Re: Quotation of the day

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:28:23 +0000, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



John Larkin wrote:

MassiveProng wrote:

As the gap between the haves and have nots increases, and my what
once was skilled labor job gets beat out by trash collectors and tow
truck drivers, you'll see the crime rate go up right along with said
gap.

Except the gap in the US is largely driven by immigration, which will
fix itself in a generation or so.

On exactly what basis do you make that assertion ?

Just observation. Nearly all the basic labor stuff I see here -
construction, painting, gardening, things like that - is being done by
immigrants. That drives down wages in those sectors and trashes
entry-level jobs for a lot of non-academic kids. Without immigrant
laborers, demand for labor would be extreme and wages would be much
higher. Both the immigrants and the laborers they displace are "poor",
especially since many of the immigrants are paid off the books.

After Katrina, the black residents of New Orleans were complaining
that reconstruction jobs were mostly going to imported Mexican
laborers.

John

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