And the idea is that the dumbass rightwing sloth would believe this even if [he] could read it ?
None of these “facts” – stats, really, which are distinct from facts in my view – support that argument. Bizarre cope from EPI.
Immigrants out-compete one particular form of worker: dysfunctional workers. Historically almost all societies had low level jobs like school janitors, dishwashers, street sweepers, parks gardener that were mostly filled with people with alcohol issues and mental limitations. Often middle-aged men held the jobs. Everyone understood the social contract:
>This is undesirable, minimal skill work, but it has to be done. We have people with limited work capabilities and they will be routed in these jobs. If they don’t work that hard due to their limitations — that’s OK, they are doing the best they can. We pay them so they have support. They contribute to society, as everyone should, even if in a limited way. The work generally gets done. A win-win.
Yes, this often did not work well for restaurants who depended on dishwashers to show up and be sober, but the system worked passably for centuries. In the U.S. this was upended in the 1980s, when Hispanic immigrants who historically favored agriculture work opted for city jobs instead.
These predominantly sober, hard working 20 to 40-year-old immigrants displaced those native-born workers in short order. A new status quo. That is why the progressive narrative of homeless men, ages 35 – 50-plus with 10-15 years of hardcore addiction being “rehabilitated and reintegrated” in the workforce is mostly wishful thinking. Immigrants easily outcompete these people. Today anyone with marginal work capabilities is more likely to become homeless and needing the Dole.
There are many types of immigrants. From highly trained scientists to enterprenuers who bring captial to people who trek across the desert with nothing but hopes and dreams. There is at least one thing they all have in common. They are consumers. The economy doesn’t exist without consumption and corporate profits don’t grow unless consumption grows. Regardless of your personal views or political affiliations, you can bet on one thing – ain’t no powerful interest with a stake in the economy is ever going to disincentivize immigration or not solicit your support of it.
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And the idea is that the dumbass rightwing sloth would believe this even if [he] could read it ?
None of these “facts” – stats, really, which are distinct from facts in my view – support that argument. Bizarre cope from EPI.
Immigrants out-compete one particular form of worker: dysfunctional workers. Historically almost all societies had low level jobs like school janitors, dishwashers, street sweepers, parks gardener that were mostly filled with people with alcohol issues and mental limitations. Often middle-aged men held the jobs. Everyone understood the social contract:
>This is undesirable, minimal skill work, but it has to be done. We have people with limited work capabilities and they will be routed in these jobs. If they don’t work that hard due to their limitations — that’s OK, they are doing the best they can. We pay them so they have support. They contribute to society, as everyone should, even if in a limited way. The work generally gets done. A win-win.
Yes, this often did not work well for restaurants who depended on dishwashers to show up and be sober, but the system worked passably for centuries. In the U.S. this was upended in the 1980s, when Hispanic immigrants who historically favored agriculture work opted for city jobs instead.
These predominantly sober, hard working 20 to 40-year-old immigrants displaced those native-born workers in short order. A new status quo. That is why the progressive narrative of homeless men, ages 35 – 50-plus with 10-15 years of hardcore addiction being “rehabilitated and reintegrated” in the workforce is mostly wishful thinking. Immigrants easily outcompete these people. Today anyone with marginal work capabilities is more likely to become homeless and needing the Dole.
There are many types of immigrants. From highly trained scientists to enterprenuers who bring captial to people who trek across the desert with nothing but hopes and dreams. There is at least one thing they all have in common. They are consumers. The economy doesn’t exist without consumption and corporate profits don’t grow unless consumption grows. Regardless of your personal views or political affiliations, you can bet on one thing – ain’t no powerful interest with a stake in the economy is ever going to disincentivize immigration or not solicit your support of it.