Dallas Fed's Kaplan: U.S. needs more, not less, immigration for economic growth

WIQB/Rooters ^ | 9/26/2019 | Howard Schneider

[Romulus]

Anywhere? How so? Is that how the free market works? Who owes him that? Who pays for it?

[central_va]

I said if they have skills we can use and they come in legally

Why to undercut Amrican wage? As a disincentive for American kids to go into STEM? To create more and more socialists to give up on capitalism? Which is it?

[JBW1949]

“...The elites seem to view everything purely from a financial perspective...”

You forgot to add “power”...

[Georgia Girl 2]

If we need so may workers how come all these immigrants are on welfare? Yeh!

[Brian Griffin]

My immigration plan sets visa quotas by federal tax paid by the employer.

[central_va]

Traitors love company I see.

[central_va]

We need more workers

We need higher wages, fixed it.

[jmacusa]

I work in a hospital ER. If you ever want to see what legal and illegal immigration is doing to America I’d suggest you do the same. You’ll get an eyeful.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

sure, controlled, legal, and fair.

[central_va]

Here is the mainstream Republican Party Platform (circa 2020).

• Americans are lazy and drug addicts.
• America workers, that aren't drug addicts and lazy, are overpaid.
• Imported indentured labor is cheaper and more productive and we don't even have to whip them.
• Rising wages are a crises that requires drastic action i.e. more imports!
• Tariffs are bad and income taxes are good.
• Wages can never be driven low enough.
• Eliminate the minimum wage and let in more illegals.

[Brian Griffin]

The system must work for Americans willing to work.

[central_va]

Doing just a tiny bit of research shows wages have fallen so far behind that we do not need to import any more people.

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

I agree. Legal, with skills, vetted, no handouts.

[central_va]

How about no immigration for 50 yeas and let out kids and grand kids even have a chance....

[TheNext]

FEDERAL RESERVE VISAS are required to hire foreign bankers to help our banker labor shortage.

We need one million more immigrant bankers .

[Starboard]

You are right. Money and power.

All their causes and agendas are driven by those two considerations.

[mn-bush-man]

No problem with either. It’s a circular connection. We need more workers for growth. We need growth for higher wages. Higher wages will improve the economy. An improved economy will require more workers. And so forth.

[bkopto]

Straight from the talking points of Bill Kristol....

Bill Kristol: White Working Class Should Be Replaced by Immigrants

[central_va]

We need more workers for growth. We need growth for higher wages.

Importing more people increases the labor supply and deceases wages. Have you forgotten the laws of supply and demand? Increasing wages will increase the labor supply without immigration. Prosperity is what breeds more breeding.

[central_va]

There are a lot of kooks on this thread for sure.