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Do you think this is a bad thing?
by barbequeer 2y ago
Do you think this is a bad thing?
- Arnt 2y agoA bad estimate is always somehow bad. The US is in the news now. It has something like five million illegal immigrants that work for next to nothing. Losing that source of cheap labour would be a wrenching change.
- namaria 2y agoI have a hunch that mass deportations have an accelerationist origin. If Heritage Foundation ultimately thinks depopulation and mass automation are tenable and on their way, a supply shock in the labor market could spark some change. Not unlike the Death Plague contributed to the rise of wealthy craftsman and merchant class.
- toomuchtodo 2y ago11 million, and it costs ~$80B to deport every million.
- Arnt 2y ago11… wow… is that everyone or just the ones that work legalish fulltime jobs?
- toomuchtodo 2y agohttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-k...
- Arnt 2y agoEight million in the labour force, that's quite a number.
- toomuchtodo 2y agohttps://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-labor-market-impact-of-deportations/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-labor-market-impact-o...