Quote:Labor in a Capitalist economy is also a supply and demand resouce. If you flood the supply of welders the wage drops and welding schools go out of business. If the supply dries up, suddenly welders are making a living wage and VoTec schools are producing more of them until the supply equalizes with demand.
(Edit: Hm. Not quite, edited out.)
So? More labour benefits the economy as a whole. People moved out of job X move into job Y. Consumers get goods and services for cheaper. This is just the basic functioning of the free market.
Quote:For example, the 18th Street gang in LA hires and imports illegals to sell their drugs. These illegal immigrant drug pushers are not gang members, they just work for them. So, while the cliche is the hispanic gardener, maid, crop picker, or nanny making $2 an hour, the reality of the range of jobs held by illegal workers is more diverse and sinister.
Could you name a sizeable group of people who are not, in some measure, involved in the drug trade? I don't think this is problem is particular to illegals, and studies seem to show that their levels of criminality are actually lower than the general population.
-Jester