Questor, you asked a whole slew of questions in your first post. I took some time to respond to most of them.
I would appreciate it if you would continue the discussion you started.
Do you agree, do you disagree? Could you explain the statements you made which didn't seem linked?
That being said:
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Which societies have improved by allowing immigration of people who are less
well educated or job trained than the original inhabitants?
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Many
I would say that the United States society improved immensly by taking in many Norwegian and Irish. The hard work ethic of the Norwegians helped Minnesota immensly. And I feel the society is much 'richer' for the addition of a variety of people with different backgrounds.
Just as a side question, why the qualifier about education? Many immigrants are not well educated, that is true. But as you linked to and described in your own post, much of the world is better educated than us
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Which of our current immigrants should we copy insofar as culture and economic system?
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I'd say the Latvians, or many of the eastern European immigrants from countries with the flat tax.
As for culture, I like the importance many Latinos place on family and I think that is something our culture could benifit from.
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What are the advantages of the immigration system we have now?
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I have noted a number of them above. However, that is more about immigration in general. The system we have now, I feel, is dreadfully broken and needs much repair.
I think we need a national ID card (topic for another thread if you like) for all citizens (immigrants and otherwise). I also believe we need to allow many more legal immigrants and we need to secure our borders.
Likewise, we need to punish businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants (also a topic for a seperate thread?).
