• [email protected]
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    2 months ago

    Amongst all of his lies, this one made the least sense. How could they possibly increase the cost of living when they barely meet it?

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      2 months ago

      i think the logic is that more people for the same amount of houses, although construction itself relies on immigrant labor, so is self correcting

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        2 months ago

        I blame the zero interest rate the fed had during Covid. Now folks have locked their rate and have little incentive to sell.

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        2 months ago

        As long as that’s the labor the immigrants are intending to do… Otherwise you get a situation like Canada has where IT professionals from India arrive to find they have few job prospects but still need a place to live.