"If it comes down to a choice between immigration and the welfare state, [then] too bad for the welfare state, in my view, because immigration is actually a much better way of raising welfare for the world as a whole."
I could not disagree more, but at least he is honest about the trade off, unlike most of the open borders crowd. And the fact that he feels no particular sense of greater obligation to his fellow citizens.
"If it comes down to a choice between immigration and the welfare state, [then] too bad for the welfare state, in my view, because immigration is actually a much better way of raising welfare for the world as a whole."
I could not disagree more, but at least he is honest about the trade off, unlike most of the open borders crowd. And the fact that he feels no particular sense of greater obligation to his fellow citizens.