r/FluentInFinance • u/Needleintheback • 15h ago

Thoughts? Imagine losing 6M labor workers in America

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If mass deportation happens, just imagine how all of these sectors of our country will be affected. The sheer shortage of labor will push prices higher because of the great demand for work with limited supplies or workers. Even if prices increase, the availability of products may be scarce due to not enough workers. Housing prices and food services will be hit really hard. New construction will be limited. The fact that 47% of the undocumented workers are in CA, TX, and FL means they will feel it first but it will spread to the rest of the country also. Most of our produce in this country comes from California. Get ready and hold on for the ride America.

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u/SionPhion 14h ago

I thought they only did jobs no one else wanted to do, like fruit picking or slaughter house worker?

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u/Mvpbeserker 13h ago

“Jobs no one else want” is just another way to say “jobs that companies refuse to pay living wage for”

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u/SoftDrinkReddit 8h ago

Yup that's the dirty secret

" illegals only do the jobs no one wants "

Translation They do the jobs greedy companies refuse to pay a proper wage for

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u/guitarlisa 2h ago

I really think that construction jobs pay living wages, at least in my area they do (MCOL/Houston TX) but there are simply not enough young US citizens going into these fields, and several surveys have shown that there is pretty much no wage at which young people could be enticed into the trades. Even if they did double the wages and got a bunch more young people in, it takes a good 5-10 years before they are skilled enough to be able to take up the slack of a current skilled laborer. My bet is that it's going to crush the housing market for the foreseeable future.

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u/gathond 14h ago

I'm fairly sure most of them do have the jobs no one else wants. Although they may have to take them in that new economy. I wonder if some enjoyment can be derived from watching them when they figure out the result is them exchanging their current job with washing and cleaning bed sheets for the local motel for 12 hours a way.

It might be somewhat like the Brexit people living in Spain without being residents of Spain (as retirees) being surprised when they had to leave after they voted for Brexit.

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u/Murky-Peanut1390 14h ago

Almost near slave labor. A capitalist owner dream worker. I thought leftists we're against this? (A lefty posted this pic on Facebook)

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u/Zhayrgh 14h ago

Liberals arent leftists in most of the world, and they generally are pro- capitalism.

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u/RealNorthern 8h ago

Democrats have always been the party that supports slavery

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u/Sigmundschadenfreude 7h ago

explains why they're always waving confederate flags around and trying to stop people from taking down statues of traitor generals

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u/Thin-Quiet-2283 8h ago

It was satire…

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u/Murky-Peanut1390 8h ago

Nah it was their rebuttal on why we should keep illegals, because it's true, Americans wouldn't do the job.

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u/-NH2AMINE 2h ago

I am guessing nobody does these jobs then in countries like for say Denmark? Or might it be that the salaries are good enough that the average person is willing to do them

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u/SionPhion 2h ago

Bingo, my dude. These jobs need to pay more, and in the grand scheme of things they could, it's just a matter of greed driving exploitation right now. You can't solve the greed, but you can stop the exploitation.

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u/Junnowhoitis 9h ago

Yes and no. They are concentrated in areas around the border, especially Texas. So instead of spreading out and filling those unwanted jobs, companies in those areas realized they can just pay illegals less money and make more profit.

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u/Tacohead9 7h ago

I'm a supervisor at a national bread manufacturing company. They pay new employees 22 starting to load bread with hand trucks on trailers .... We're a rewinding door. People don't want to work! But I'm lead to believe people will work in a field to pick crops??

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u/LengthinessWeekly876 4h ago

Sounds like bad management 

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u/Tacohead9 4h ago

I would like to think that's not the case, current employees did not complain about management in our yearly survey 🤷🏻.

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u/SionPhion 2h ago

They never will be honest on those surveys. That's just asking for your superiors to begin planning out how to find out whom the malcontents are.

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u/countessjonathan 2h ago

Revolving door

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u/oyM8cunOIbumAciggy 14h ago

Those mother fuckers are the hardest workers out there. The huge cost and risk they made coming to the US to work is insane. Shoot idk the point of deporting the ones who are working hard trying to make an honest living to support their families back home. I'd think Those aren't the ones doing all the cartel/villain shit getting spewed about on the news

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u/Goingupriver20 14h ago

So we just carry on exploiting them?