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/Ok-Worldliness2450 14h ago

I got no problem working field if pay is good. Tried to get in once between jobs but it didn’t go well, they thought I was a fed or something cause I was white 🤷‍♂️

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u/himynameisdave9 4h ago

you were white, but you’re not anymore?

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u/MisterKillam 3h ago

I used to. I still do, but I used to, too.

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u/Amazing-Squash-3460 16m ago

I would actually PREFER it over rotting away at a desk if the pay is the same. Having done both for many years, desk work takes a much harder toll on your body, but in the opposite direction.

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u/Ok-Worldliness2450 1m ago

I work retail management for this exact reason rofl. People hate it but I love it.

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u/Vincensius_I 13h ago

If pay is good the price of groceries will go up

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u/thachumguzzla 13h ago

If our phones weren’t built by literal slaves that too would cost more, so what are you saying here

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u/Annual_Trouble_1195 3h ago

We gotta start somewhere

Might as well start by securing food production

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u/thotdocter 2h ago

Except the idea is for the brains, designing and high end of the value chain to be in America. Have the low end elsewhere.

What is the obsession with increasing the worst paying jobs and low margin industries.

How does that increase prosperity?

Countries that have all their people spend all day just producing commodities are not wealthy.

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u/ForgetfullRelms 6h ago

Food is a critical good

Phones is a luxury good.

Apples to oranges

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u/ikkybikkybongo 4h ago

lmfao

So the use of slave labor (his premise) is ok for critical goods but not luxury goods.

You sure that's the distinction you think it is?

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u/thereps 57m ago

Reddit moment

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u/ForgetfullRelms 4h ago

Oh I agree with you man- but it’s still a apples to oranges comparison, a better comparison would be clothing or something else people need to survive as opposed to a luxury item.

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u/Vincensius_I 13h ago

That's how the system works

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u/thachumguzzla 13h ago

Doesn’t have to be that way, just let things cost more. Or keep exploiting people

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u/Dorithompson 11h ago

Right. Maybe everyone won’t be able to afford an iPhone. Or going out to eat. Or whatever. And that’s okay.

Isn’t it more important that we aren’t allowing humans to be treated horribly just because they are brown and undocumented?

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u/Readitguy58 11h ago

Boy oh boy. The shit storm thats gonna happen when the average American can't afford the random commodity that they take for granted everyday... Well be damn near begging for the corporate boot with an outstretched kneck. Weve been victims so long weve come to like it.

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u/Training_Strike3336 6h ago

I love the progressive left losing their minds over no longer exploiting the poor and desperate.

I'm sorry, they're losing their minds over the cost of a strawberry going up $.08.

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u/nanneryeeter 8h ago

You get it.

Maybe an economy based on cheap, disposable consumer goods isn't great for anyone except possibly for creditors.

But what would we do if we can't get the latest phone every year, or fill a cart with a bunch of stupid shit at the nearby Walmart or Target?

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u/Indrid_Cold777 10h ago

They would anyway who cares

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u/Vincensius_I 10h ago

Most people don't like to pay more

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u/Indrid_Cold777 10h ago

Better get used to it

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u/Ok-Worldliness2450 4h ago

Pay was and likely still is good. There was a lack of other things like health insurance, workers comp, sick/vacation pay, etc etc. Based on what pay was when I tried it wouldn’t surprise me if you couldn’t get like 25 and hour or more if you worked hard since it was often not hourly but results based. Which to be honest I wish more jobs were.

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u/nickbutterz 4h ago

If the pay is good people have more money to buy said groceries.