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I've searched for sources that break it down instead of just looking at United States GDP but also remember, states/counties can only capture income from source
by stackskipton 2y ago
I've searched for sources that break it down instead of just looking at United States GDP but also remember, states/counties can only capture income from sources that fall under that state/county. For example, immigrant worker enables bigger salaries for Tyson Food HQ people in Springdale, Arkansas but Tyson Food Plant in upstate New York means county/state in New York is absorbing that burden without getting taxes from Springdale, Arkansas people.
So sure, the entire US GDP and thus taxes is extremely reliant on these workers but who sees the benefits is not uniform throughout the country and thus the friction around immigration.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoThis explanation is even better than what I asked for! Do you know if increasing the minimum wage would stop people being so upset? I imagine this would funnel enough of the value immigrants are creating to the immigrants that they can pay tax in their local area, thus avoiding the "we're subsidising other parts of the country" problem – but I'm no economist. (The whole "pay a fair wage" thing has other benefits, but it might not solve this problem.)
- stackskipton 2y agoIncreasing the minimum wage might help but it's still a sticky problem. It probably requires some federal solution which is to say, it's not going to happen. I don't know the solutions, I'm just aware of the problem.