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I'm not the person you asked, but I'll give it a shot. In the short term I think I would be much better off. I don't believe enough people who can compete wit

I'm not the person you asked, but I'll give it a shot. In the short term I think I would be much better off. I don't believe enough people who can compete with me economically would be all that interested in coming here, and/or them coming here doesn't improve their ability to compete with me. However, I'd be able to hire poor people for slave-like wages to perform all sorts of odd jobs for me around the house. I'd have a maid, etc. In the long term I would be much worse off. The influx of poor people from other nations would completely overrun our public infrastructure: public schools, welfare programs, etc. The reason why illegal immigration "works" for the upper-middle and upper class is because it's illegal. My taxes would have to go through the roof to pay for all of this.

notyourday 9y ago
> In the short term I think I would be much better off. I don't believe enough people who can compete with me economically would be all that interested in coming here, and/or them coming here doesn't improve their ability to compete with me. This is where I fundamentally disagree - every single developer in the US making US salaries will lose to eastern european/Indian/Chinese developer moving to the US because they will accept lower salary. Not much lower, but 20-30% lower because for them it would be amazing increase in their quality of life.
- Consultant32452 9y ago
  I'm already the lead for an off-shore team. There's nothing special about me being in the US, I'm not local to anyone I work with. If they could find an offshore resource to replace me at a 20-30% cost savings they would do it in a heartbeat.