Bloomberg writer posits that more ingredients in a recipe makes for a better stew and so does more immigration to America
Huh?
This is just a ridiculous analogy and would not be worth even a mention if it weren't for the huge number of commenters (with entertaining things to say) blasting the author’s conclusions and demonstrating the good sense of Americans generally.
Here is Noah Smith’s opening paragraph of Best Immigration Policy Is More Immigration (hat tip: Paul):
In my family, we have a cooking technique that is especially useful for making stews and other mixed-ingredient dishes. If there is ever doubt as to whether or not to add more of an ingredient — onions, olive oil, Cholula sauce — we err on the side of adding more. This approach has long been my default attitude toward immigration — more is better.
There is a bunch of mumbo-jumbo about assimilation and whether well-educated immigrants assimilate better than the uneducated. The author does say that maybe we shouldn't have so many uneducated ones. And concludes with this:
So it would seem to be a good idea for us to tilt our immigration policy toward more skills-based immigration. When it comes to the “More!” cooking technique, high-skilled immigrants are the ingredient that goes well with any dish.
Brilliant, isn't it!
Bloomberg commenters were having none of it. As of this writing, there are 500 of them. Some are hilarious! ...
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