The ideology says so, but in reality, since economies and policies differ per nation, in truth, that never holds up.The market is by definition the entire world (particularly in the neoliberal calculus).
Regarding your second point, my post was a typo omitting a 0 which should have read 60,000
This shows to me that undocumented workers do impact our exisitng work-force, this includes foreign (seasonal/non-seasonal) workers. These percentages are also enough to cause wage stagnation (as you mentioned), or even lower wage standards. The threat of cheap labor is enough to do so.In the link you provided they mention that the total number of visa granted individuals (i.e. regulated) is about 1% of the workforce whereas some estimates have the total number with undocumented workers closer to 3% of the US workforce.
First of all, bravo, always admired one's ability to make long sentencesSo I guess the question is, if there needs to be a combination of increased fines on businesses employing these workers and increased enforcement to remove them, and then increased protectionism to disallow foreign companies from using their labor to compete with the domestic workers who fill those jobs, overall we're saying we need more government involvement in the market, no?
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Not exactly, what I am saying that governemnt involvement isn't always bad. It shouldn't be shunned based on ideoligistic blindness. I also welcome elements of socialism (as a European, almost second nature). Balance is needed. It is ok to employ the foreign worker, to help the foreign worker, but we have to consider the cost (the native workforce), and avoid exploitation and abuse by companies. It's not the first time a beneficial regulation or program is misused to favor profit over people.overall we're saying we need more government involvement in the market, no?
All these programs need revision, including DACA. It doesn't mean they need to dissapear. But to go back to Trump, I don't see any careful consideration coming from this administration. It's going to be meatball surgery, a chop job. That is where the Trump train for me becomes a bumpy ride, and I may have fallen off already, who knows.
(I would have been on the Bernie train as well, but also maybe found myself in the same situation)