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Why are we spending presumably billions of dollars restricting movement of people? It would be by far cheaper to open the border and allow working age migrants
by GaryNumanVevo 7y ago
Why are we spending presumably billions of dollars restricting movement of people? It would be by far cheaper to open the border and allow working age migrants to pay into our tax system legally....
- GaryNumanVevo 7y agoFollow up to this: First it's tested on the illegal citizens, then it's tested on the legal ones.
- m0zg 7y agoWhat's an "illegal citizen"?
- GaryNumanVevo 7y agoI think I might need to clarify my point here. I'm not placing any blame on migrant workers who come to the US to make a living, my biggest issue is with companies that take advantage of this labor without taxes. Having an easier system for migrant workers to have legal status here (i.e. able to bank in the US, pay taxes, etc) would raise their income, and benefit the US as a whole.
- m0zg 7y agoHow would a massively increased supply of unskilled labor (which is already abundant) raise anyone's wages? Say, for instance, tomorrow it became really, really easy for companies to hire programmers. Do you think the wages would go up or down?
- m0zg 7y agoBecause 12 million illegal aliens are currently paying something like $11B in taxes. That's $916 per person, per year. Now, some of that is because they're here illegally, but I bet a major part of it is that they aren't making much money, and in the US people who don't make much pay little to no taxes at all. Some even get money back from the government. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_illegal_immigrants_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_illegal_imm...