Artos, I agree with most of your points. We need to fix entitlements for sure. We also need to enforce immigration laws. Doing both would correct most of the problems. Doing either one would correct a lot of the problems.
I guess I just hate the argument that Americans won't do whatever job. Americans will do any job that illegals will do. They just won't do it for the same wages an illegal will do them for. There is a price where each one of us will scrub out porta pottys. For some it may be $20 an hour. For others it may be $2,000 an hour before you would do it. But there is a point where everyone able, would do it. My point is that illegal workers "artificially" bring labor wages to a point that they would not be naturally.
Now getting rid of illegals would will definitely cause the cost of labor to increase. Some will argue that this will destroy the economy. I would argue that higher wages to Americans will keep that money in the American economy. Where right now, a good deal of the labor dollars go back to the illegals' country of origin.
I guess I just hate the argument that Americans won't do whatever job. Americans will do any job that illegals will do. They just won't do it for the same wages an illegal will do them for. There is a price where each one of us will scrub out porta pottys. For some it may be $20 an hour. For others it may be $2,000 an hour before you would do it. But there is a point where everyone able, would do it. My point is that illegal workers "artificially" bring labor wages to a point that they would not be naturally.
Now getting rid of illegals would will definitely cause the cost of labor to increase. Some will argue that this will destroy the economy. I would argue that higher wages to Americans will keep that money in the American economy. Where right now, a good deal of the labor dollars go back to the illegals' country of origin.
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