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Originally posted by sgtclub
I'm only separating them due to Ty's "culturual" comment. I think a large majority of Americans are comfortable with legal immigration, retardless of their home country. In other words, this is not a racism issue.
I think Krugman's point is that illegal immigration depresses low end wages, and that if we got rid of that as a labor source, wages in that bracket would have to rise, which could be good for low end workers (forget about any inflation arguments).
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1. Interesting Freudian slip when describing "the majority of Americans." I couldn't agree with your subconscious any more.
2. Krugman is an idiot. Getting rid of those workers would only force the jobs they do overseas. Those low end jobs that can't be outsourced will continue to be done by legal immigrants who already do them.
Protectionism doesn't work. Market forces work around it every time.
ETA: Isn't it a little offensive to argue for keeping hard working people out of our country? Aren't these Mexican people the same as the folks who came in through Ellis Island? Give them a chance. We need some ambitious people here. get them working and get them paying taxes and contributing. Throw the lazy ones back over the border.
