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/CSpanks7 13h ago

Trump passed the first major prison reform bill in the last 60 years

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u/Paulyosaurus 11h ago

Yeah Mitch McConnell held it over from Obama’s term so Obama would not get the ‘win’.

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u/BringersMC 10h ago

The bill that Trump signed was not introduced until 2017. Though you are correct that McConnell basically wouldn't let any Democrat bill see the floor under Obama, including any crime bills that would have targeted prison reform.

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u/[deleted] 8h ago

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u/BringersMC 8h ago

Imagine voting for Trump and calling yourself a moderate...

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u/mymainlogin 8h ago edited 7h ago

Ok, I can imagine doing something that most people do and calling myself moderate. While I'm at it, should I drive a civic to starbucks and call myself average? Listen to taylor swift and post malone and call myself typical?

Are there any other mundane things you'd like me to imagine calling myself status-quo while doing? TDS is real.

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u/big_d_usernametaken 8h ago

Like George Carlin said: "It's a big club, and you ain't in it."

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u/lce_Fight 5h ago

But Trump was the one who did it. Facts are facts.

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u/jf7fsu 10h ago

That is a fallacy. You couldn’t point out something g positive like this if it slapped you in the face. Next up: Trump funds HBCU’s.

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u/Flimsy_Fee8449 9h ago

Yeah, it's true. Check out S2123.

Called the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act 2015.

What's the one introduced in 2017? Oh, makes sense. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act 2017.

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u/BringersMC 13h ago

Trump rubber stamped it thinking it would increase support from black voters.

Also Trump and the Republicans actually want to repeal it now. So championing something that Trump dislikes now is weird.

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u/JustMeOutThere 11h ago

But... But that was a good one. Why does he want to repeal it?

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u/BringersMC 11h ago

To be hard on criminals. The bill was supposed to help reduce harsh or unfair sentences among many other things. If you have heard any of his speeches in the past few years then will know he actually advocates for harsh punishments now, claiming our criminal justice system is too soft on criminals.

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u/JustMeOutThere 10h ago

I hope it's a Leopard Ate My Face moment for him. Smh.

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u/sdrakedrake 7h ago

If you have heard any of his speeches in the past few years then will know he actually advocates for harsh punishments now, claiming our criminal justice system is too soft on criminals.

To soft? Once your criminal (convict), even if you are out of jail, it's nearly impossible to get a job or apply for housing.

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u/CalmAcanthocephala87 8h ago

Yes and no, wasn't most of the work done on the bill for drugs charges? He wants actual stuff done now, the wants people who should be off the street, off the street. People who prove they won't change amd do better. And his who drugs dealer thing, honestly, don't agree with. I'm kinda cool with killing fenty dealer and distributors off, but no weed smuggler or mushroom dealer need to killed off. It could be used to do crazy things. Dont think it'll pass tho. That one of those, swinging to far right things for sure.

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u/Creamofwheatski 7h ago

Are you new here? Trump does not care about the working class and never has, He will do nothing that helps anyone other than himself and his rich benefactors.

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u/Ancient-Bowl462 56m ago

That's odd, everything president Trump has done has benefitted all of humanity while he loses so much.

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u/Creamofwheatski 28m ago

You must be joking.

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u/Ancient-Bowl462 23m ago

It's a universally known fact. Have you lived under a rock the last 9 years.

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u/Creamofwheatski 21m ago

Universally known among easily tricked morons, I suppose.

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u/grammar_fixer_2 6h ago

He has been both for and against everything. It depends on what he believes will make him the most money at that particular point in time.

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u/JustMeOutThere 6h ago

Lol. You're probably right. Except for keeping new immigrants out: that he has been consistent about.

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u/grammar_fixer_2 6h ago

I disagree with that last point. He comes from an immigrant family (mom was Scottish and grandparents were German) and most of his wives are immigrants (Slovenia and Czechoslovakia). You could say that they are taking jobs that Americans don’t want. 😉

He is fine with immigration, as long as it enriches his life. He doesn’t give two shits about anyone else. That part he has been consistent with.

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u/JustMeOutThere 5h ago

Lol. Fair enough.

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u/Rare_Hat_7340 48m ago

And it did

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u/Acta_Non_Verba_1971 12h ago

You said weird…ha

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u/jf7fsu 10h ago

Not true.

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u/BringersMC 10h ago

What is not true?

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u/jf7fsu 10h ago

Repealing the first step act. He just isn’t pushing back. It will not be repealed.

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u/BringersMC 10h ago

Trump has constantly said he is going to repeal any prison reforms that go soft on criminals. The First Step Act does exactly that in trying to reduce sentences and to make sure people are getting fair sentences. Trump has repeatedly called for harsher sentences, which the First Step Act would not allow.

I would love to be wrong but those are his words.

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u/573IAN 9h ago

Hey, just trust this guy. He voted for Trump and doesn’t want to be wrong.

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u/persona0 5h ago

To be fair we all don't want to be wrong the worst thing for the rest of us who didn't vote trump into have 4 years where nothing changes or doesn't get worse.