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| The Economy is Roaring; Immigration is a Key Reason Why |
| 2024-02-28 |
| [Allsides.com] Immigration has propelled the U.S. job market further than just about anyone expected, helping cement the country’s economic rebound from the pandemic as the most robust in the world. That momentum picked up aggressively over the past year. About 50 percent of the labor market’s extraordinary recent growth came from foreign-born workers between January 2023 and January 2024, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of federal data. And even before that, by the middle of 2022, the foreign-born labor force had grown so fast that it closed the labor force... The rest is behind the WaPo paywall, but you don't need to read any further, anyway. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #6 They tax the hell out of us so producers cant 'horde' our income for retirement. They then give our tax money, our would be savings, to illegals and the illegals buy stuff. Hence they conclude the economy is roaring. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-02-28 13:50 |
| #5 Not delusional, outright lying. But I'm sure Capital District johns are enjoying the fresh veal. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-02-28 13:01 |
| #4 ^ Full employment for prostitutes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-02-28 12:23 |
| #3 So "immigration" includes legal immigrants, recent citizens, H1B visa workers, and folks who overstayed their visas? Where do the refugees count? Separate category? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-02-28 11:58 |
| #2 Elon Musk explains why he's ringing the 'alarm bell' on illegal immigration: 'Crushing the country' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-02-28 11:54 |
| #1 The economy is roaring. Immigration is a key reason. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-02-28 11:53 |