The Moral Hazard Of An Open Border I & I Editorial Board

The Moral Hazard Of An Open Border I & I Editorial Board 

"...It might seem that the most ethical and decent path we can take is to fully open our country to economic refugees who simply want to live better lives and are willing to work for them. 

• But following that course creates a moral hazard, because as long as entry into the U.S. is a pressure release valve for countries where millions are mired in perpetual, handed-down poverty, those nations have no incentive to liberalize their economies and root out the government corruption that limits prosperity to only a select few. 
• They can continue to send their “tempest-tost” homeless and poor to America and not concern themselves with the hard labor needed to fix their problems, or worry about staying in power.
• Their benign neglect, and in some cases outright depravity, condemns countless future generations to lives of squalor and desperation.