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Michael Bloomberg: Let New Immigrants Into America As Long As They Agree To Live In Detroit

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared on Meet the Press and unveiled a creative and somewhat strange idea about how to kill two birds with one stone. Bloomberg’s unique approach to help re-energize the economy, while also tackling the problem of illegal immigration: allow new immigrants into America so long as they agree to live in Detroit, Michigan.

Bloomberg’s magical plan:

“If I were the federal government, assuming you could wave a magic wand and pull everybody together, you pass a law letting immigrants come in as long as they agree to go to Detroit and live there for five or ten years.”

Bloomberg suggested immigration policy is a no-cost way to fix a lot of the country’s economic problems. Well, bold thinking should never be completely dismissed from the table, and Bloomberg’s lack of an affiliation with a political party allows him to go out on a limb like this. However, it doesn’t seem likely that the mayor of Detroit, who at least receives a compliment from Bloomberg here, wants the mayor of another city to be telling him to open his borders and how to run an economy.

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  • Barack Must Go

    Bloomberg’s money bought him love, a lavish lifesyle, even an election, yet it’s quite obvious it can’t buy him brains.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Make them live in New York . Next door to Bloomie .

  • writer

    There’s a guy in Austin whose door is always open.

  • notsofast

    LOL

    Now that’s a deal!

    And take Garth, BFD, RRK, Trolljuice with ya!

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    The Mayor of Detroit is a former basketball player. Michael Bloomberg is a self-made billionaire.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    As usual, “build the Ground-Zero Mosque so I can get my business deal in the Middle East approved” bloomie is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

    American already has the ultimate ILLEGALS-ARE-WELCOMED cesspool: San Francisco. For those who don’t know about this most pathetic, despicable excuse for a city in the world, here are its most “notable” achievements:

    - it is the most blatant sanctuary city in America, which ignores EVERY federal mandate, regulation and law on ILLEGALS
    -about 90% of SF forms the district of crazy pelosi, the WORST SPEAKER IN AMERICAN HISTORY, whose irresponsible, reckless, out-of-control spending created more than $5 TRILLION of the country’s debt.
    -it is the epicenter of the lunatic-left extremism and of sexual depravity in the world (these tend to go together)
    -it is the ultimate BIG GOVERNMENT NANNY STATE, controlling nearly every aspect of the life and death of its residents and businesses
    -it is the ultimate in BIGNESS of BIG GOVERNMENT with about 30,000 city bureauweenies sucking-up tax dollars from a resident population of 805235, so each bureauweenie is living-in-luxury (with $100,000+ salaries, GOLD-PLATED healthcare and HUMONGOUS pensions) provided by ONLY 27 residents – the HIGHEST ratio of bureauweenies to residents ANYWHERE in the world.

    America must rid itself of this cesspool, so let’s all pray for The Big One.

  • Republitarian

    Good Lord, the man is an idiot. Bloomberg is apparently under the misconception that there’s a shortage of poor, uneducated laborers in Detroit. There isn’t. In fact, that’s all that’s left in Detroit MI. It’s the nation’s wellspring of the nearly indigent and uneducated.

  • Upper Plateau

    All New Yorkers should adopt at least one illegal immigrate, pay for his/her education, medical insurance, car insurance and all basic needs. I would even give them a tax deduction for their generous support for taking the burden off the rest of the states.

  • notsofast

    Michael Bloomberg: Let New Immigrants Into America As Long As They Agree To Live In Detroit”

    Sorry mayor, the Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment.

  • mlb

    If the Right has to put up with Trump, then I think it’s only fair the Left gets Bloomberg.

  • jamesphilip

    I think Bloomberg has gone friggin insane. He reminds me of a mindless idiot who becomes King of his own little kingdom and lives in his own reality. What a friggin dolt. And he is in charge of New York? No wonder it is a pile of steaming bull crap.

  • notsofast

    The Mayor is obviously a racist.

  • timzank

    Can you imagine if a Republican had offered this idea up? It would raaaaaacist……

  • Sean68

    Let’s send them to live next door to Bloomberg and send to the same school his children attend.

  • Nacho

    Purposely creating immigrant ghettos does not sound like a good idea for America.

    You would think the Mayor of New York would be well versed in urban political science.

  • darladoon

    TeaPartyPatriot said:
    As usual, “build the Ground-Zero Mosque so I can get my business deal in the Middle East approved” bloomie is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

    American already has the ultimate ILLEGALS-ARE-WELCOMED cesspool: San Francisco. For those who don’t know about this most pathetic, despicable excuse for a city in the world, here are its most “notable” achievements:

    - it is the most blatant sanctuary city in America, which ignores EVERY federal mandate, regulation and law on ILLEGALS
    -about 90% of SF forms the district of crazy pelosi, the WORST SPEAKER IN AMERICAN HISTORY, whose irresponsible, reckless, out-of-control spending created more than $5 TRILLION of the country’s debt.
    -it is the epicenter of the lunatic-left extremism and of sexual depravity in the world (these tend to go together)
    -it is the ultimate BIG GOVERNMENT NANNY STATE, controlling nearly every aspect of the life and death of its residents and businesses
    -it is the ultimate in BIGNESS of BIG GOVERNMENT with about 30,000 city bureauweenies sucking-up tax dollars from a resident population of 805235, so each bureauweenie is living-in-luxury (with $100,000+ salaries, GOLD-PLATED healthcare and HUMONGOUS pensions) provided by ONLY 27 residents – the HIGHEST ratio of bureauweenies to residents ANYWHERE in the world.

    America must rid itself of this cesspool, so let’s all pray for The Big One.

    and it’s also the city where the world’s wealthiest people (definitely NOT lefties) have the most fun they can possible have; eat the best food they can possibly eat; have the best sex they can possibly have; enjoy the most desirable climate you can possibly enjoy; take in the best sights and sounds you can possibly take in;

    in short, san francisco is one of the most desirable places to live in the world. and it is, by and large, a popular tourist destination because the vast majority of people love it.

    how many europeans or south americans or australians or japanese visit kansas or oklahoma or indiana or buffalo?

    NONE!

    where do they go? cities like san francisco!

  • darladoon

    the bay area is also home to some of the most powerful, un-lefty factions on the planet:

    defense contractors, petro-chemical labs, right-wing think tanks, military bases, weapons labs,
    PG&E, google, apple, ebay, youtube, twitter

    yeah, sooooooooooo left-wing here in san francisco

    they just hate guns and business out there!

  • VoiceofReason

    BloomingIdiotBerg strikes again.

    You would think as empty as his head is, the vacuum would have sucked his ears inside out by now……

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