re: There aren’t enough skilled workers and guys under 40 willing to work with their hands

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There are very few immigrants that come here with something like a certification as a plumber and continue as a plumber in the states.

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what exactly do you think is required in order to work as a plumber LOL

Nah, I'm good. Easy is relative I guess. And no need to be dumb and assume I meant every non manual labor job is easy.

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At least I understand what fair wage actually means, unlike yourself.

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Just because something is agreed upon by 2 parties in contract doesn't make it fair. Sometimes people take jobs out of desperation and needing money. Other times someone may not understand the value of their labor.

But I get it. You think taking advantage of people through opportunity like those described above is fair just because they said yes, because you're you.

Nothing dumb about it. The thread is about skilled labor. Of course, there’s also going to those that turn it into being about unskilled laborers as well.

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guys under 40 willing to work with their hands

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Another reason I date men 50+.

And there goes the thread. Lol

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Reading is fundamental,

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All it showed is you don't understand the word "fair" and somehow believe it to be an objective term, which its not.

Prevailing wages between skilled, unskilled, educated, uneducated vary greatly.

The prevailing wage for unskilled, uneducated labor from illegal citizens who aren't paying income tax is much low for reasons. And they're not arbitrary.

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That's why you need immigrants in this country. They aren't taking peoples jobs because people don't want those types of jobs in the first place. Thats why the whole "build the wall" was dumb because it will virtually kill growth and up keep in this country. People can't see the big picture though because they are blinded by their own stupidity and forgot whose backs this country was built on.

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You get your talking points from the media?

Immigration is great. Walls do not prohibit legal immigration.

But the media LOVED telling everyone that there was opposition to immigration. A lot of dullards believed them.

If the current administration wanted to increase immigration, why didn’t they change the laws?

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I can't say that it might not help us as a country in the long run

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it already is
in fact the economy would grind to a halt without it

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Something else that would have helped is if we would have developed high speed rail for people to spread out. People in cities have less kids

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High speed rail is not to help people spread out.

It only becomes cost effective when localities need to transport people from one population dense area to another.