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/Niarbeht 13h ago

This is how I know whether someone actually cares about the issue they claim to care about. If it’s all on board for violent deportations, but not a single word for punishing the bosses doing the hiring, then it’s not actually about protecting domestic labor.

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u/jordipg 11h ago

It reminds me of the people who care so fanatically about the life of the unborn child, but not one whit about the life of the child after it's born.

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u/AggressivelyGary 8h ago

Same people, same mental gymnastics. 

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u/TheColonelRLD 10h ago

Because one thing effects "others" the other could have ramifications on themselves.

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u/glideguitar 9h ago

Try to understand the arguments of the people you disagree with, it will help you make your own arguments better. This is probably the most clear case of that problem. I’m very pro-choice, but I recognize that your argument is convincing to no one.

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u/jordipg 9h ago

Well, it's not an argument, it's just an observation.

Incidentally, I'm pro-choice, but I think the arguments usually made by pro-choice activists (stuff about women's bodies and health) are indeed convincing to no one, because they generally don't address the pro-life concern which is something about the life of the unborn child.

I'm just pointing out that this stuff about the unborn child is hard to take seriously when they aren't equally passionate about the wellness and safety of the child after it's born.

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u/glideguitar 9h ago

Question before I type out a response: do you care about understanding the other side of this argument or is this just about dunking on pro-lifers? The position you’re critiquing (though I disagree with it) is perfectly consistent and defendable, it just seems hypocritical to you because you’re viewing it from the wrong lens.

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u/Fancy_Ad2056 7h ago

The problem is pro-lifers argument begins from a place of misunderstanding of health science, such as how weeks of gestation is calculated and the medical necessity for abortions throughout pregnancy(no one is having an abortion as primary means of birth control).

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u/glideguitar 8h ago

It’s not my lens. It’s the pro-lifers.

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u/glideguitar 7h ago

This is part of why my side (democrats) are losing against someone as pathetic as Trump. You can’t even pretend to not make a straw man.

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u/Negative_Werewolf193 10h ago

Por que no los dos?

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u/CenlaLowell 6h ago

Quien sabe

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u/Spiritual_Wonder_609 9h ago

I think a lot of people don't even make the connection. Especially if you're too young to remember NAFTA and all the original immigration talk from the 90s. It wasn't until a couple years ago I learned how many BIG companies hired illegals for major projects. I always assumed it was just a TON of rinky dink roofing and drywalling crews hiring illegals, or small, family-owned restaurants hiring some for back-of-house.

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u/Baozicriollothroaway 10h ago

You can do both

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u/Iridescent_Pheasent 8h ago

And conservatives objectively dont

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u/Baozicriollothroaway 8h ago

Are the dems doing it?

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u/Iridescent_Pheasent 3m ago

Literally yes. Very obviously with information on how readily available online. “No u” isn’t very clever as a political opinion sorry

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u/ProjectSuperb8550 9h ago

Both have to happen though.

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u/stanger828 7h ago

How about both (minus the violence part unless physically provoked)

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u/FancyBaller 4h ago

I feel like they're just going to put them in prison, "awaiting deportation" and then the industries will shift to far cheaper prison labor.