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whimsicalism 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

unskilled labor is key to the supply side for things like homes. i agree that the default path shouldn’t just be tolerating totally non-discretionary illegal immigration because we are unable to achieve the political will to create a more substantive guest worker program, but voters are largely not the sharpest knives and what can you do.

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poobou8 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	15155 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> No one said illegal immigration Yeah, that's called marketing and spin: "illegal immigrant" somehow becomes "undocumented newcomer" in order to deflect from reality. > How does an influx of unvetted, unskilled newborns somehow power the global economy? Well at least in theory, these newborns are directly funded by one or more productive, lawful members of society who are directly invested in their upbringing and outcome, rather than publicly-furnished social safety nets. The sad truth is that the vast majority of taxpaying citizens will never be able to fund their share of the public services they are provided - we don't need to import more of these people when we cannot take care of our own. > HN accounts should come with free clown makeup. Hit a nerve, did I? I'm thrilled with what $30B is going to buy in this department.
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