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You still haven't proven that immigration is the cause of this particular wage stagnation. You want to believe it is, but you haven't given evidence. Is there
by moorhosj 8y ago
You still haven't proven that immigration is the cause of this particular wage stagnation. You want to believe it is, but you haven't given evidence.
Is there proof that non-immigrants even want to do this work? The well-known case from Georgia suggests they don't. https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/05/17/the-law-of-unintended-consequences-georgias-immigration-law-backfires/#1a0d9305492a https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/05/17/the-law-of-...
At the same time, couldn't the state just raise the minimum wage?
- mixmastamyk 8y agoHe says they used to, but wages didn't keep up.
- moorhosj 8y agoImmigration hasn’t kept up either, so how can it be the driver?
- mixmastamyk 8y agoWhy do you think it hasn’t kept up? Perhaps legal hasn’t. CA is a very different place than the one I grew up in.