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- a quick, one-time deportation (which they recognize would be almost impossible), would cost over $300 billion and require between 220-400k new government workers and ICE agents.
- a longer term deportation strategy of say 1 million deportations per year would cost almost ONE TRILLION dollars over 10 years and require over 30k new government employees and agents.
- mass deportation would reduce the U.S. GDP by 4.2 to 6.8 percent (which is the same decline we saw during the great recession of 2007-2009), reduce federal and states taxes collected by over $75 billion annually, as well as reduce contributions to social security and medicare by $28 billion annually.
- the impact it would have on the construction, agriculture, and hospitality industries would lead to an unemployment rate of 8-12% and increase housing prices (due to reduced new home starts) and food costs (either through reduced supply or increased costs to pick and process food.)
- build 40k brand new schools
- fund the Head Start program for 80 years
- pay the tuition and expenses for in-state college for almost 9 million students
- build almost 3 million new homes
- nearly twice the annual budget of the National Institutes of Health.
- nearly four times the budget of NASA.
- nearly three times as much as the federal government spends on child nutrition.
- more than the government gives out in the Child Tax Credit program.
- eighteen times more than the entire world spends each year on cancer research.
Taking the People Pledge
Adam Newbold, the purveyor of Neatnik/OMG.lol/Social.lol and many other sites, just launched The People Pledge:
I pledge to recognize the dignity and worth of all people.
I will not discriminate against or devalue anyone because of their age, race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, social class, faith, neurotype, or physical appearance.
I commit to treating others fairly and rejecting prejudice in all its forms.
A pretty simple idea and one you’d think would be closer to the default in 2024, but apparently that isn’t the case for a significant portion of the United States, at least.
Everyone deserves the dignity of humanity. To love and be loved. The grace to live their life free of hatred, bigotry, threats, or violence. You may not understand every human, their choices or their defaults, but that is OK… because in most cases it isn’t FOR you. I think we’d do better as a society, if we just realized we don’t have to live everyone else’s life too.
What is consistent across all of humanity, though, is EVERYONE is battling something. Some problem, big or small, and many times, it’s multiple problems at once. A little grace, empathy, and love can go a long way.
I’m not perfect, so this pledge is my commitment to do better every day.
Join us.
Uhhh, looks like the NYT is continuing its streak of stellar coverage. I am sure there are many people and stacks of government subsidies that would like a word with “single-handedly.”
Gonna be a long 4 years.
Episode 2 of my new project on Crucial Tracks, where I listen to records from RollingStones Top 150 albums of all time that I’ve never heard before… this time #131 to 140. Bob Marley, Funkadelic, Adele, and Joni Mitchell…
We've gone insane
I have been refraining from posting politics, but this new study is just absolutely insane.
🔗 Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy
Any kind of mass deportation, like Trump and Vance are proposing, is beyond reckless…on top of the racism and xenophobia.
This new study shows the economic impacts:
Throw this on top of his tariff plan and you have a recipe for the complete desctruction of the US economy.
In contrast, the cost of this could do any of the following:
A single year of the program is:
And people think this is a good economic plan?
I just posted a quick update to my Finitude and Productivity post from last month: mindfultasks.com/finitude-…
More to come!
My 2023 song-a-day playlist on Apple Music! music.apple.com/us/playli…
De La Soul’s Catalog Coming to Streaming Services For the First Time
Best music news in awhile!
Wrote a little summary of my takeaways from reading Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: mindfultasks.com/finitude-…
I’ve got my “Best of 2022” album list up on Album Whale! 🎧
My oldest friend Chris, aka Itinerant Printer, is having a massive sale on his amazing letterpress prints. Do check them out - I just grabbed three.
IDLES Full Set | From The Basement - YouTube
An absolutely brilliant performance. Sound is so good.
What is “ecofascism” — and what does it have to do with the Buffalo shooting? - Salon.com →
A lot of people assume that if we teach people about climate change, they will want to create a world that is more just and peaceful.
$5 gigs, not $10m deals: the story of US punk label Dischord Records | Music - The Guardian →
My all-time favorite record label.