[alloysteel]

What is this need for “cheap labor”, anyway? It would appear on the face of it, that “cheap labor” turns out to be anything but. If the wages are too low to adequately supply the needs of the worker and the persons dependent upon his paycheck, then there has to be some kind of supplementary assistance given, and regardless of the source of that assistance (through charities or from government sources), the “cheap labor” is being subsidized by other than the employer, and as such, it is a transfer payment, not to the underpaid employee, but the the employer who offers only a reduced wage rate.

If the position cannot provide a living wage through market forces, then either it must be eliminated or consolidated with other tasking, that will provide both an adequate wage and a return on investment to the employer. This may include automation of some aspects of the task, or redirecting the tasks of the employee to more cost-efficient means of gaining the desired outcome.

In the end, there is no such thing as “cheap labor”. There is only underpaid labor, or widespread privation, often going hand in hand.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I don’t think they are interested in cheap labor. I think they are interested in destroying Western Civilization, and need to import more and more foot soldiers to get it done.

[MV=PY]

Good points!

Plus throw increasing minimum wage into the mix (market distortion), and there can be no cheap labor. Only purchased voters.

[robowombat]

The goal is a US of 400+ Million, a true global proletariat. The effect is to grind down the mostly white middle class. Take jobs, destroy communities, propagate a dope drenched hopelessness and beat the middle class down. The US middle class is the biggest impediment to the globalist and their stooges. It has to be broken for globalism to win and the oligarchy to implant their shadow regime. These people want a lot of us dead. It is that simple.

[jmacusa]

I thought the notion of cheap labor being good for America had been settled by The Civil War.