Trump suspends entry of immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare

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[–]idkwhatimseeking 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I'm just curious.. Do you agree with this decision, or are you against it? Why or why not? I'm personally ignorant on the matter and wouldn't have an opinion to give. I would just like to ponder on it.. ya know?

[–]magnora7[S] 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Off the cuff, I personally think it's an odd way to limit immigration, but I think it's somewhat reasonable. I don't hate it or love it, but it seems reasonable in many ways.

[–]idkwhatimseeking 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Good answer. I definitely see what you mean. Not only does it serve to limit immigration, but I think it also helps the economy in the long run, perhaps. Definitely an odd ball way to go about it though. I guess we will have to see how it plays out.

[–]James_Kuhn3rd 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's basically wac-a-mole.

The dems attack any policy that he puts forward. He then has his staff look into another method of doing the same task by other means/loopholes.

It's kabuki theater really. Congress has not only the power to change and construct proper immigration and legislation, it is constitutionally tasked with this duty. But in the past 40 or 50 years, as our country has grown to see the president as some type of king wielding the powers of the administrative state, it has yielded to that office, which is unfortunate..

It's largely the same in many other facets of government. I just read an article about how the IRS is auditing the lowest tax brackets at an equal or greater rate than it does top earners. The article, like the IRS, made the case that the legislative branch has gutted funding for it for over 10 years. The obvious agenda by the agency and the media outlets are to increase the power and money to these administrative branches. It's telling that the media outlet reporting on it looks at this as a problem of Republican's funding (or lack thereof) this agency.

I'm not sure why they ( well actually I know why) don't suggest another, better method, say like institute tax reform, such as a flat or fair tax and abolishing the need for an IRS.

That's a pipe dream now though. With a majority of the country moving toward socialism and anti capitalist policies, any Idea of reforming or eliminating an administrative agency will fall on deaf ears and is completely anathema to the plan. The most one can hope for is good state legislation wrt taxation.