• WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I keep asking the conservatives in my life this. Thanos snap, all migrants are gone, how has your life improved? The only straight answer I’ve gotten was a creative use of math to show how much the US would save on benefits. Their proof relied on an omission from their source about who is going to lose benefits. The cost of enforcement, detention and removal was outside the bounds of the original question.

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      30 minutes ago

      The only straight answer I’ve gotten was a creative use of math to show how much the US would save on benefits.

      And let me guess: that doesn’t consider the increase in expenses going towards funding ICE…

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      43 minutes ago

      how much the US would save

      Absolute speculation in response to a question about current state.