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How can the effects be minor? Immigrants are doing work for cheaper than their domestic counter parts or they wouldn't be employed. This means they are produc
by chillwaves 7y ago
How can the effects be minor? Immigrants are doing work for cheaper than their domestic counter parts or they wouldn't be employed. This means they are producing economic value in excess of their compensation more than their domestic peers.
Where does this excess economic value go? It lowers the cost, for one. This is common sense.
Given the amount of illegal immigration and the support structure that exists among employers, you will have a hard time convincing me their effect on the economy is minor. Why would anyone bother with all the trouble if what you say is accurate?
- yters 7y agoI could see an argument that it allows employers to significantly lower their salaries below a livable wage for non illegals who have to pay taxes and such. So, citizens are losing the job and pay which goes to someone that does not contribute to the country via taxes, and perhaps a good chunk is sent back to their home country. Thus, the end result is the country's citizenry become poorer through illegal immigration.
- chillwaves 7y agoImmigrants pay taxes. I would worry more about the broader effects of globalization as a whole than I would about immigrants remitted part of their paycheck back to their home country. And dollars aren't what makes the American economy strong -- it's goods and services we get in exchange for them, in the form of imports and (as one example) immigrant labor. Before you come tell me that immigration is a net drain on the American economy, you should understand the dominant view in the field is that this is false. You will need to provide some evidence that what you are saying is true, not just a made up rationale.
- yters 7y agoI said illegal immigration, not immigration in general. Does your analysis show illegal immigration is a net gain?