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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by Mikeb85 on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:48PM (#13832718)
> Native borns aren't fighting to pick oranges for 12 hours a day at minimum wage, but these guys will and do.

An economist would say it's because the wage being offered is too low. Businesses don't get to have access to unlimited labour at whatever wage they choose in a market economy.

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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by drzaiusapelord on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:55PM (#13832819)
Yet they're not all illegals. Natives of Mexican heritage and others of the poorest class perform this work at this wage.

Regardless, why aren't we jailing those who hire these people and cause these problems then? Oh right, they're Trump loyalists, political donors, and white.

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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by Mikeb85 on Thursday March 09, 2017 @05:12PM (#13834297)
Prices are set on the margins. Any illegals in the system will drive wages down.
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