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It will be the downfall of the country. The numbers of unskilled are increasing as a result of immigration from the poorest parts of the world and from the off
by TheElder 17y ago
It will be the downfall of the country. The numbers of unskilled are increasing as a result of immigration from the poorest parts of the world and from the offspring from those people who migrated here from those poorest parts of the world. There's a large imbalance of people who pay the taxes and the people who consume the taxes. It's fracturing now, and soon, it'll all come down.
- alex_c 17y agoWow. I don't live in the US, but I've traveled around... your comment about immigration comes out of left field. If there's any generalization to be made, it's that immigrant families tend to be more motivated to achieve something. Maybe my view is just as skewed as yours, but I wouldn't look at immigrants as the main source/cause of unskilled labor in the US.
- ori_b 17y agoCurrently, the US immigration policies are skewed to accept unskilled immigrants. Read about the difficulties with the H1 visas and the near impossibility for skilled workers to get a green card. Immigration could be an amazing source of skilled labor, if the USA played it's cards right. Historically, it was one. Sure, many immigrant families often are more motivated, but many of the ones that the process are skewed towards still come with few marketable skills, and, unfortunately, poverty tends to breed poverty. It's harder to pull yourself out of the bottom of the heap.