http://www.libertyweek.org The Weekly Podcast of the Competitive Enterprise Institute Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:07:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 ©CEI New Media http://www.libertyweek.org/?feed=podcast rmorrison@cei.org (CEI New Media) rmorrison@cei.org(CEI New Media) Libertarian 1440 Washington, DC, libertarian, Ayn Rand, Ron Paul, Murray Rothbard, Mises, Hayek The Weekly Podcast of the Competitive Enterprise Institute A weekly run-down of the news from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian think thank in Washington, DC. CEI New Media CEI New Media rmorrison@cei.org No no http://www.libertyweek.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/libertyweek.jpg http://www.libertyweek.org 144 144 http://www.libertyweek.org/2012/02/09/february-9-2012-the-immigration-tariff/ http://www.libertyweek.org/2012/02/09/february-9-2012-the-immigration-tariff/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:02:38 +0000 Ryan Young http://www.libertyweek.org/?p=2298 Immigration law is second in complexity only to the income tax. In a new CEI paper, Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh proposes scrapping the whole thing and replacing it with a tariff. This is a much more humane approach to immigration, and in many cases will be less expensive for immigrants than the lawyers and fees they currently have to pay while they live in legal limbo. A tariff would also reduce illegal immigration by eliminating black markets. Money that currently goes to illegal smugglers and human traffickers could instead go to the U.S. Treasury. The idea can appeal to both the left and the right.

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