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What if I told you the presence of undocumented immigrants might have depressed your earnings as a dishwasher. No hard feelings still? PS. I know, I am assigni
by ginger123 8y ago
What if I told you the presence of undocumented immigrants might have depressed your earnings as a dishwasher. No hard feelings still?
PS. I know, I am assigning a stereotypical job to an undocumented immigrant.
- popularrecluse 8y agoYou'd be right about the profile. But the thought of missed wages doesn't bother me because it was long ago, and if anything, they worked as hard, if not harder than I did. And we were friends doing the same shit work together.
- evanlivingston 8y agoThat wouldn't cause me hard feelings, as a person who has worked both as a laborer and in the service industry. If the level of my income is a function of how many other people are denied the ability to do the same job then I've got bigger concerns than my income level.
- chris_wot 8y agoWhat if I asked you for direct evidence to back your assertion?
- anigbrowl 8y agoWhat if I told you that's called the "lump of labor fallacy" and there's no empirical support for the claim?
- drb91 8y agoA rising tide lifts all.
- peterashford 8y agoResearch in the New Zealand context has shown that immigrants improve the economy. They generate a lot work for people helping them settle in and they often work hard themselves.
- ionised 8y agoExcept evidence overwhelmingly shows immigration acts as a net positive for a developed economy.