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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We're experiencing a shortage of workers for the jobs nobody wants to do

We're experiencing a shortage of workers for the jobs no one wants to do AT THE WAGES THE EMPLOERS WANT TO PAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION.

There's not a shortage of workers, but of wages.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except that US has an aging population and it's going to get worse in future because the birth rates aren't that high. Closing off border is going to fuck US in the long run.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but by then all the old people making the decisions will have milked the system dry and died.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I agree the closing off the border is dumb. Only a tiny fraction of illegal immigration is over the border anyways: the vast majority is people overstaying Visa's.

But the whole "aging population" issue is just more propaganda from corporate interests to try to find ways to get more workers and continue to suppress wages.

Why is the population aging in the first place? No one can afford to have children.