We Need Immigrant Workers

We Need Immigrant Workers

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/23/immigration-jobs-economy/

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@Phranny
Duh🙂 But they are just not rich or white enough for the Christian nationalists bent on turning America total white and they will just invent AI powered robots to pick fruit so SCREW those cursed immigrants and they can't even speak ENGLISH.

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@phranny said
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/23/immigration-jobs-economy/
Behind a paywall, no can do.

I can't speak for America, but where I live, the native population cannot supply the needs of the local economy. I'm not talking about back-breaking dumb labor (fruit pickers) either. In the medical industry here, fully half the doctors and nurses are non-natives. Universities simply cannot educate enough people. I suppose it is similar in many other countries.

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@phranny said
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/23/immigration-jobs-economy/
But we would have to get around this pesky problem. Libs never close their posts. The intent being to make everything look rosy, it would appear.. It is not rosy.
I will prob start making my posts linky like Marauder. I don't blame you if you find them boring. Just attempting to round out issues, without my own opinions. We get enough of that. This post is a good start.

https://www.axios.com/2023/09/23/housing-crisis-migrant-immigrants-homeless

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@moonbus said
Behind a paywall, no can do.

I can't speak for America, but where I live, the native population cannot supply the needs of the local economy. I'm not talking about back-breaking dumb labor (fruit pickers) either. In the medical industry here, fully half the doctors and nurses are non-natives. Universities simply cannot educate enough people. I suppose it is similar in many other countries.
FYI - You can read a couple articles per month for free. Just sign in with your email.

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@phranny said
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/23/immigration-jobs-economy/
yeah them migrants streaming across the border, they're filling all kinds of job positions.
get real.

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@Cliff-Mashburn
You mean those jobs they are paying taxes on and maybe union dues? How DARE they think they can pay taxes, we only want AMERICAN taxes.

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@phranny said
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/23/immigration-jobs-economy/
slavery was good for the economy too

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@Mott-The-Hoople
And you fervently wish you had a dozen or so. So you could have a reason to wear your Ku Klux Klan robe and head cover.

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@cliff-mashburn said
yeah them migrants streaming across the border, they're filling all kinds of job positions.
get real.
They're trimming and packaging our Mary Jane, doing construction work, picking fruit, manning kitchens, doing maid work...

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@mott-the-hoople said
slavery was good for the economy too
Yeah, the Civil War was just GREAT for the economy.

What a dumbass.

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@cliff-mashburn said
yeah them migrants streaming across the border, they're filling all kinds of job positions.
get real.
What do you think they are doing?

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@wildgrass said
FYI - You can read a couple articles per month for free. Just sign in with your email.
I don't want 'them' to have my email. I don't like spreading my digital footprint all over the Internet. That's why I buy 'The Economist' at the local news agents.

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@mott-the-hoople said
slavery was good for the economy too
If you think it was, then I suggest you offer yourself into slavery, work for no wages until you can't anymore, then come back and tell us how you liked it. Oh, and don't forget to tell us what useful skills you learned along the way (harnessing an ox behind a plow, how to use a hoe and sharpen an axe, pulling bugs out of cotton balls, etc).

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@moonbus said
If you think it was, then I suggest you offer yourself into slavery, work for no wages until you can't anymore, then come back and tell us how you liked it. Oh, and don't forget to tell us what useful skills you learned along the way (harnessing an ox behind a plow, how to use a hoe and sharpen an axe, pulling bugs out of cotton balls, etc).
why don’t you offer yourself as an illegal immigrant and work for below minimum wage, while American citizens are put out of a job?

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