Re:The $100k green card
by matthewowen on Sunday December 11, 2011 @06:01AM
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that isn't correct. demand for goods and services drives economies.
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Re:The $100k green card
by yummyfajitas on Sunday December 11, 2011 @10:03AM
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While it's true that demand for goods and services increases GDP, it's not good for any person. It's better for any individual consumer to live in a world where demand (and therefore prices) of the goods they consume is low.
The only exception is where the number of immigrants present creates beneficial economies of scale. For example, without the many Indian immigrants in Jersey City, Sri Ganesh's Dosa House probably would not have sufficient business to continue operating.
Re:The $100k green card
by burgerbrain on Sunday December 11, 2011 @11:14AM
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"While it's true that demand for goods and services increases GDP, it's not good for any person. "
Nonsense.
If I, as a red blooded "non immigrant" (what the fuck does immigrant really mean? who cares where I was born?) sell widgets, and "immigrants" love to buy lots of widgets, it is trivial to see how this is good for me.
Re:The $100k green card
by SamReidHughes on Sunday December 11, 2011 @06:28AM
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No, demand for money to pay for goods and services is what drives economies. Immigrants contribute to society by working in exchange for that money.
Immigrants are free to spend their money any way they want (or not at all).
For instance, they could send it abroad.
If they spend it on goods and services in the same economy that they earned it in then they are contributing again.
Even if they send their entire income back home, they'd still be contributing to the economy. The value of their work is worth more than the wages they receive (otherwise why would their employer hire them).