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Last year salaries surged 40%, to an average of $160 a month,
peanuts to what u need to survive in NYC. im sorry but this isnt a good example.
It's an example. You said "give me a real life example", not "give me a real life example in NYC". This is economics in action. This will not happen in NYC because there is no shortage of workers in NYC.
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Mod cut If there is a shortage of workers, wages will increase and so will the final price of their product. They will not pay higher wages because even at minimum wage, there will be someone willing to work. You have no way of knowing whether their employees are legal immigrants or not.
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give me a real life example of when a company increased wage because of this and i will let the debate rest.
How do you know that this person won't be a citizen? You are assuming.
i am assuming but in all honesty there is a higher chance of it occurring, so lets not turn a blind eye towards it. day laborers are a big issue in the city already.
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wow with that attitude it is evident that you see that the guy who sells u your newspaper, the guy that pumps your gas, the guy that rings up your groceries doesnt have a place in this city. well, to hell with it, replace them all with robots and maybe you'll be satisfied.
Actually, if you replaced them with robots, I don't see anything wrong with that.
It's an example. You said "give me a real life example", not "give me a real life example in NYC". This is economics in action. This will not happen in NYC because there is no shortage of workers in NYC.
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yeah but you are comparing china's economy to nyc.....apples and oranges.
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yeah but you are comparing china's economy to nyc.....apples and oranges.
So given that there is no shortage of workers in NYC, wages can be kept low, and you can push low-income people out as long as there will be someone willing to work for you.
i am assuming but in all honesty there is a higher chance of it occurring, so lets not turn a blind eye towards it. day laborers are a big issue in the city already.
So let the illegal immigrant work the minimum wage (or below min. wage) job. I have no problem with that.
Who says they need to live close to their place of employment? Nobody is entitled to housing that is close to their place of employment.
nobody is saying that you're entitled to live across the street from your job, but you shouldnt have to live 2 hours away in another town or state either. In a city as big as new york there should be room for everyone to co exist...rich, poor,black,white they should all have access to decent neighborhoods with a decent lifestyle....Everyone should be able to take thier kid to yankee stadium or use the parks on randalls island or go to a museum not just the richest people...if you look back at history, in the 40's and 50's most of the city was working class...even in manhattan neigborhoods like the upper west side and hell's kithchen....in order for a city to be a city there should be room for everyone
and when any of these machines needs to be serviced, who will do it? lol.
People service them. But it is cheaper to hire one skilled mechanic to service many machines than to hire and pay many unskilled cashiers / gas pumpers / whatever.
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