Labor supply and demand is pure, where the field is level.
Add millions of benighted poverty stricken illiterates from a kleptocracy like mexico and suddenly the model is hopelessly skewed. Those that fit into the model before can no longer compete.
And the health of the nation is very much a reality. We are watching the state go broke and illegal immigration is a big part of the reason why. Those who profited from their inclusion bear a big part of the blame.
>>> Those who profited from their inclusion bear a big part of the blame. >>>
That would include anyone who ever consumed a salad, had their grass cut, dealt with a business who did, stayed in a hotel or motel, etc etc etc.
Consumers run the economy and dictate the prices that will be paid for goods and services. That’s my point. This whole system is so ingrained in our economy at every level that literally everyone in the nation has participated in it.
I’m not saying it’s good or it’s right - I am just saying that it is and that unwinding it will be far far more complicated than most people realize and it will negatively impact everyone.
And by supply and demand being pure, I didn’t mean pure “in spirit” or fairness, I meant it happens period. America had a demand for labor that outstripped her supply. Mexico had a supply of labor for which their economy had no demand. And there was a porous border. So the supply and demand was allowed to do what it does - which is to work itself out.
I hate that we have had a porous border for 50 years. Without that, the entire supply and demand situation would have played out totally differently than it has. But it has.