I get the concept of the meme. There are a lot of people out there ‘worried’ about immigrants taking their (absolutely safe, no fucking way they are going to get that job) jobs
However, fresh immigration does drive down the pay for trade work in areas where immigrants are skilled. Bricklayers, Drywallers, Painters, and Guys slinging up ductwork are getting paid peanuts.
Immigrants coming in do compete for the jobs other immigrants already hold. Any if their status is in question, they’ll work even cheaper.
That’s not the concept of the meme, you have 100% missed the point. Or rather, that’s expressed in the meme. Yes, “foreigner” would want a cookie which the white guy has. But your conception is still that they’re fighting over that one cookie, while the rich dude is actually hoarding all the cookies. You have fully fallen for the propaganda.
Any research into immigrants’ impact on economy has found that they benefit the local economy. Moreover when immigrants are picked up by ICE, e.g., during Obama presidency, research also found that jobs didn’t increase and incomes were stagnant.
Check out this book, if you want to look at the research yourself: The Truth About Immigration by Zeke Hernandez
From the excerpt:
Skeptics fear that newcomers compete economically with locals because of their similarities and fail to socially assimilate because of their differences. You’ll see that it’s exactly the opposite: newcomers bring enduring economic benefits because of their differences and contribute positively to society because of their similarities.
Any research into immigrants’ impact on economy has found that they benefit the local economy.
Obviously, they’re filling jobs that are hard and undesirable. They’re filling those jobs often at rates far below the actual value because of their status. It’s like a relaxed version of slave labor. They live together near poverty, doing better than where it was where they came from, and the local economy thrives because the people paying them are making tons of money and spending it locally. Then there’s always the local service economy because they have to eat, rent, and have personal care.
It would be great if they had fast tracks toward citizenship and made a livable wage. But then the farmer employing them wouldn’t have as many people on staff.
It would be great if they had fast tracks toward citizenship and made a livable wage. But then the farmer employing them wouldn’t have as many people on staff.
So do you support giving them citizenship, or are you advocating that we continue to allow the farmer to exploit these people?
I get the concept of the meme. There are a lot of people out there ‘worried’ about immigrants taking their (absolutely safe, no fucking way they are going to get that job) jobs
However, fresh immigration does drive down the pay for trade work in areas where immigrants are skilled. Bricklayers, Drywallers, Painters, and Guys slinging up ductwork are getting paid peanuts.
Immigrants coming in do compete for the jobs other immigrants already hold. Any if their status is in question, they’ll work even cheaper.
That’s not the concept of the meme, you have 100% missed the point. Or rather, that’s expressed in the meme. Yes, “foreigner” would want a cookie which the white guy has. But your conception is still that they’re fighting over that one cookie, while the rich dude is actually hoarding all the cookies. You have fully fallen for the propaganda.
-proceeds to not understand the concept of the meme and repeat provably false anti-immigration talking points-
Is this the literacy crisis everyone is talking about? Chat, are we cooked?
Yes, you’re cooked.
Any research into immigrants’ impact on economy has found that they benefit the local economy. Moreover when immigrants are picked up by ICE, e.g., during Obama presidency, research also found that jobs didn’t increase and incomes were stagnant.
Check out this book, if you want to look at the research yourself: The Truth About Immigration by Zeke Hernandez
From the excerpt:
Skeptics fear that newcomers compete economically with locals because of their similarities and fail to socially assimilate because of their differences. You’ll see that it’s exactly the opposite: newcomers bring enduring economic benefits because of their differences and contribute positively to society because of their similarities.
Obviously, they’re filling jobs that are hard and undesirable. They’re filling those jobs often at rates far below the actual value because of their status. It’s like a relaxed version of slave labor. They live together near poverty, doing better than where it was where they came from, and the local economy thrives because the people paying them are making tons of money and spending it locally. Then there’s always the local service economy because they have to eat, rent, and have personal care.
It would be great if they had fast tracks toward citizenship and made a livable wage. But then the farmer employing them wouldn’t have as many people on staff.
He was willing to find the depths of the rabbit hole in order to be with her.
funny enough, I covered those points in the same manner you mentioned in another post.
https://lemmy.zip/post/31282360/16396674
So do you support giving them citizenship, or are you advocating that we continue to allow the farmer to exploit these people?
fuck slavery, give them citizenship