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You left out * Stopping illegal immigration and repatriating all illegal residents within the U.S. which is highly desirable.
by patrick451 3y ago
You left out
* Stopping illegal immigration and repatriating all illegal residents within the U.S.
which is highly desirable.
- michaelmrose 3y agoThis would actually be economically devastating both in the short and long term. Lets say you could Thanos snap them out of existence. millions of jobs would go unfilled instantly and for a very long term. Industries and companies relying on such labor in whole or in part collapse. The economic ripples of collapsing demand make up for the lack of jobs as we dip into a depression. Contrary to what people imagine such individuals both create economic value and create demand for goods. They also render tenable things like social security which work best with a slowly expanding population and completely implode with a collapsing population which we would in fact have at present birth rate. It's also foolhardy to imagine that America is somehow "full" when our population density is actually a tiny fraction of actually densely populated countries.
- quickthrower2 3y agoWhat you are saying is that without a lot of activity that the USA has made illegal, the USA cannot function properly. Like there is a shadow economy that you cannot live without. Is there a partially blinded eye turned to this by the government then?
- michaelmrose 3y agoI don't know a nice way to say "no shit". Since we actually benefit I see no reason not to make it easier for people to become Americans
- quickthrower2 3y agoBut if you did that… does the minimum wage have to go?
- michaelmrose 3y agoWhy would it?