Michael Bloomberg may be one of the wealthiest men in the world, but that doesn't mean he can't empathize with the little guy.
The former New York City mayor and Democratic candidate for president spoke for all Americans when, speaking at a Mexican restaurant in Arizona, he said America needs an “awful lot more immigrants rather than less.”
In Bloomberg's moral universe, America shouldn't just welcome immigrants on principle. They are needed to “take all the different kinds of jobs that the country needs—improve our culture, our cuisine, our religion, our dialogue and certainly improve our economy.”
In one sentence, Bloomberg naively summarized the Democratic Party's new stance on immigration. In his view—that is, assuming some charity in calling it his view rather than a cynical pose—immigrants are not only integral to the economy, they are needed to lift America up from barbarism.
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