
<p>Progressive solutions rarely work because they tend to be simplistic – and not in line with how the real-world works. ; </p>



<p>For example, they believe that Washington can print or borrow money to meet every need of the American people. ; Or that you can actually tax corporations without having the consumer pay the taxes when they purchase stuff. ; Or that you can control prices without causing shortages. ; Or that you can give folks more money to blunt the impact of inflation without causing more inflation. ; Or ….. well , you get the idea.</p>



<p>Recently, those on the left have come up with another fantasy idea. ; Since we have so many open jobs – and we have so many migrants flowing into America – why not just give them the jobs. ; Two problems solved.</p>



<p>Actually, it creates more problems. ; Let us start with the basic problem. ; In a healthy economy, there is a balance between you and I, as a consumer, AND producers. ; There will always be consumers who are not producers – children, the disabled, the temporarily unemployed, etc. ; To some extent, even the family dog.</p>



<p>Because of ill-guided generosity, we have been supporting the lives of too many folks who could work but are either stuck on generational dependency or prefer a modest standard of living rather than work for their own betterment. ; They rely on dubious claims to welfare or workman’s compensation as an alternative to working and earning. They rely on the productive folks to support and subsidize them. ; Some may drop out of the workforce because they have adjusted to living off a productive spouse or parent – possibly with some form of government assistance.</p>



<p>Did you ever wonder how all those people who have not come back to their jobs are getting by. ; Well, that is how.</p>



<p>Giving their jobs to unemployed migrants (consumers) does nothing to solve the problem of too many consumers. ; Certainly, the working migrants will be a plus to the economy &#8212; making a consumer a consumer/producer &#8212; but we still have all those consume-only folks who should also be producing.</p>



<p>For the economy to grow, we need both the migrants AND the stay-at-homes to be producing – those who are able, of course. ; We are a rich enough – and compassionate enough – nation to cover those who are not able to produce.</p>



<p>Make no mistake about it. ; Immigration is essential to economic growth. ; But it must be based on LEGAL immigration that includes vetting. ; We need to exclude the criminal class. They are an economic burden on society. ; And we must limit immigration to a capacity to employ the new arrivals. ; If we are only absorbing millions of consumers, the economy will not grow. ; It will falter.</p>



<p>To stabilize the economy, we need to have jobs for immigrants and migrants AND have the domestic stay-at-homes return to the workforce – return to producing. ; When a person comes to America as a consumer/producer, they create a new job. ; Giving them jobs vacated by an able-bodied American does not.</p>



<p>In order to not have the economy overrun, we need to admit only ELIGIBLE asylum seekers – which is only about 15 percent of those crossing the border seeking asylum. ; That means that millions of folks who have been allowed to enter and remain in the country are not eligible for asylum. ; Many are deported, but many are not – creating a pool of people who are consuming … not producing … and should not be here.</p>



<p>The simplistic solution of giving some of the current asylum seekers the jobs that should have been filled by the stay-at-homes is more progressive snake oil. ; It sounds good. ; Comes with grand promises – but cures nothing.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Another progressive stupidity … let migrants fill the open jobs
