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>I doubt the US’s extensive federal welfare state

Citation needed.

The citation is the US federal budget, some 2/3 of which is directly welfare.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...

Go knock yourself out: social security, health, Medicare, income security, veterans benefits. If you want to exclude veterans benefits that’s fine too. Still 60%

Yeah sure, all those Brazilian and Ugandan 65 year olds that are emigrating to the US for the Medicare. It's not like you need critically need nurses or tax generating young people in general.

Sure, if they’re actually critically needed they will win in the auction. 10x H1B and green cards like I said will provide a lot of access. Ideally we use a points based system that rewards youth but there’s only so much skill in US policy making.

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