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Nope: you forget that immigrants (legal or otherwise) increase demand for goods in their local economy which creates demand for jobs to fulfill these goods. Res
by zimzam 10y ago
Nope: you forget that immigrants (legal or otherwise) increase demand for goods in their local economy which creates demand for jobs to fulfill these goods. Research shows that this demand creates more jobs than the immigrants "consume".
- mistermann 10y ago> Research shows that this demand creates more jobs than the immigrants "consume". This seems a bit counter-intuitive to me, could you point me to any research?
- closeparen 10y agoJobs are made possible by consumption. Illegal immigrants are consumers too. Without them, we'd have fewer workers competing for jobs, which seems like a good thing, but we'd also have fewer jobs to go around because of decreased consumption.
- mistermann 10y agoThat's a fine theory but do you have any proof?
- zimzam 10y agoThis episode of the "Science Vs" podcast goes over a lot of research on immigration including what I mentioned about job creation: https://gimletmedia.com/episode/immigration/ https://gimletmedia.com/episode/immigration/