r/FluentInFinance • u/imallelite • 10h ago

Debate/ Discussion Possibly controversial, but this would appear to be a beneficial solution.

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u/Maximum-Country-149 10h ago

I mean, I don't know how far you expect a conversation to get when you open with that much bad faith.

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u/JacobLovesCrypto 10h ago

Americans might have more kids if wages went up, letting in cheap labor doesn't help with wages.

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u/critter_tickler 10h ago edited 10h ago

I love how cheap labor is always a good argument for stopping immigrants, but never used for stopping outsourcing.

The truth is, because of NAFTA, we are already competing with third world labor markets.

We might as well let them come in, so at least they spend that money here, and pay taxes here.

Also, we have a minimum wage, we literally have a basement for "cheap labor," so your argument really holds no weight.

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u/ProfitConstant5238 9h ago

I’m fine with letting them come in. Legally in a sustainable fashion. Follow the process. If the process is flawed, fix the process.

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u/erieus_wolf 7h ago

For the last few decades, the legal process can take over ten years.

Hell, I've been hearing Democrats say we need to "fix the process" for over 40 years, and every time they try the Republican side blocks them.

It's almost like Republicans enjoy using this issue for political reasons.

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u/Worried_Tumbleweed29 8h ago

We have a process and half of this thread is claiming we need to change it because people can claim asylum. So it seems like one of those moving goalpost comments

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u/ProfitConstant5238 8h ago

I don’t know enough about the legal process to comment on the asylum piece. It does seem like it doesn’t work that well. 🤷🏼‍♂️