Originally posted by Bardock42
No, I think with legal immigration they will create jobs. And it will be enough. Why shouldn't it? France has 60 000 000 people and it works. Germany 80 000 000. The US currently 300 000 000. And it all works. I am saying that more people will not kill your economy, it will stabilize just as it did always. And you are thinking wrong, it is not illegal immigrants anymore then..it is Americans. Which have minimum wage and rights and companies will not be able to pay them that low. It will work, have faith in capitalism.
It cannot work indefinitely, "supply and demand". The jobs that they do(supply) cannot parallel the amount of people(demand), they is and will be a greater imbalance as time goes on.
I'll give you a real life example... 10 years ago there used to be about 50 illegals immigrants that would stand along 2-3 street blocks looking for jobs, people would drive by and pick them up for labor etc. and everyday the majority of them would get picked up at least once to work a few hours. Currently there are 250+ on the same area of land and they all do not get picked up, I have spoken to a few as I am fluent in Spanish and some say they are lucky to find work every 3rd day now. I have seen them actually punch each other in the face trying to fight their way into someones truck.