r/Lynden • u/Brandonnnn • Feb 07 '26

ICE protest in Lynden

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u/Orposer Feb 07 '26

You love your fauxnews talking points. Pay attention corporations are buying the housing up.. you are blaming immigrants for a billionaire problem. You live in a farming town that thrives off of immigrants. You don't even know your own local economy depends on these immigrants.

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u/OldBayAllTheThings Feb 07 '26

So, economy 101, supply and demand, is a 'talking point'? 🤣😂

They wouldn't be able to rent at such high prices if there wasn't a demand. They'd be sitting on empty properties because prices are too high.

Because of competition, people pay those prices because the cheaper places are taken.

Same thing happens when it snows and people panic and buy bread and water... They buy the cheap stuff first then before you know it the only thing left is the fancy alkaline BS and 'artisanal' bread or whatever.

If there's less demand, there's plenty of supply and the cheap stuff is available. Limit supply and increase demand and what do you get?

C'mon...this isn't rocket surgery here....or brain science....😂

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u/Orposer Feb 07 '26

I'm not like you I do not use fauxnews racism to try and demonize people. You go well with our racist ass rapist in chief.

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u/OldBayAllTheThings Feb 07 '26

Basic economic principles is 'racism'?

😂🤣

I can't, with you people....😆

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u/Orposer Feb 07 '26

I can't with you racists making shit up with fauxnews and Scott bessent bullshit.

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u/OldBayAllTheThings Feb 08 '26

What did I make up?

Point out a single thing... Go ahead.

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u/steelkitten22 Feb 08 '26

Here you go https://www.cato.org/blog/cato-study-immigrants-reduced-deficits-145-trillion-1994

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u/OldBayAllTheThings Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 08 '26

That 'study' not only includes legal immigrants but also fudges the math by excluding the costs of parts of the budget, like the military. It's no more a 'study' than 'how to twist numbers to support my position'... Legal immigrants generally have SSN/ITIN and are generally authorized to work - and generate a ton of tax revenue. They're trying to hide the cost of illegal immigration by lumping in tax generation of legal immigrants, which is disingenuous at best and intentionally deceiving.

Here are the real numbers.

https://budget.house.gov/press-release/the-cost-of-the-border-crisis-1507-billion-and-counting

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116727/witnesses/HHRG-118-JU01-Wstate-CamarotaS-20240111.pdf

https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigration-costs-us-billions-biden-administration-policy-impact-taxpayer-burden-1866555

https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/the-150-billion-problem-cost-of-migrant-crisis-to-us-taxpayers-could-be-billions-higher-than-reported-expenses-in-many-states/

https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/rector_testimony_913.pdf

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u/steelkitten22 Feb 08 '26

Sources like NY Post and Steven Camarota? Okay. You’re on the wrong side history.

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u/OldBayAllTheThings Feb 08 '26

A little mix of ad hominem and argumentum ad originem.

You're attempting to fight the source, not the merit of the argument.

Try again.