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Re:US economy returned to growth last quarter, expanding 2.6% by pixelatedindex on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:47PM (#33364492)
> it’s insane to me that nobody is connecting the two, but in the past two years we’ve let in ~5 million illegal immigrants and built ~3 million homes.

What is the connection here? And why is there a qualification of "illegal"? If these were legal immigrants, what would that change?

You're implying that demand is greater than supply, which has been quite overtly mentioned by many.

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Re:US economy returned to growth last quarter, expanding 2.6% by AuryGlenz on Thursday October 27, 2022 @10:56PM (#33367062)
Of course demand is greater than supply. If it wasn't prices wouldn't be increasing greater than the rate of inflation.

You're right that the type of immigrants don't matter, but the reason I mentioned illegal immigrants is because the amount is completely uncontrolled. Legal immigration we could easily ramp up or down.

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