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Because it is one thing to have free immigration to jobs. it is another thing to have free immigration to welfare. and you cannot have both. if you have a welfare state, if you have a state in which every resident is promises a certain minimal level of income, or a minimum level of subsistence, regardless of whether he works or not, produces it or not. then it really is an impossible thing.
-Milton Friedman
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Milton Friedman
Because it is one thing to have free immigration to jobs. it is another thing to have free immigration to welfare. and you cannot have both. if you have a welfare state, if you have a state in which every resident is promises a certain minimal level of income, or a minimum level of subsistence, regardless of whether he works or not, produces it or not. then it really is an impossible thing.
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