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by mwbajor 876 days ago
Why does everyone support wall streets "increase GDP at all costs" immigration platform? It seems to be astroturfed alot.

Pay a country's people more so that they have more time/resources to dedicate to making a family. Even better, incentivize families. Or is that too expensive for bankers?
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dukeyukey 876 days ago
> Why does everyone support wall streets "increase GDP at all costs" immigration platform?

All else being equal, more GDP (per person) means more wealth per person. More housing space, more heating, more antibiotics and children's sledges. So yeah, I support more GDP.

> Pay a country's people more so that they have more time/resources to dedicate to making a family

We've tried that; doesn't work. Not much at least. Sweden and France have had a bit of success, but not enough to even get back to sustainable fertility levels, let alone natural population growth.

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adriancr 876 days ago
> Pay a country's people more so that they have more time/resources to dedicate to making a family. Even better, incentivize families. Or is that too expensive for bankers?

For that to happen, resources need to be reallocated from somewhere else towards this. For that to happen, people would need to express this via voting.

> Why does everyone support wall streets "increase GDP at all costs" immigration platform?

Those resources don't come out of nowhere, so there is a need for immigration as well to get work done.

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mwbajor 876 days ago
"Those resources don't come out of nowhere, so there is a need for immigration as well to get work done."

Efficiency gains in a process certainly create extra "resources" whatever they might be. But I do applaud you for not saying "we need immigration because we need ethnic food" like most people say nowadays.

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adriancr 876 days ago
> Efficiency gains in a process certainly create extra "resources" whatever they might be.

Sure, and most of the world has much better lives already because of that then their parents.

This is excluding US which had a unique position after ww2 which has eroded to some extent but is still much better then the rest of the world..

> But I do applaud you for not saying "we need immigration because we need ethnic food" like most people say nowadays.

I would guess that is dismissive on purpose, people saying that are avoiding a potentially sensitive topic which they do not care to engage in. (which I probably should as well, so yes, ethnic food is the reason)

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