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That notion that there are jobs Americans won't do is BS. You need to read, Back of the Hiring Line: A 200-Year History of Immigration Surges, Employer Bias, and Depression of Black Wealth. The book is solid, covering the academic economic history, black periodicals, statements from black leaders, and gov't commissions on immigration reform, including Barbara Jordan's commission under Clinton (she was the black Texas Democrat who made her name on the Judiciary Committee during Watergate). An example from the book: in 1980, meat packers were predominantly black. They earned good middle class wages, having organized since the '20s. By that decade's end, meat packers were predominantly immigrants, earning barely above minimum wage under atrocious conditions. The author interviewed a bunch of black poultry workers who'd lost their jobs to immigrants on the Eastern Shore. Would they take their jobs back if they could? No, they told him. With the wages the plant was paying, they'd have to sleep in their cars, or many to a room. Contrary to popular belief, big biz GOPers favor more immigration because they like the cheap labor. It's econ 101 that an oversupply of any resource devalues that resource. Which is why Z'berg with his fwd.US and the Koch organization push for more immigration. I interviewed Tom Tancredo (R-CO), in the '90s and '00s the primary exponent on Capitol Hill of reducing immigration. He told me tht two fast food execs spent an hour trying to buy him off of the issue, that they'd keep his coffers filled if he'd quit talking about immigration. (He wasn't for sale.) Incidentally, China ended the one child policy in 2016. The current birthrate is 1.705 per woman, a slight increase over the last few years. The birthrate remains low due to the cost of raising children in cities. The birthrate in the US per woman is 1.782. Nonetheless, the Census Bureau projects that over the next 40 years the US will see 7.5 million in native increase, along with 68 million due to immigration, for a total increase of nearly four New York State population equivalents. And we certainly do need a new economic paradigm, one that deemphasizes stuff and emphasizes the importance of human relationships and happiness.

Mar 19, 2023
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