novalis comments on Any existential risk angles to the US presidential election? - Less Wrong

-9 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 20 September 2012 09:44AM

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Comment author: novalis 20 September 2012 09:22:13PM 1 point [-]

Why would more less-skilled immigrants be bad for business? Wouldn't that mean both more consumers and cheaper labor?

Comment author: James_Miller 20 September 2012 09:45:59PM 1 point [-]

I'm not claiming that low skilled immigrants harm business just that higher skilled ones are better for economic growth than lower skilled immigrants are.

Comment author: novalis 20 September 2012 11:37:19PM 0 points [-]

If they're available in equal numbers, sure. But that seems unlikely to be the case.