Semi-Weekly Discussion Thread - December 23, 2024

[u/tuesday_mod]

INTRODUCTION

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Previous Discussion Thread

[u/PubliusVA]

How is them sending their earnings back to their home country a net win for us?

[u/Soarin-Flyin → u/PubliusVA]

I should have specified. It doesn’t directly benefit the US but it does improve the quality of life for the people in those other countries. If more people are doing better that’s a good thing, regardless of where they are in the world.

[u/PubliusVA → u/Soarin-Flyin]

That’s true in a sense, but try campaigning on “well it’s good for the other country’s economy.”

[u/Soarin-Flyin → u/PubliusVA]

Oh I totally get that. I just think it’s dumb to be against something because it’s not benefiting the “right” people, especially when the alternative is the job being left empty. These are jobs that aren’t being filled by US citizens, why not take people who want those opportunities.

I’m probably painting with too broad a brush but sometimes I think anti-immigration rhetoric has more to do with racism than anything else.

My in-laws are the type to be hella against immigration but also are the type who take deep pride in their parents/grandparents being immigrants and their European heritage.