US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in the last 50 years

Re:US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in th... by parineum on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:07PM (#34493427)

What part of "illegal" or "immigrant" implies a person is not a human?

It's just shorthand for "person who has immigrated illegally" anyway, arguing over these words is a distraction. You have any solutions?

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Re:US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in th... by medvezhenok on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:01PM (#34494145)

Yes, fix legal immigration:

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/ann...

The current legal immigration levels are way too low, hence people breaking the law trying to establish roots in the country (or fleeing persecution elsewhere). We used to call people foreign-born instead of illegal, and not care about their immigration status at all. Oh, wait - that's when the Europeans were immigrating: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/ann...

If many many people are breaking a law (i.e. jaywalking), one should consider whether the law is actually reasonable in the first place.

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