Universal Basic Income

People use statistics to make any claim they want. You’re saying that immigrants are taking away jobs when there’s 96% employment. Then you provide estimates in the tens of millions, which could very well be true. However, the result is still 96% employment.

You’re saying that immigrants drive wages down. If they do, it’s because employers use them as leverage against unorganized citizen laborers. I remember in the 70s when I was a union carpenter. Trump and other real estate developers hired West Indian carpenters (joiners) to do the "rehab" and renovation work in the Bronx and other boroughs. The […]

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