Specifically I want to know who you feel benefits & who you feels suffers from having millions of illegals in this country. My opinion on who benefits and suffers is:
1. Employers - Labor is like any other commodity. The more laborers we have the lower the cost of labor. Or course that means people earn less on average. Study after study shows a decline in wages for trades that employ illegals. Janitors, construction and meatpacking are just a few that used to pay middle class wages.
2. The illegals themselves. It goes without saying that their standard of living goes up. Of course that means that someone else is not getting the services they use. Our less fortunate CITIZENS have less access to health care, education and welfare because illegals are taking those services meant for citizens.
3. The country the illegal comes from. They send billions back to their home countries. Which helps that countries economy but hurts ours. If that employee was an American all of that money would stay here and be spent here, not somewhere else.
4. Everyone who buys anything produced or handled by those making the lower wages benefits. Our produce is indeed cheaper then it would be by a small amount. The downside is that we pay more in taxes to support the illegals through their childrens education (WAY over $10,000 per child per year!!!), their healthcare (no matter how few visits they make to our hospitals WE have to pay for it), their crimes (when they rob, rape, steal ID, etc) and other costs.
What do you think?
Are the studies wrong? Do more laborers actually make our wages go up magically? Will millions of people who aren't here legally actually help the average Joe? Will our energy costs go down when 20 million people self-deport or will their staying make our energy costs continue to skyrocket?
Thoughts?
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