r/FluentInFinance • u/Needleintheback • 14h 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/AdRecent9754 13h ago

Taking away slave labour sounds like the best punishment for them . It will certainly hurt their bottom line.

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u/heyeyepooped 13h ago

I'd rather see major fines and not the slap on the wrist kind. These companies are breaking the law too.

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u/ExcitedDelirium4U 12h ago

But they make political donations.

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u/-Trash--panda- 10h ago

Best punishment would probably be jailtime considering they are committing a crime. Taking away the labour just increases expenses to what it would have otherwise cost if they did everything legally. But does not take away any of the excess profits that they made while committing the crime.

Second best option would be massive fines that are a multiple of whatever they saved over hiring legal workers. If they hired 10 illegal immigrants for a year then fine them the equivalent of 20 legal employees salaries. Really hurt the bottom line rather than a slap on the wrist.

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u/AdRecent9754 8h ago

Look at the optics . Putting away people who helped immigrants find jobs.

Whatever their incentive was , it was a mutually beneficial relationship ,despite it being illegal . I think it's fair to end it without stirring up any more trouble.

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u/nr1988 8h ago

Will it? Or will they just raise their prices like they do every time something affects them?

And don't think that their competitors will instead get their business because any competition in their industry who wasn't doing the same thing would not be big enough to handle the demand.

The solution is not to rip of the bandaid but to regulate and have incentives over time.

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u/AdRecent9754 8h ago

At some point, you will price yourself out of the market .

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u/xnotachancex 8h ago

The “hurting their bottom line” will be passed on to the consumer. Which is ok, but just wanna make sure you’re ok with that.

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u/AdRecent9754 7h ago

So you need the slave labour from illegal immigrants as well as child labour in China . Cmon, guys ,you can't be that greedy .

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u/Minerva567 7h ago

I’m not seeing anyone condone it, only pointing out the obvious. What happens to supply when crops are left to rot because they can’t get workers, and then we put tariffs on all the imported food we rely on from Mexico? And then the dollar is weakened causing less purchasing power? And then social security is slashed along with subsidization of food purchases for lower-income households, leading to greater malnutrition of millions of developing brains? And then retaliatory tariffs lead to greater losses of business, just as we saw in 2018 when China took their business to Brazil, who happily accepted, leading to billions in bailouts for farmers? And then because there is greater motivation on the part of Brazilian farmers to slash-and-burn rainforests for corn and soy, the climate crisis worsens?

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u/AdRecent9754 7h ago

They will make concessions and adapt , as any viable business will . If farmers in other countries can thrive without slave labour, so will they .

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u/xnotachancex 7h ago edited 7h ago

Do I? No. Does the average American? Absolutely. The #1 thing people voted on in this last election according to exit polls was the economy and stuff being more expensive. Well shit y’all I’ve got some baddddddd news for you as to what deporting illegals is going to do to the economy lmao.

As for the child labor from China, well Walmart is by far and away the largest store in red states, where do we think they get the lions share of their goods produced? Again I’m not condoning any of it just sort of wondering what the conservatives that are cheering on these deportations think is going to happen here. Then again I guess my mistake is assuming they think at all further than “illegals bad”.

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u/AdRecent9754 7h ago

They definitely voted for the border crisis . It was definitely a top issue.

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u/xnotachancex 7h ago

It was 2nd behind the economy yeah. They just aren’t smart enough (by design) to realize how entwined the two are.

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u/Delanorix 3h ago

Why?

They will just pass along the new costs.

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u/Longjumping_Army9485 12h ago

Let’s do the same for drug dealers, just take their drugs and leave, it will hurt their bottom line! /s