"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Immigrants & Government Borrowing
"... why, when all main political parties claim to want to reduce the deficit, do they also talk tough on immigration?
It’s because cutting the deficit is not really a top priority at all - and certainly not a higher priority than appealing to the mob."
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