I've lurked around here for years but very rarely post, but I really want to ask Willips a question. You constantly assert that you're not racist and only oppose immigration for economic reasons. You claim to oppose immigration because immigrants apparently drive down wages, consume more government services than they pay in taxes, and make it impossible to implement a generous welfare state. However, if this is the case, why have you also expressed animosity towards wealthy and middle-class immigrants several times? I'd post examples, but I can't insert links until I have over 20 posts. An example that immediately comes to mind is when you attacked immigrant doctors in the "Immigrants are stealing our jobs!" thread Hillgoose made a few months ago. Wealthy and middle-class immigrants are much less likely to commit crimes, pay much more in taxes than they receive in government benefits, and make it easier to implement a generous welfare state due to the extra tax revenue they provide. Immigrant doctors don't drive down wages and mooch off welfare. There is no reason to oppose affluents immigrating here from an economic standpoint.
You act as if all immigrants are poor and don't pay taxes, which is false. Most immigrants aren't poor and pay taxes. Despite this, you seem to oppose all immigration, and your reasoning behind that always seems to be "importing poor people here hurts poor Americans," even though most immigrants aren't poor. You claim that your opposition to immigration has nothing to do with race, but your animosity towards economically comfortable immigrants shows otherwise. If your opposition towards immigration was solely due to economics, you wouldn't be opposed to wealthy and middle-class immigrants. Arab and Asian-Americans tend to be very affluent, but you still have expressed animosity towards them. In fact, 43% of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children.
Also, Poor immigrants are the least likely group to use welfare. I'd post a link, but I can't. Search it yourself.
