(March 19, 2016 at 10:24 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(March 19, 2016 at 9:26 pm)scoobysnack Wrote: Well then you must not support the $15 minimum wage push either, so that's good because it would equally hurt small businesses. The prices business charge for products are the most the market can bear while still making a profit to remain in business and remain competitive. I work for a fortune 500 company that manufacturers the vast majority of products in China that American families buy. In fact they are now talking about creating robots and automation to cut costs further, and eliminate more Chinese labor, because it's getting too expensive. How can we compare with countries that have less human rights, and less environmental regulations, which keep labor costs at the bare minimum.
There is no reason Americans couldn't do a job that illegal immigrants can't do. All we need to do is get rid of the cheap illegal labor, which will force businesses to pay a livable wage, which will increase the spending ability of American workers, which will keep businesses in business, and employing people, and start the move upward. Problem is the elite would prefer to keep people poor, and instead of paying the citizens, move jobs offshore, or bring workers in. The same thing is happen in IT. WIPRO is one of the largest offshore India firms providing IT to major businesses, and not only do they do that, but they fire Americans and bring in people on work visas to work temporarily in country.
The general public is in a trance state, and starting to wake up.
No we don't get rid of immigrant labor. That is nuts. Do you know what would happen if if all that labor left? It would hurt our economy. You don't make people leave, you simply allow those here out of the shadows and force the business to pay EVERYONE a livable wage. There would also be more income tax paid. Right now all they pay is tax on what they buy. And that too would be lost by shipping people out.
Just to be clear, are you talking about illegal or legal immigration? Reason I ask is because the left uses immigration freely as if there is no difference. Also, legal immigration is regulated and taxed, while illegal immigration is not. Yes it would be a shock to the system if businesses suddenly lost cheap labor, yet we have jobless people that are getting welfare for numerous reasons. Some justified, and some lazy people that are abusing the system and taking tax dollars from the labor force. There is a lot of money flowing out of the country to families of immigrants. It's not all being used in local economies, or even the banking systems.