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Won't those unskilled workers return if there is no work, just like we've had seasonal migration of farm workers in the past? Farm automation will probably tak

• sheepmullet 9y ago
  > Won't those unskilled workers return if there is no work It depends - if there is no work in the US then there is probably no work where they have come from.
• AnthonyMouse 9y ago
  > Won't those unskilled workers return if there is no work, just like we've had seasonal migration of farm workers in the past? It isn't that there are zero jobs, it's that there are more workers than jobs. Add even more workers and some of the new workers will get some of the jobs. And they could get a disproportionate share of the jobs by being willing to work for less money. Which compounds the problem, by both reducing wages for the entire class (increasing the consumption of need-based services) and reducing the government's tax receipts from each lower-paid worker's social security and other taxes.