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Article: Simon strikes back: in our continuing immigration debate, Julian Simon replies to Peter Brimelow's critique of his Cato pamphlet.(response to a February 26, 1996, National Review article)(includes related response from the original author)
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- July 1, 1996
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PETER Brimelow's goal in attacking me ["Facts and Fancies," NR, Feb. 26] surely is not just to hurt me or my reputation. Rather, he aims to promote the idea that immigrants exploit natives by taking disproportionate funds from the public coffers. The valid research gets in his way.
Because he lacks countervailing evidence, Brimelow employs many rhetorical gimmicks. But his main tactic is to smear those of us who publish the data and analyses showing that immigrants put into the public coffers in taxes more than they take out in benefits.
Let's first get the facts on the table. Natives receive much more money from the public coffers (average: $3,800 per year) ...