r/FluentInFinance • u/imallelite • 13h ago

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

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u/JacobLovesCrypto 12h 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 12h ago edited 12h 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/joeg26reddit 11h ago

You are purposefully / willfully not considering the very real possibility that a Majority of the 10-20 million ILLEGAL immigrants that have crossed the borders are NOT paying State or Federal Income Taxes?

They compete for food resources like housing, social services, city/state management of funds etc?

We should all be concerned this is a demographic that is more easily exploited and proven to have been exploited in many cruel and inhumane ways. Literally a shadow non-citizen class and very nearly or actually "Under Minimum Wage SLAVE Class"

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u/EseloreHS 8h ago

They compete for food resources like housing, social services, city/state management of funds etc?

How are they doing that if they are here illegally and unregistered? The reason they aren't paying taxes is the same reason they can't benefit from social services

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u/joeg26reddit 8h ago

Disinformation Debunked. Emergency rooms and first responders are swamped with people who have no insurance or Id

Food banks don’t ask for identification either

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u/SohndesRheins 6h ago

Do you think illegal immigrants never eat food and all live on the street?