I wish Eastern Washington had more jobs. I'm gonna try to go everything I can to not go back to Western Washington for the Summer.

you guys should come to Brazil

I like LA less than being poor

Yikes sorry fam

I'm poor right now and it's not that bad tbh

Dude

@missliterallywho I don’t know much about economics and such but wouldn’t low population make everyone more wealthy because it would allow for a distribution of the wealth between a smaller amount of people?

no that's not how wealth works lol

I meant more like Sweden

@DixieBoy76 - KY there are no jobs, that's why it's low

there's not a finite amount of wealth per square foot

No *good* jobs anyway

I think what he’s trying to say is we need to

I asked for a reason. Precisely because I wasn’t sure.

S H A R E T H E W E A L T H

That's not why Sweden is wealthy lol

Ok

E V E R Y M A N A K I N G

Tell em Huey!

Real brainlet hours on my part I guess

Sweden is only wealthy because of all the diverse migrants they brought in

That's why people say immigrants "grow the economy". It's technically true, but they grow it by increasing the amount of people so it really doesn't make people already here much richer or poorer. @DixieBoy76 - KY

sweden is wealthy from all the gold they plundered during the viking age

More people generally means more wealth because people create wealth

All those law enforcement jobs. That is why America is rich because of our amazing prison complex jobs

Hinga Dinga Durgen

But it doesn't mean more wealth *per capita*

Been meaning to, Ive got T Harry Williams’ biography @Nemets

Retards who don't understand per capita genuinely think this means immigrants make us rich

Immigrants do generate wealth, problem is they funnel it more to the elites who employ them.

@Nemets absolutely. Personal hero of mine (obviously)

What about all the social services they drain tho?

Sweden is very very resource rich. Read that in a book I'm reading. Also they weren't that well off economically until recently. Learned that from an article I read.

Lol

@DeusVolk Research has generally shown the increase in per capita GDP generated by immigrants to be miniscule

Yes, you're right, most of the increase does go to the employers and the immigrants themselves

But even if it did go to native born workers, it's such a small increase that it wouldn't really matter

Even the increase in wages for complementary workers caused by immigrants is small enough to be offset by the fiscal drain found by adding up federal, state, and local budgets. So basically any way you twist it immigrants suck for vast majority of Americans.

I have sources if anyone needs them btw

Even if they were great who are we to brain drain their native countries

Yes, that's another very good point. A lot of people think it's contradictory to say that it harms both the sending and receiving country, but it really isn't. Even skilled immigration is harmful due to the fact that it disincentivizes investment in education in the receiving country, while the sending country loses professionals that they already have a difficult time educating.