[popularrecluse]

I've done everything from washing dishes, waiting tables, managing 2 coffee shops, landscape work, data entry, to my current work as a mobile developer. And I know where you're going with this, and no I've never had trouble finding work when I needed it.

[ginger123]

What if I told you the presence of undocumented immigrants might have depressed your earnings as a dishwasher. No hard feelings still?

PS. I know, I am assigning a stereotypical job to an undocumented immigrant.

[popularrecluse]

You'd be right about the profile. But the thought of missed wages doesn't bother me because it was long ago, and if anything, they worked as hard, if not harder than I did. And we were friends doing the same shit work together.

[anigbrowl]

What if I told you that's called the "lump of labor fallacy" and there's no empirical support for the claim?

[evanlivingston]

That wouldn't cause me hard feelings, as a person who has worked both as a laborer and in the service industry.

If the level of my income is a function of how many other people are denied the ability to do the same job then I've got bigger concerns than my income level.

[peterashford]

Research in the New Zealand context has shown that immigrants improve the economy. They generate a lot work for people helping them settle in and they often work hard themselves.

[ionised]

Except evidence overwhelmingly shows immigration acts as a net positive for a developed economy.

[drb91]

A rising tide lifts all.

[chris_wot]

What if I asked you for direct evidence to back your assertion?