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Im not against controlled immigration. What I am against is open borders and unlimited immigration because it would trash the middle class. And socialism is no prize either---look at what is happening in Venezuela.
Countries by Projected GDP per capita 2021 - StatisticsTimes.com
I have to ask about Switzerland, Denmark, and Norway.
First Norway.
Average income per person per year is $82,711 (over $20,000 above us) and though not an E.U. member state, the nation does accept visa free immigration from the 28 member bloc (plus Turkey). There is a treaty with the E.U. that required Norway to accept the visa free travel if it wanted to be part of the common trade deal market.
Where is the destruction of the middle class?
Switzerland next.
$86,835 is the projected per person average income and (again), while not an E.U. member state, it does accept visa free travel for people from the 28 nation E.U. member bloc (plus Turkey). Situation for the visa free travel is same as Norway.
Where is the destruction of the middle class?
Denmark has a yearly income just above the United States (most think it would be higher still if the United States dollar wasn't always so strong as the world's reserve currency) at $63,830 (we are projected to be at $62,152 in 2018 though we might end up higher), and a guaranteed minimum income of around $20,000 per year.
Denmark allows mentally ill to easily collect the minimum benefit without working.
Where is the flood of middle class destroying migration from Turkey or Poland?
Switzerland is debating a minimum income of around $33,000 per year, and it should be admitted that fear of immigration from EU member states is a concern.
The European Union has generally seen wages rise.
And perhaps bad policy (especially the labor laws which might be described as "socialism" perhaps?) has hurt the economic climate, but immigration has not. They just get the blame for Europe not economically skyrocketing to the stratosphere.