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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by Consultant32452 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:26PM (#16495902)
You're arguing against a straw man. It's possible to support social and economic policies while recognizing that they have both positive and negative aspects to them.
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by icebraining on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:39PM (#16496054)
What I'm saying is that having more workers is not by itself sufficient explanation. The US always had more workers YoY.
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by Consultant32452 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:43PM (#16496108)
Do you believe that illegal immigrants have the same income distribution as the general population in the US?
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by icebraining on Thursday March 01, 2018 @04:39PM (#16496634)
No. Can you clarify the connection?
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by Consultant32452 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @06:23PM (#16497344)
If you dump a bunch of people into the low end of income pool it's going to move the distribution curve.
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by icebraining on Friday March 02, 2018 @03:19AM (#16499938)
And yet, despite massive immigration (from low income countries) for centuries, the US is one of the countries with highest salaries.
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by Consultant32452 on Friday March 02, 2018 @01:51PM (#16504527)
Sure, once the people here today have had a century of assimilation I suspect they will not impact the income distribution curve.

If you were happy with the income equality from a century ago, I'm willing to adopt the welfare and tax systems of that time so all the incentives are the same.

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