What are the chances they'll employ cheap labor they can just use as election fodder for stealing hard-working american jobs?

Either that or pay decent wages for American workers that'll drive up construction prices and worsen the inflation which is already crazy due to these criminal tariffs.

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jtbayly 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So no matter what they do, you blame them? If they pay not enough, they are bad, if they pay enough, they are also bad. Ok.

	▲	gchamonlive 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They put themselves in that situation, the US admin, not me. I'm just commenting. Or is any of what I said wrong? I mean there's something called ITAR that requires American workers, but that doesn't mean the impact on inflation isn't real

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timschmidt 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

ITAR requires them to employ US citizens.

	▲	rayiner 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		ITAR proves it’s possible to have immigration enforcement.

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WalterBright 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Inflation is caused by deficit money creation. It is not caused by taxes, tariffs, corporate greed, union greed, oligarchs, or anything else.

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gchamonlive 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's a very narrow view of inflation. If you increase wages, there's more demand for goods, more demand means higher prices which means higher inflation. Same with tariffs, they are paid when importing goods, which is passed onto the consumer, resulting in higher prices and thus inflation.

	▲	WalterBright 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> That's a very narrow view of inflation. It's the only correct one. For proof, consider the inflation that happened when Spain looted gold from S. America, then during the California Gold Rush, then the Yukon Gold Rush. All driven by an increase in the supply of money.
	▲	consensus1 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		And where did that money to increase wages come from?

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dgellow 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That’s a very, very narrow definition of inflation