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04-09-2006, 02:53 AM #7Senior Member
those opposing illegal immigration... consider this:
Originally Posted by xblackdogx
1) Hiring illegal immigrants forces American (unskilled) workers out of jobs they could have potentially had. The gap you mentioned of $10 more for each worker is instead being doled out by the government in the form of unemployment insurance, so there are no extra expenses (in total). Yes, there are more expenses for restaurant owners but less for the government. Maybe a temporary solution would be a subsidy for restaurant owners? I don't know, I'm just giving some ideas.
2) Yes, prices will rise with the rising costs for the restaurant owners, and these costs will be bore by the consumers. But consider, less people start eating at restaurants because it becomes too expensive. Say now instead of eating out 4 times a week, they cut back to once a week and cook the other days (realize food prices haven't changed, just labor prices). Restaurants will be forced to cut their costs until the prices are cutthroat, and competition will drive down price not quite as low as it was before, but almost as much.
So in other words, the point in 2) that is being made is that consumers will bare minimal amounts of the cost, but owning a restaurant will be less profitable. This seems kind of gloomy, but as production rises, the market tends to ameliorate these kinds of problems. In the short term you would probably only see a change in the amount of diners and lower-end restaurants that are opening.
Now feel free to choose which side you agree with. I think both sides of the argument have their merits.
Best,
GC
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