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American.com The Mixology of Foreign Labor
american.com — What do you get when you mix two shots of globalization, one shot of isolationist ideology, a dash of xenophobia, and some outdated economic logic about labor markets? Answer: a woozy and misguided political cocktail of an immigration reform bill.
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- davidmesaaz, on 05/08/2008, -1/+5that is funny they bleeped out the word c o c k t a i l in the intro
- davidmesaaz, on 05/08/2008, -1/+6From the article
The truth is we shouldn't fear foreign workers any more than we fear foreign electronics or foreign wine. In fact, we should fear them much less, as foreign-born workers (both here and abroad) are consumers of American goods. As their incomes rise, they will consume even more American goods. Growing the U.S. economy by growing the global economy, which leads to both increased exports and efficiency gains through increased trade, can be a powerful tool for raising American living standards. The current immigration debate is too focused on issues of terrorism, amnesty, and building fences and not focused enough on buttressing a core strength of the U.S. economy—a tireless pool of labor with roots from around the world united by a desire to work hard and get ahead. - Qong, on 05/08/2008, -0/+3I agree completely with the economic part of the issue. There is no doubt that having foreign workers do "lesser" work is better for Americans, as they do now and should always have the ability to go up the chain and do a higher quality of work.
I also want to touch on the fact that these people immigrating to our country, the great majority of them at least, simply want a better life for themselves and their families. How can we possibly deny them that? If a person is a hard worker, wants to progress further in life, help their family and their country, then I do not see a single negative aspect in welcoming them into our country and way of life.- flip2trip, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3As long as they do it legally, I have no problem with it.
- davidmesaaz, on 05/09/2008, -1/+3But its not just a better life for legal immigrants its a better life for us as well. Do we really want educated workers working the fields? Note if you are literate and you have gone to school then your educated semi-skilled labor.
- Qong, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Good point, it does help everyone, our economy, and our country in general. The way I see it is that we have a huge work force that wants to come here and do work that nobody else wants to do. After a generation or two they will be as American as anyone else, and hopefully their children will be better educated than they were and be able to work better jobs and not even have to think of working in a field.
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