 9 May \ parent \ on: Bryan Caplan on The Demagogic Case for Open Borders econ
The solution is to respect private property rights and individuals' freedom of association.
I think I miss something. How is this against open borders policy?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 9 May
The conflict comes from other state policies that force Americans to do various things:
  • pay for roads, schools, hospitals, etc. that immigrants can't be excluded from,
  • provide your business services to immigrant customers, under anti-discrimination laws
  • hire immigrants, also under anti-discrimination laws.
The list would be longer if I thought more about it, but I think you get the idea. It's along the lines of Milton Friedman's "You can have open borders or a welfare state, but you can't have both."
American taxpayers don't get to choose not to interact with immigrants, the way they would get to choose if their property rights were respected.
In a private property world, we wouldn't have open borders and we wouldn't have closed borders. What we'd have is, those with permission from the relevant property owners can enter.
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