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Economics is one "science" where it is quite easy to manipulate data to promote anything you want to "prove". I don't find the arguments presented to be persuas
by coldcode 10y ago
Economics is one "science" where it is quite easy to manipulate data to promote anything you want to "prove". I don't find the arguments presented to be persuasive at all. The proof that illegal immigrants take jobs from lower skilled citizens is far from obvious, given it is hard to identify these folks in any quantifiable way sufficient to demonstrate the connection.
- frebord 10y agoThis wasn't an article trying to prove that immigration is horrible. He was simply pointing out that there is a lot in question that needs to be discussed, and that it is unproductive to call the other side racist and xenophobic which seems to be the mode of discussion right now.
- rbcgerard 10y agoI think reasonable people can disagree regarding the net effects of illegal immigrants, but at the same time one can't ignore the fact that they have a distorting effect on the u.s. labor markets and undoubtedly there are winners and losers as a result of those distortions.