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Damnit people, as the quantity supplied goes down, the price goes up, which encourages production. You have two kinds of production: Internal and external. Inte
by mynameishere 18y ago
Damnit people, as the quantity supplied goes down, the price goes up, which encourages production. You have two kinds of production: Internal and external. Internal means: People entering the labor market through various means. External means: Immigration.
Unlike importing products from China, importing people comes with various externalities. Here's a recent example of what you can get:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7461099.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7461099.stm
or, by contrast:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/01/05/kuala.2.t.php http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/01/05/kuala.2.t.php
...unending political nightmares.
- cconstantine 18y agoI fail to see how reparations for Apartied in South Africa and affirmative action in Malaysia have to do with foreign workers in America. We are in a world-economy, this is part of the deal. I understand that I'm arguing for working 1) with people I can't understand, and 2) for less money. It's just how the game works. edit: I despise doing The Wrong Thing (tm) because it looks good politically. Maybe that makes me a bad politician, but I work in software development, not politics. Let the politicians worry about politics.