By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-25 01:29:35 | Updated at 2024-10-25 03:32:53
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Opinion: It's time to tell the truth about how immigration affects the U.S. economy (barf)
LA Times ^ | Oct 24, 2024 | Christopher Tang
Posted on 10/24/2024 6:27:29 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
If you’re a physician and a neighbor asks you a medical question, you’re probably happy to share your professional expertise. If you’re a heating and cooling contractor and a friend asks you about her furnace, you likely do the same. In that spirit, I think it’s time for business people to share what we know about immigration: that it powers economic growth and provides many other benefits to the country.
At a time when many politicians are falsely scapegoating immigration for society’s ills — crime, housing shortages, labor issues and more — people with experience working alongside immigrants, employing them and relying on them for the success of their business should speak up and set the record straight.
If that description fits you, here are some handy talking points:
The United States has plenty of unfilled jobs.
Immigrants act more as "job creators" than as "job takers."
Immigrants often fill jobs U.S. citizens don’t want.
Immigrants are less likely to engage in criminal behavior than U.S.-born citizens.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: illegalimmigration; immigrationcosts; welfare
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The article completely fails to address immigration costs on welfare, SS, policing, etc.
And 1 way to curb Americans not doing jobs is to stop taxpayers funding them not to work.
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