Mass migration continues to sap the UK’s social and economic capital. The post The Costs of British Immigration Keep Rising appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The Costs of British Immigration Keep Rising Mass migration continues to sap the UK’s social and economic capital. UK Special Coverage photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Images Whether immigration is good for a country’s economy and public finances is a subject of intensifying debate in Britain in recent years. The most consequential domestic policy issue of the year is whether the government goes ahead with its plans to extend the qualifying period for new migrants to receive permanent settlement, welfare entitlements, and eligibility for citizenship from five to 10 years.…Open
There's an updated price tag for President Trump's so-called 'Golden Fleet' of battleships: $275 billion. MS NOW's Priya Sridhar breaks down the Congressional Budget Office's math on these new Trump-class of battleships.
Data: Economic Policy Institute ; Map: Danielle Alberti/Axios American taxpayers would pay about $2,358 each for President Trump's mass deportation push, according to a new calculator tool from the Economic Policy Institute. Why it matters: The estimate fuels debate over whether billions of federal dollars devoted to deportations could instead fund other public priorities such as food assistance, health care or housing. By the numbers: EPI estimates the $268.9 billion projected for deportations could alternatively fund more than 118 million additional SNAP recipients over the remaining 2.5 years of the Trump administration, based on National Priorities Project data. - Alternatively, nearly 12 million additional people could receive…
Their letter also highlighted the ways Americans are directly feeling the impact of the severely disrupted Strait of Hormuz, holding up shipments of fertilizer components and oil.
In the report, the GAO found that the Department of Defense identified 14 weapon systems with what it classifies as “critical” operating and support cost growth out of 36 systems reviewed in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
