Message from @BIGMAN
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but in the overarching economy it is next to nothing
35% of construction workers are not native-born
that is a gigantic part of our economy
it's just not a majority
and i'd definitely think it theoretically COULD be filled by Americans
but it's not
and if it was, wouldn't that just mean the field itself would become that much larger
and like i said earlier (which you agreed on is something which exists) - most of those non native born workers are displacing native born workers from the workforce since they are able to outcompete them artificially
but my argument would be, why are they being displaced (if they are)
i.e if they were removed from the workforce, the previously displaced workers would likely fill up the remainder needed after they were removed
not because immigrants are coming in and stealing those jobs, but because business owners and corporations are valuing slave-labor wages over actual job wages
although construction is a bad example of that
you make like 20 bucks an hour just sweeping floors in construction
im assuming that's legal work ofc
yeah
that's just how construction is
i mean, you get paid cash, so maybe it's not above board
ye i see
but i'm pretty sure it is?
i think the difference is, you blame the immigrants for that disparity, i blame the businesses
we've spent the last 50 years gutting all regulations in this country
but there's still a huge deal of responsibility among the immigrants who know exactly what they are doing
but in a place like america, that should mean that the job market just grows with it
and studies do show that immigration is a net benefit to our economy
Here's the thing you don't seem to understand i wouldn't blame you for assuming
there, i linked a study
it even has a thumbnail picture of a brown person working
it gives us cheap tomatoes, big deal
that's my point though
fuck cheap tomatoes
we only need cheap tomatoes because we have a non-existent safety net for our citizenry
what matters to most of us isn't actual GDP growth or the bloating of massive businesses, we only rlly care if the economy is afloat and whether people can provide for their families
it's like how Mcdonald's could pay everyone 15 dollar minimum wage, and it would raise the price of their food like... 2 cents
we have to force them to do shit like that
i'd take a downscaled GDP for a self sufficient economy where someone can provide for a family of 4+ with just 1 working family memeber
any day of the week
also fuck the GDP
and fuck the stock market lol
minimum wage def needs to be raised