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It’s crazy to me that the Democrats haven’t made increased immigration a plan for helping mitigate inflation. More immigrants means more construction workers to
by baron816 5y ago
It’s crazy to me that the Democrats haven’t made increased immigration a plan for helping mitigate inflation. More immigrants means more construction workers to build housing, more nannies, more nurses, more truck drivers, more meat factory workers, etc.
I guess they haven’t done that as labor groups also don’t like immigration. The whole position of the left with regards to immigration is about race anyway, not about economic opportunity for the people we’re letting in and the economic benefits the country gets from immigrants.
- Hamuko 5y agoIsn't immigration reform basically one of the biggest legislative vaporwave projects?
- baron816 5y agoI think when there is a prevailing narrative about a shortage of labor is a really good time to push a narrative about the benefits of importing labor.
- waynesonfire 5y ago> immigration is about race anyway it's not about race, it's about winning elections.
- Ericson2314 5y agoThe is true, but tight labor markets are also virtuous, and something for their core constituencies Decades of slack on the labor markets has made many Americans see immigrants as scabs, and one bout of inflation is not enough to fix that.
- dr_dshiv 5y agoIs technology and software a deflationary factor? Aren't there so many parts of the economy that get mach cheaper over time?