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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by gsatic on Thursday January 05, 2023 @12:41PM (#34263486)
It's not going to get more attractive. This is where some imaginative immigration policies can help.
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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by cudgy on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:01PM (#34264751)
By imaginative, do you mean restrictive?
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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by convolvatron on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:33PM (#34266129)
I assume the opposite. like other sectors in the US economy (MDs), its likely we're going to have to keep importing people to take care of us since we're all focussed on winning and don't have time to wash our own socks or bend our own conduit.
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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by nebula8804 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:42PM (#34267145)
Demographic implosion will catch up to the third world countries. Then the US is royally screwed. Some places like China its already too late.
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