If Democracy Just Delivers for the Rich, Who the Hell Cares?
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Weird how a country that supposedly only benefits the rich has millions of migrants trying to enter the country each year.
The United States
The United States has long had more immigrants than any other country. In fact, the U.S. is home to one-fifth of the world's international migrants.
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The United States
The United States has long had more immigrants than any other country. In fact, the U.S. is home to one-fifth of the world's international migrants.
What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
In 2022, roughly 10.6 million immigrants living in the U.S. were born in Mexico, making up 23% of all U.S. immigrants.
www.pewresearch.org
because it is still one of the few places that dream exists if you work hard enough for it.Weird how a country that supposedly only benefits the rich has millions of migrants trying to enter the country each year.
The United States
The United States has long had more immigrants than any other country. In fact, the U.S. is home to one-fifth of the world's international migrants.
What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
In 2022, roughly 10.6 million immigrants living in the U.S. were born in Mexico, making up 23% of all U.S. immigrants.
Please explain how republicans create laws that benefit the very very few, yet get the poor to vote for it. Hope. Everyone believes they will be rich someday, so that inheritance tax, capital gains tax will eventually be needed.
That is an excellent question I have been trying to figure out since the election.
Weird how a country that supposedly only benefits the rich has millions of migrants trying to enter the country each year.
The United States
The United States has long had more immigrants than any other country. In fact, the U.S. is home to one-fifth of the world's international migrants.
What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
In 2022, roughly 10.6 million immigrants living in the U.S. were born in Mexico, making up 23% of all U.S. immigrants.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
Weird how a country that supposedly only benefits the rich has millions of migrants trying to enter the country each year.
The United States
The United States has long had more immigrants than any other country. In fact, the U.S. is home to one-fifth of the world's international migrants.
What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
In 2022, roughly 10.6 million immigrants living in the U.S. were born in Mexico, making up 23% of all U.S. immigrants.
What wealthy stable country shares a land border of thousands of miles with a far less wealthy and stable country? The only other one I know of which is even close (N Korea/S Korea) that border is heavily militarized and the less wealthy country will murder your family if you leave.
Geography explains a lot of that.
Migrants don't usually have the wealth to pick and choose anyplace in the world they want to go. They tend to take what they can get.
The government does disproportionately favor the rich, for obvious reasons, but it’s also true people on the lower end of the economic spectrum still have it pretty good compared to other countries.Weird how a country that supposedly only benefits the rich has millions of migrants trying to enter the country each year.
The United States
The United States has long had more immigrants than any other country. In fact, the U.S. is home to one-fifth of the world's international migrants.
What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
In 2022, roughly 10.6 million immigrants living in the U.S. were born in Mexico, making up 23% of all U.S. immigrants.
There’s also a lot more economic opportunity here if you’re willing to work hard and take shit jobs no one wants then move up from there.
Us? Seems like Canada qualifies, unless "far less" is meant to also modify "stable".
Well there is more opportunity than there is in Mexico, S. America and Central America I will give you that.
I don't buy this being the ultimate land of opportunity anymore. Our socio-economic mobility in his country is extremely low for a developed nation.
Canada is not significantly more wealthy than the US and only slightly more stable.
Canada is not remotely as wealthy as the US. My point is they are significantly less wealthy yet stable, unless you were going for significantly less wealthy and significantly less stable.
In terms of wealth I am more or less going towards standard of living. Certainly more so than GDP.
Standard of living in Canada is probably pretty close to par with the US if not slightly better.
Not true,.. Illegal immigrants from all over the globe are currently passing through multiple other countries before finally arriving at the US southern border,.. These people have selected their destination.
Google AI says:
- Saudi Arabia and Yemen: The GDP per capita of Saudi Arabia is over 42 times greater than Yemen's.
- Oman and Yemen: Oman's GDP per capita is 34.769 times greater than Yemen's.
- South Korea and North Korea: South Korea's GDP per capita is 23.176 times greater than North Korea's.
- Russia and North Korea: Russia's GDP per capita is 16.353 times greater than North Korea's.
- Algeria and Niger: Algeria's GDP per capita is 12.667 times greater than Niger's.
- Israel and Syria: Israel's GDP per capita is 12.517 times greater than Syria's.
- South Africa and Mozambique: South Africa's GDP per capita is greater than Mozambique's.
Really we have a significant number of illegals from the middle east and Africa who came in via the southern border and didn't you know just overstay a visa?
Some immigrants are granted subsidies and after grifting the USA to become a billionaire, he is going to be put in charge of even more subsidies and contracts coming his way. That's what's weird, or more commonly known as corrupt.Weird how a country that supposedly only benefits the rich has millions of migrants trying to enter the country each year.
The United States
The United States has long had more immigrants than any other country. In fact, the U.S. is home to one-fifth of the world's international migrants.
What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
In 2022, roughly 10.6 million immigrants living in the U.S. were born in Mexico, making up 23% of all U.S. immigrants.
But that's what you voted for.
Where do you see other developed nations having high mobility for economic advancement?
Most, if not all, countries you would consider developed have higher forms of socialism and therefore fewer people “well off.” I think the difference isn’t wealth per se but quality of life and contentment. Most Americans are stressed to the max, barely scraping by, and have the added stress of minimal safety nets should a job loss or serious illness occur. So, in that sense, I would agree other developed countries have a higher standard of living based on overall health and more satisfaction with life. They do not, however, have higher mobility opportunities for prosperity compared to the United States.
The chances of moving up or down in terms of income verses your parents are much higher elsewhere. They are extremely low here.
I also agree with you there that the low levels of safety nets here put people at added stress. This is a country where it's really really great to be wealthy but terrible to be poor. At least relative to other developed nations.
Oh, well if we are better than Bolivia then why do I even care about politics at all.
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