Like many liberals, the New York Times editors are commemorating Labor Day by noting that American workers’ wages and incomes have been declining in recent years. It’s a legitimate concern. Yet those same Times editors support immigration legislation that would put downward pressure on the wages of low-skilled US workers for years to come.
Daily Caller writer Mickey Kaus has noted the blatant contradiction repeatedly in recent weeks:
Late 90s tight labor mkt very good 4 Black America. Poverty plunged-see chart 5 http://t.co/qU0CBZLcHR Gangof8 makes sure won't happen again
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 29, 2013
Wages stagnant. Obama's solution? More Guest Workers!//MT Economic Policy Institute: A Decade of Flat Wages http://t.co/y5K6I4M59O
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 21, 2013
Krueger theory: wages about to rise. What could employers think of to prevent it? … Hmm. #omprehensive-cay http://t.co/G2fvcX3xIU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 14, 2013
Here is @RepPaulRyan explicitly saying he wants to bring in immigrants to prevent free market from raising wages http://t.co/EUZiIXmdIa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 12, 2013
Just a note: Nothing helps Black America like tight labor markets–such as those produced by controlling immigration http://t.co/7a4udnmELD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 29, 2013
With leading politicians in both major political parties beholden to the cheap-labor lobby, who will stand up for America’s workers?
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