Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.

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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly...

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly...

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be...

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who...

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who...

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

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One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would...

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics...

Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

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What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn...

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from...

Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from...

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.