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Go tell the homeless Mexican guys outside Home Depot in West Oakland looking for work they are not trying hard enough.
by almost_usual 7y ago
Go tell the homeless Mexican guys outside Home Depot in West Oakland looking for work they are not trying hard enough.
- madengr 7y agoHere I thought illegal immigration was a net gain for the American economy.
- wavefunction 7y agoWhether illegal immigration is a net gain for the American economy or not is such a complex subject that basing it off some anecdotal "homeless Mexicans" looking for manual labor post seems... ill-advised. From the perspective of an employer the short-term gain of paying less for labor is attractive and a positive. For Americans who might be competing with "homeless Mexicans" it is likely a negative. And beyond these two simple perspectives lay more complex calculations of benefits and detriments. Measuring the negatives against the positives requires far more data than a single anecdotal post about "homeless Mexicans." At least for me.