Who's Getting the New Jobs?

[Peter1x9]

A startling new study shows that all of the growth in the employed population in the United States over the past few years can be attributed to recently arrived immigrants.

The study found that from the beginning of 2001 through the first four months of 2004, the number of new immigrants who found work in the U.S. was 2.06 million, while the number of native-born and longer-term immigrant workers declined by more than 1.3 million.

The study, from the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, is further confirmation that despite the recovery from the recession of 2001, American families are still struggling with serious issues of joblessness and underemployment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/23/opinion/23herb.html?hp

[billybob537]

1. You want fries with that?

[wryter2000]

3. Exactly

If the RW gets wind of this, they'll start screaming "Immigrants are taking our jobs!," when what's really happening (my best guess) is what we've said all along: the economy is creating very bad jobs.

[physioex]

4. I agree...

Immigrants are the perfect kind of people to employ, they won't complain and will typically work for less wages. As far the RW is concerned, there more the better because it makes their bottom line higher..... But it's not the Immigrants fault, this country needs to look at its policies....

[wryter2000]

2. Interresting

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=114&topic_id=7755

Another study from the same institute. Also, the original study is at http://www.nupr.neu.edu/4-04/corporate_profits.pdf. If that doesn't work, google rising tide corporate profits.

[Moderator]

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