Posted on 06/19/2023 9:00:15 PM PDT by River Hawk
One of the biggest arguments in favor of mass immigration – whether of the legal or illegal variety – is that we need the workers.
You’ve probably heard claims such as, “We need more workers,” or, “Immigrants do jobs Americans won’t do.”
A recent article by American Compass CEO Oren Cass in The Atlantic magazine takes these arguments on, making the case that a labor “shortage” is actually a good thing.
Cass’s solution: “If employers are struggling to find workers, they should offer better pay and conditions. If that comes at the expense of some profits, or requires some prices to rise, well, that’s how markets are supposed to work.”
If our rulers really cared about Americans from the middle and working classes, they would shut down immigration - both legal and illegal - and allow wages to rise.
(Excerpt) Read more at borderhawk.blog ...
Of course not. There just isn’t enough people willing to the do the jobs for $15/hr that should pay $100,000/yr.
Like McDonalds? Convenience store clerk?
Everywhere I go there are help wanted signs and apologies for the slow service due to not enough staff.
That little snippit of the article explains exactly why this mass influx of illegal aliens is being allowed. Big business wants the production and they want to keep wages low.
Reall,y if big business was losing money because of illegal aliens streaming across the border, you can bet your bottom dollar that wall would have been built long, long ago.
Yes, good point!
And the major flaw in the argument that raising wages will address the “labor shortage” should be obvious: What happens when all the employers are trying to hire from the same labor pool, and there simply aren’t enough warm bodies to fill the open jobs at any wage?
Business wants more workers, and they also want more consumers.
Government bureaucrats want more welfare recipients.
Hispanic activists and other ethnic activists want more of their fellow Hispanics to build political power.
Democrats want more voters.
They’re all getting something out of it, except the historic American nation.
the poisonn of higher wages, with the unspoken higher taxationhas always been a demmocrat carrot.
paying people to stay home also is a poison because as the necessary skills in offices increase staying away from using those skills lessen one’s marketable experience.
whether covid induced or at a beach i n the bahamas same effect.
There’s no labor shortage. Employers claim there’s a labor shortage because they want to hire foreigners for lower wages.
Exactly. “Shortage” of workers?
Well when demand exceeds supply, prices go up until equilibrium is reached. Isn’t that what we were all taught? That’s the free market. Can’t find workers? PAY MORE! Offer higher wages until you can find workers.
Companies should not be allowed to flood the market with cheap labor. That’s not the free market. That’s rigging the game in their favor.
Also, workers are not just mindless worker bees. They are people. They have a culture and ideas of their own. Sometimes their cultures and their values are incompatible with ours. Sometimes they don’t have the job skills to be productive workers. We should keep people fitting these descriptions out. They don’t do us any good. And after all, this is a sovereign country, not a charity, nor the world’s dumping ground.
“They’re all getting something out of it, except the historic American nation.”
Perhaps true, but perhaps “historic Americans” aren’t a strong enough force to stop what’s happening. Culture wars is the story of civilizations.
If our rulers really cared about Americans from the middle and working classes, they would shut down immigration - both legal and illegal - and allow wages to rise.
Wages go up!!! Then there is plenty of incentives to get the training needed to get those higher paying jobs!!! Nursing is one of the best examples.
This is how the FREE MARKET FOR LABOR WORKS. The supply of domestic labor is not STATIC.
Pilots, the military, law enforcement, nursing, truck drivers, and just a few of the fields facing severe shortages. Causality is multi-faceted, including Pfascist mandates to take the Jim Jones Jab, low pay and compensation, and risks far outweighing the rewards.
Many of the employers in this area are all competing for the same semi-skilled labor. There simply aren't enough of those people to fill the jobs, so the businesses all cope in their own way.
- The roadside diner that used to be open 24/7 is now only open five days a week ... and it closes at 7:00 PM on those days when it is open.
- The convenience store/gas station right off the interstate that used to be open 24/7 now closes at 9:00 PM every night.
- The major national-brand truck stop right next door to them is open 24/7, but half of the functions inside aren't available during overnight hours.
- The major manufacturing facility and surrounding warehouses up the road have bought a bunch of 15-passenger vans, and they bring in workers from places 50+ miles away.
OK, both then. More consumers for their products, and influx of poor desperate people to keep the wages down. Deal.
When employers & the job tasks require DRUG TESTS——the job stays open.
You would be surprised how many ‘applicants’ cannot pass a drug test.
Legalizing marijuana has had a large impact.
IF I were still hiring & firing, you can bet I would be demanding drug tests.
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