The President thinks we are addicted to cheap oil. Does anyone think we are addicted to cheap labor?
I keep hearing that we need lots of cheap labor to keep our economy growing. There are two proposals. Bring in short term guest workers - labor mercenaries - psuedo-slaves. They do work that no one living in the U.S. will do for wages that only the truly desperate will accept.
Or we can bring in people and families who will the supply cheap labor with the hope of a future in the U.S. They will eventually become citizens and presumably move up the economic pyramid. Unfortunately the current economic pyramid grows from the bottom down leaving a need for more and more cheap labor at the bottom.
Will our economy always require new people to work for wages below the poverty level to sustain a higher standard of living for the rest of us?
Where does this end?
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cheap labour is not the answer
I agree. The question is how do we compete in global markets, maintain our standard of living and not adopt third world policies that build their economies on the backs of their most desperate citizens?
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