Immigration short-term economic effects: 1. Wages down 2. Land, housing, resource prices up 3. Consumption up -> higher corporate profits
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Note: longer-term effects are not necessarily positive for elites. Slavery was not necessarily good for the descendants of plantation owners
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It should be pretty obvious that the people pushing immigration are the same people who get short-term benefits.
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Immigration and slavery are quite similar: importation of cheap labor enabling elites to live in luxury.
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More than that. Rising asset prices are good for ppl who plan to sell; bad for ppl who want to live. And while prices rise...
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...density is going up, decreasing the actual desirability of the homes/neighborhoods.
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