How the Budget will affect those poor red states

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How the Budget will affect those poor red states

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -3-million

Way to go. Redefine the poverty level to cut spending.
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There just aren't any good paying jobs in the US I take it?
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ajax18 wrote:There just aren't any good paying jobs in the US I take it?

So why then do they take to less paying jobs Ajax?
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Themis wrote:
ajax18 wrote:There just aren't any good paying jobs in the US I take it?

So why then do they take to less paying jobs Ajax?

Perhaps we should flood the market with millions of people desperate to work, which in turn will, apparently, increase the overall economic health of the US? That seems to be the prevailing argument for the current immigration crisis.

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Perhaps we should flood the market with millions of people desperate to work, which in turn will, apparently, increase the overall economic health of the US? That seems to be the prevailing argument for the current immigration crisis.

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It would have a more positive effect on the economy then taking from the poor and giving to the rich. One has to wonder why a billionaire wants to give to himself and take from the poor.
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Flooding the market with poor and unskilled labor drives up wages for working Americans according to the left.
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ajax18 wrote:Flooding the market with poor and unskilled labor drives up wages for working Americans according to the left.

There may be something to that, Ajax. The dudes at Home Depot want $20/hr under the table.

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ajax18 wrote:Flooding the market with poor and unskilled labor drives up wages for working Americans according to the left.

So why are people taking low paying jobs Ajax?
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