Land isn't expensive. Being near the regulator's offices is expensive because everyone wants to be there.
If I'm making $60k per year as, say, a McDonald's manager and an immigrant comes in and will do it for $50k, I'm definitely worse off. Sure,
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maybe in the long run I get cheaper burgers, but most of the gains will go to the McDonald's owners. If a robot eliminates
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my job, I'm still out of a job and the owners still get most of the benefits,but at least the robot isn't increasing the demand for burgers,
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housing, land, and every other good and service that I want. There's an actual net efficiency gain with a robot,
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whereas there's no net labor reduction with an immigrant. You're just shifting work from one person to another.
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