This is a good thread. One thing it doesn't mention: The recent increase in immigration hasn't just coincided with historically low unemployment and strong wage growth for U.S.-born workers, but also, with an all-time high in *job satisfaction.*
Heidi Shierholz @hshierholz
Feb 20
The immigrant share of the labor force reached a record high of 18.6% in 2023. As a result, anti-immigration forces have been out in full force with a deeply misguided chorus of “immigrants are taking all our jobs.” Here are some key facts, to set the record straight. 1/

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CBO estimating new immigrants will contribute $7 trillion to GDP over a decade, about $50,000 in income/wealth per household on average.
David Doney @David_Charts
Feb 18
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CBO had a shocker of a statistic, that new immigrants will contribute almost $7 trillion to the economy over the next decade. That's about $50,000 in income/wealth for every household in America. MSNBC did a superb job covering...watch this! 13/
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Immigration is an issue that is nearly impossible to solve in a neutral media regime. Need Dem aligned news outlets organizing on the issue in same place people get their sports and weather.
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Replying to @EricLevitz @klhoughton
Replacements for members of the January 2020 workforce happy with current state of affairs. Those replaced not asked for comment.
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Heidi Shierholz is just the greatest; I'm so happy she's on here sharing these threads and wisdom.
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Is the argument here that there should be no limits whatsoever to the flow of migrants to the US?
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where all the threads on Oligarch? where is the 'heat' on all that.... even when someone lays it out it gets no heat, why is that?
Brad Setser
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Feb 20
I am often surprised to learn that the tax avoidance shenanigans of large US companies aren't well known, even in DC. And there are some rather egregious examples. Take one large pharmaceutical company that gets the majority of its revenues in the US 1/
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who are they interviewing for this survey
Replying to @EricLevitz @jdcmedlock
We don’t have wage growth you fucking dildo. We also don’t have “record low unemployment.” They changed how they calculate employment just to achieve this effect. It would be around 25 percent if calculated in the old and realistic way.
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Telling others about your company is the best I can do to repay you for everything you do for me, putting a smile on my face every time I get my return , people like you are what the world needs more, keep up the good work @michelle_payne0