[DiseasedBadger]

It's difficult to express how profoundly misapprehended your comparisons are.

Moving into a higher-income area is the last thing poor rural Americans want - and the last thing that would help them. They are already living in high assistance areas - the area assisted by the United State federal government.

People invading the US are not looking to be in a high-income area, because that implies a higher cost of living. They are looking to be in a high-assistance area. They are not looking to make money, and have little prospect of that. They are looking to be given money.

That must be taken from someone else.

[dang]

Please don't do regional flamewar, or any flamewar, on HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html