tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post2682461100808028709..comments2023-10-20T10:22:39.636-04:00Comments on Workingclass Conservative: Illegal Immigration’s Impact on Wage RatesJMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-40638422731276442632008-02-16T23:07:00.000-05:002008-02-16T23:07:00.000-05:00Excellent points.The problem is that too many peop...Excellent points.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that too many people (especially politicians) deliberately try to make ILLEGAL immigration part of the overall immigration debate, when it's more accurately part of the "illegality debate."<BR/><BR/>Moreover, while H-1B Visas address a specific and real problem ("structural unemployment), there is no such "shortage" of low and unskilled workers.<BR/><BR/>All illegal immigration serves to do is to put a persistent and downward pressure on ALL prevailing wage rates, ESPECIALLY low and unskilled wage rates, BUT ultimately it puts a drag coefficient on other wage rates as well.<BR/><BR/>I'll be checking out the EPF very soon.<BR/><BR/>THANKS!JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-75919285217425712842008-02-16T21:52:00.000-05:002008-02-16T21:52:00.000-05:00Great post. I completely agree. I'd also add that ...Great post. I completely agree. I'd also add that the United States has a <A HREF="http://www.bls.gov/web/cpseea1.pdf" REL="nofollow">Working Age Population of 232.6 million</A> workers, while only 146 million are employed. This puts the total surplus of potential workers at +86.6 million. And if there was ever any doubt about wage suppression from the increased labor supply, that doubt is refuted by a -1% fall in <A HREF="http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?&series_id=CES0500000031" REL="nofollow">real weekly wages</A> in 2007. These numbers debunk any fairy tales about a "shortage of workers." There is only a shortage of employers willing to pay enough to hire Americans.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.unlawflcombatnt.proboards84.com" REL="nofollow">Economic Populist Forum</A>unlawflcombatnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023628392835748327noreply@blogger.com