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Re:Temporary Visas, Meant to Import Talent, Help Ship Jobs A... by Jogyn on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @09:07PM (#10301064)
Play that through to the end though, having access to cheaper goods means little when you can't afford said goods due to the offshoring collectively lowering wages across the board. The part your ignoring is the downward pressure on everyone's wage that would have
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Re:Temporary Visas, Meant to Import Talent, Help Ship Jobs A... by aianus on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @10:52PM (#10301420)
> collectively lowering wages across the board

It would not collectively lower wages across the board, it would leave many completely unemployed and the rest earning double or triple or fifty times what they're making now in real terms.

The solution is a basic income so those that are unemployed don't suffer for it and have a long runway to work on art, hobbies, retrain, etc.

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