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[–] turnip@lemm.ee -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Mark Miller was the one who said it. He said immigration helped us avoid a recession, which means GDP would have shrunk without them.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Our population grew at 17%.
Our GDP grew at 17%.
That is how we got a near-0% per capita GDP.

Are you really saying that all these immigrants, many to most of whom work minimum-wage jobs because they have no ability to leverage their own foreign education and certifications, are really going to be equally as economically productive as citizens who have advanced/established careers and domestically-recognized certifications and education?

Ya gotta use your brain once in a while, man. Otherwise your ignorance ends up bleeding out all over the place.

It’s just as bad as Schrödinger’s immigrant: simultaneously lazy AF and mooching off of social security, while also taking all of our jobs. It’s a recipe for racism and ignorance, while also being intellectually bankrupt.