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Is a living wage the key to stopping illegal immigration
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almost everyone says they're for stopping the flow of illegal immigration, but one solution is to raise the wages for the low-paid work that Americans won't take. So is living wage a hidden way to curb illegal immigration? Let us know what you think?
Originally posted at 8:27AM, 18 July 2006 PDT
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wnyc edited this topic 24 months ago.
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Your keyboard to our Masters' ears...
Don't think you'd find too many healthy citizens who would *not* be willing to, say, pick strawberries? Rather than commute a couple three hours each day, eating fast food breakfasts and sitting in cubes -- if one could pay a mortgage with the strawberries -- as they seem to be able to do in Mexico and France.
Posted 24 months ago.
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It would be easy to take a job at 5.00 an hour If I was being subsidized with housing rent help, food stamps, ability to use a medicaid card for medical and medicine, wic milk and juices etc, and all that wouldnt be taxed. There is free college classes, free child care and donated presents at christmas as well as school supplies and clothing given out every year. If someone else is always picking up the tab for lifes necessities you surely could work for less and it wouldnt be such a hardship. Try doing it all alone without asking for handouts and see how far you can go.
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sighamease edited this topic 24 months ago.
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the illegal migration also happened due the economic and social gap among countries. it is human nature to seek for better welfare and good living. rich countries should indeed concern about their poor neighbour countries' economic problems, especially if they run by corrupted government.
what we need is fair trade to help people in poor developing countries. make sure that TNCs in which majority origins come from rich countries give them more job security at their home countries. have you seen documentary of Maquiladoras in the border of USA and Mexico? i am based in Europe and watched the documentary during an international event. seeing such a gap is really, really sad thing.
i dont think WTO is doing well in correcting the existance of trade barriers of the rich and the poor countries. the gap nowadays is getting wider. and the wider it is, the more people were willing to leave their home countries to others for the dream of better life...whatever it costs.
Originally posted 22 months ago.
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indahs edited this topic 22 months ago.
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