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originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: pavil
This has nothing to do with wages or immigration. It's about profits and control.
It is about media manipulation by corp media, the large corps are for illegal (cheap) labor. And oddly enough the large corps are for a low, low min wage. The facts that out there about historic productivity gains being "shared" with the workers. This "sharing stopped in the mid 1970's and wage stagnation started.
Also grovelling, poor, worried employees are easier to control and won't dare to unionize. Boots on necks is the goal.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: pavil
What happens when you have less workers and more jobs?
In other words, like right now. In my city we have help wanted signs in windows of fast food joints for a year now. Guess what direction the wages have gone.....Not up.
Like you said, the system works well without intervention by immigration. But the corp monopoly does not want to raise wages as easily as you mention. It took 40 years of stagnation to get here and sadly it will take a while to correct the ship.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: pavil
This has nothing to do with wages or immigration. It's about profits and control.
It is about media manipulation by corp media, the large corps are for illegal (cheap) labor. And oddly enough the large corps are for a low, low min wage. The facts are out there about historic productivity gains being "shared" with the workers. This "sharing stopped in the mid 1970's and wage stagnation started and profits soared.
Also grovelling, poor, worried employees are easier to control and won't dare to unionize. Boots on necks is the goal.
The latest predictions from PricewaterhouseCoopers (pdf) survey the damage for specific countries. Analysts at the consulting firm said that by the early 2030s, 38% of US jobs are at a high risk of automation, more than in Germany, the UK, and Japan.
originally posted by: mikell
Common sense isn't so common as they say. But they will legislate stupid as far as they can.