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Originally Posted by crucifissio
your example is true in a closed environment...where no international trade exists and where exports are completely insignificant to the economy...most of what you said still stands true in the real world, where exports play a significant role, YES there will be less tax base...but the cheap workers allow you to produce/operate cheap...this in turn allows you to export at competitive prices...
you can not have a cake and eat it at the same time...you can pick only one option...either you keep the cake and you do not eat it....or you eat the cake and you do not keep it...it is impossible to do both...
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exports for a country like US is maybe 15% of GDP, and majority of that is in sophisticated industries, requiring specialized skills and education... (finance, engineering, etc) so allowing uncontrolled immigration of unskilled labor does very little to help with exports...
and you are right, you can't keep the cake and eat it too... you can't have socialism and uncontrolled immigration of unskilled labor, cause like I described earlier, uncontrolled immigration causes existing workers to get displaced, which then need to be supported by the state... completely defeating the potential benefits of immigration...