Not being political here, just thinking logically. Isn’t it possible for a subgroup of a large group to do X while another subgroup of the same large group does Y?
I’m not sure if these options are mutually exclusive when it comes to large sets of individuals.
This is just logical thinking, I have no statistics and this is not a political stance.
That was my first thought as well. Assuming a large enough amount of immigrants, they could be overwhelming both the welfare system and the job market. A sufficiently large group of additional people would overwhelm every system, and depending on the preexisting conditions, that group might not need to be all that big
It’s kinda hard to overwhelm the job market tho, at least if the economy is growing. In that case, more workers would likely facilitate growth, since the growing workforce will also have money to spend and create demand. If the market was already very competitive, things would be different, but developed countries are usually hungry for skilled workers. Demographics dictate this will only become more true as time passes
It’s a pretty complex situation, I really have no position. I just think I’ve seen some funny things like:
“low-skill jobs is a myth created by the rich to justify low wages”
and then others saying:
“Illegal immigration doesn’t affect the average wage of Americans because immigrants go for the low-skill market while Americans go for the high-skill market”
In a normal paper like I used to buy on the way to work, this headline would be something like “bloodties the knot” or “trouble in paradise” or something. We’ve strayed from the light.
I respect that, but I remember a story in my local paper years ago about the burger van that was selling porn, and the headline was “burger van sells porn with relish”. I want that world back.
I’m waiting for the headlines on a story like this to devolve to the point that it’s like “MILF gives her adopted son permission in public to fuck her daughter (click for pics)”.
I’m Australian but when I got Wayne Gretzky 3d hockey on the N64 I finished the game with the Flyers and any time I played a sports game since I dont look up the META or check stats, I just pick the Philly team. As I grew up and actually watched American sports, I just kept on supporting Philly. Have done for over 20 years so I know of the reputation.
Well, when you’ve spent the past 20 years stealing intellectual property and conducting industrial espionage is it really that hard to get to this point?
I’m not sad China is stealing IP from billionaires who are hoarding their wealth. If those billionaires want American citizens to care then share more of the profits.
Where did you get a Capri sun with a plastic straw? Every since like 2 or 3 years ago they just do paper ones
I remember once finding one with a plastic straw 6 months after they switched to paper ones, it felt like a jackpot, I can’t imagine they make them with plastic ones though
Don’t know if this is still the case, but last time I had a Capri Sun in Europe 2007-ish it was a completely different drink than what I was used to in the US. It was actually more like a fruit juice and had a vibrant color (I emptied it into a cup to see). Compared to our clear, sugar-watery Capri Suns, I thought it was way better. Curious if that’s still the way it is over there.
Not much tastes the same anymore. The wife and I started freezing different flavors for ice packs in our cooler while camping. As they thawed our boys would get to drink them. Boys are grown, but habits…
Thank you! That’s a very good place to start. I’m not an expert in linguistics, but a close friend of mine loves to experiment with language in our letters. We will perform interesting transformations to grammar and spelling just to see how it feels to communicate with those rules.
We are totally screwed because now they’re going to put these in cheap laptops and peddle them to the elderly and the non-technically inclined who don’t know any better. Then, us tech people have to deal with “why is my Windows 11 pentium 3 pc so goddamned slow”
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