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Originally Posted by Trayderjoe
Leaving votes/voting aside as that treads into prohibited waters and is in of itself a debatable topic, cheap labor and doing jobs no one else wants to do is proposed as a benefit to having uncontrolled immigrants over what controlled immigrants offer.
The presumption therefore is that no one, or not enough people, who enter as a controlled immigrant is willing to work cheaply or do jobs no one else wants to do. I am not sure that conclusion would be supportable, however, let us presume that it is. Changing the focus of controlled immigration to finding cheap manual labor should address that issue. It would seem to be an effective, easy change to make. So, what other benefits do uncontrolled immigration provide that controlled immigration does not?
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Kinda hard to put voting aside, but... Why would a citizen want to work 40 hours per week for minimum wage when they can make more money on welfare? And, why would an employer want to pay minimum wage and comply with all of the labor laws, including payroll taxes, unemployment taxes, workers comp, sick leave, safety rules, and other mandated benefits, when they can hire someone and pay them in cash? There are a lot of workers who won't even work unless you pay them in cash. And, some people actually want to pass a $15 minimum wage which, if enforced, would put thousands of small businesses out of business. There are some small business owners who don't even make $15 per hour.