At this point in the USA,
Didn’t realize I was in an argument .... just posting a historical truth ... I apologize if this made you angry .... some history in my Country makes me angry as well ... also should apologize for my spelling !
Craig, nearly every comment implies a narrative which can be a true or false narrative, or a mix thereof. My response to your comment was simply to point out that the previous great wave of immigration to this country came when we were a more industrial economy, so the implied narrative that new waves of immigrants strengthen our economy is not necessarily true now. I believe a mass immigration of poorly educated people of any kind actually hurts the economic opportunities of those americans who are the poorest. I am not angry Craig. I'm just pointing out that what your statement implies may have been overwhelmingly true in the past, but is probably not as true of recent waves of immigration. Having masses of poor, uneducated people pour into a country that has recently passed the ACA and has a strong social welfare system is not a boon to the economy.
If you look at the big picture, there are some opposing policy positions from both parties that don't have any ground on which to compromise.
Immigration is one. If you oppose "open borders" for any reason, almost all democrats call you a racist. They don't even entertain the notion of a practical reason for controlling the flow of people at the border. Personally, I think every culture protects their "border" because there's always an amount of benefit for cultures to have some amount of cohesion through "tribalism" of some sort. This protects their culture, values, and practices from detrimental outside influences. As humans, our shared cultural practices bond us as communities. Without shared values with our neighbors, we are not a cohesive community.
Extended socialism is another. Things like "free" healthcare for all, paid for by some doesn't make sense from a mathematical standpoint, let alone a practical one. Universal basic income is another one of those proposals that seems impossible, yet it is being proposed.
Reparations for american slavery is also being proposed. My family didn't come to this country before 1900. How does that work exactly?
Are we giving the Black Hills back to the Sioux?? Do they have to then give it back to the Cheyenne?? Who do they have to give it back to?
Just about ever topic can be a rabbit hole with multiple bounces of the ball... What effect does a policy have? What's the secondary effect? Tertiary??? and on and on...
A note to Frank Damp who posted while I was typing: You aren't making an argument about Trump, you're just calling him names. If you want to argue that way, then the natural rebuttal to your argument would be, "Well, WTF do you know, You're an idiot" Does that comment seem like a counter argument to you or just returning your insult ??? Make an argument of some type and support it with ideas. Don't keep posting that you hate Trump and call him names. We all know that by now. Use your brain, say something intelligent, make a point that isn't based on your loathing...