This blog contains posts and comments written by students in Dr. Tufte's economics classes at Southern Utah University.
3/31/2006
Bush's Temporary Worker Plan
As many of us are aware, illegal immigration is becoming an issue of greater concern daily. The effect that such illegal immigration has on our country’s economy is very powerful. President Bush has proposed a "Temporary Worker" plan which will enable illegal immigrants a chance to legally obtain work in the United States 
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-1 on Parker's post for spelling errors.
I'm not ambivalent about this issue, but I have more questions than answers. Here are two.
1) Has anyone considered the fact that we could get rid of this problem by making the U.S. a lousy place to live? I didn't think so. If we don't want to do that, then we will have to live with a positive inflow of people.
2) The theory of how technology impacts economic growth shows that an individuals wage levels are determined by both their own skills and the level of technology which surrounds them. This is why most jobs pay less in Cedar City than elsewhere. So, is it wrong for you to move where the pay is better? If so, is it illegal for someone else to do that if they cross a dashed pink line in an atlas? And precisely who should bother us more: someone who moves to make their life better, or someone who slacks off because the situation is pretty sweet where they live?
P.S. I'm inclined to agree with Rico on this one. It is one thing to be for or against immigration. It is quite another to be supporting poor choices that we ought to be discouraging. I'm much more in favor of appropriately shaping the fact of immigration (say, by eliminating bilingualism) than reducing its numbers.
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