Banning Illegal immigrants? Wouldnt that destroy the US economy

Discussion in 'Economics' started by mahram, Apr 10, 2006.

Would the economy collapse without illegal immigrants?

  1. yes

    29 vote(s)
    29.9%
  2. no

    68 vote(s)
    70.1%
  1. Let's see:

    I'm from Chicago, Illinois.

    I also would disagree with the no comma portion of your statement as several college students, back in the day when I attended college, supplemented with and lived on the money from working in these low tech, low skilled labor venues. As a freshman at Georgia Tech, I spent many nights doing homework while working the night security job at the mall. My girlfriend worked at the local "choke and puke" to get herself some pocket money too!

    And as an African American, I would gladly evidence my pride with the exclamation point of capitals when I say, AMERICAN!!!

     
    #131     Apr 15, 2006
  2. zdreg

    zdreg

    I understood your post to mean Simple Americans!
    your use of a comma created the confusion. I would have written your post : Simple! AMERICANS!
     
    #132     Apr 15, 2006
  3. You are absolutely correct! Poor skills there on my part. :D

     
    #133     Apr 15, 2006
  4. Mayo

    Mayo

    the economy won't collapse but the economy will shrink. However, due to an increase in outsourcing and the collapse of certain sectors of the economy, i wouldn't be surprise if the net change in jobs will stay the same if not decreases. So after that all is said and done, only few americans will see an increase in wages while the rest will still remain in the same economic state as they were before.
     
    #134     Apr 21, 2006
  5. i'm amazed at how anti-immigrant (actually, just anti-mexican) folks are on this site. cheap labor is cheap labor. folks better think twice about kicking out the foreigners. it may affect YOUR cost for goods and services.
     
    #135     Apr 23, 2006
  6. i live in Florida and there are a ton of english and canadians ilegal immigants. . They work as waiters and service industr for tips ans cash. How come no one complains about them . All I here about are those evil mexicans . I think it just the american george bush syndrome . We only have 2 more years . thank god
     
    #136     Apr 23, 2006

  7. Quite a difference between 2000 and 10 million, wouldn't you say?
     
    #137     Apr 23, 2006
  8. amen, watchdaride.

    to the other poster i say, at least admit your xenophobia and don't hide it with a " that different, that numbers" explanation.
     
    #138     Apr 23, 2006
  9. Cesko

    Cesko

    You just don't get it. Anti-illegal.
     
    #139     Apr 24, 2006

  10. We are traders....well at least one of us is....I embrace the unknown every day.
     
    #140     Apr 24, 2006