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Re:Tech workers at UCSF face layoff, training their low paid... by davidw on Friday November 04, 2016 @01:01AM (#12870496)
> economic aggregate above the people left behind.

Since it's a positive sum game, you could share the gains with the few people who lose out from immigration or trade, or automation (which is probably more important than the others) and still have some left over.

Or yeah, you could get all protectionist and watch the economy whither.

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Re:Tech workers at UCSF face layoff, training their low paid... by toomuchtodo on Friday November 04, 2016 @01:03AM (#12870506)
The US economy isn't going to suddenly whither if we stopped the import of immigrant labor, whether that be migrant farm hands or H1B visa holders.

And if it does whither, that's a choice the US citizenry might be satisfied with.

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Re:Tech workers at UCSF face layoff, training their low paid... by davidw on Friday November 04, 2016 @01:05AM (#12870514)
> The US economy isn't going to suddenly whither

Right, it'd take a while.

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Re:Tech workers at UCSF face layoff, training their low paid... by greglindahl on Friday November 04, 2016 @01:18AM (#12870550)
You have no idea how much of the value currently created by immigrants creating businesses would be lost. And if the answer is a big minus for the US, don't you think it's important that we talk about it? And not the "lump of labor" fallacy?
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