"propping the whole economy up" ? But that isn't what big migrations of guest labor has brought us .... Median income is stagnant. It clearly lags GDP growth

"propping the whole economy up" ? But that isn't what big migrations of guest labor has brought us .... Median income is stagnant. It clearly lags GDP growth. http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2008/09/gdp-per-capita.html http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2008/09/gdp... The rich are getting richer on this deal and that includes Bill Gates (who may or may not be the multi-billionaire chariman of Microsoft and largest stockholder). Regardless, if this hypothetical "person who could migrate" is so good, he'll earn big bucks and pay taxes and spend his income on services and goods ... some of which will come from America. If we need tax money so bad in order to "prop up the whole economy" then maybe we can have some modest import taxes like we did for the first 160 years of this country. This "trickle down" theory using Guest Workers doesn't seem to be working for dedicated American Moms and Dads. To put it in perspective: Grow the damn tomatoes in Mexico, no need to subsidize California agriculture. Pay the local pickers the market rate.