Mass Deportation and Tariff Wars.... What's our endgame?

[astonmartin708]

What happens to the economy when you take a tight labor market and remove a bunch of the lowest paid labor responsible for agricultural production as well as construction and menial labor?

When combined with Tariff driven price increases are we staring at a nuke being dropped on the US GDP the likes of which we haven't seen since 1930?

 

[aTUfan]

that cheap labor force receives billions in additional compensation from the Government.

you back fill with able bodies from Government welfare.

win, win for the American Tax Payers.

 

[astonmartin708]

that cheap labor force receives billions in additional compensation from the Government.

you back fill with able bodies from Government welfare.

win, win for the American Tax Payers.

1. Any cheap labor force will receive billions from the government. Ask Walmart executives about it.

2. The labor market is already incredibly tight. How many people, capable of extremely strenuous physical labor, do you think aren’t working who could be?

3. Do they all live in agricultural areas? How are you going to hire that many workers before food starts rotting in fields?

4. This will drastically raise grocery prices. I thought you wanted cheap eggs?

Your entire premise sounds like Herbert Hoover "The fundamental business of the country, that is, production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis."

He said that 4 days prior to the largest stock market crash in US history,

 

[aTUfan]

1. Any cheap labor force will receive billions from the government. Ask Walmart executives about it.

2. The labor market is already incredibly tight. How many people, capable of extremely strenuous physical labor, do you think aren’t working who could be?

3. Do they all live in agricultural areas? How are you going to hire that many workers before food starts rotting in fields?

4. This will drastically raise grocery prices. I thought you wanted cheap eggs?

Your entire premise sounds like Herbert Hoover "The fundamental business of the country, that is, production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis."

He said that 4 days prior to the largest stock market crash in US history,

we did it in the 40s and 50, without them, and if they didn't make enough at one job, they worked a second

 

[lawpoke87]

My guess and it’s completely a guess (might be wishful thinking as well).

1). I believe tariffs will be used more as a threat than a tool. That’s not to say tariffs won’t be enacted because come will come to pass. However, the threat of tariffs will be used to attempt to even the playing field with our trading partners who impose higher tariffs on our goods than we do theirs. I also believe tarrifs will be used to “encourage” foreign companies to build manufacturing plants in the U.S. I assume there will also be a carrot for those companies who do move manufacturing to our soil.

I do not expect tariffs to significantly raise inflation. The Pubs saw what just happened in the election and will not want to repeat the same imo

2). Deportation of illegals: My hope is we will take a measured approach here in trying to clean up the massive mess created over the past four years. We have millions and millions of illegals in the country. We have done an extremely poor job of keeping track of the same. If you’re in this country illegally and you break the law you should be deported. If you’re a gang member you should be deported.

We need to get a handle on who is here and where they are. A pause in accepting immigrants until we get this situation under control would be prudent. Canada just implemented such a program. I’m against mass round ups and deportation of illegals who have a good work history.