.@hiltzikm: what in Elmendorf's "average wages for the entire labor force would be 0.1 percent lower in 2023" isn't clear??? #immigration

.@24AheadDotCom Try reading it. CBO, p 4 "the addl people who would become residents under the legislation would earn lower wages...(1/2)

.@24AheadDotCom (2/2)"..., on average, than other residents, which would pull down the average wage and per capita GNP." Get it now?

.@hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom Even if no effect on "current workers'" wages, wouldn't wages of illegal alien "current workers" rise...

.@hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom ...implying that American citizens' might fall under "no wage change?"

RT @hiltzikm: .@24AheadDotCom Because influx of lower-wage workers brings the avg down. CBO: doesnt "imply that current US residents would …

.@hiltzikm: pretend you're a cashier at the Cucamonga #Walmart. Will #immigration reform result in *new* competitors for your job?

.@hiltzikm: what part of lower avg wages for a decade - most at low end - isn't clear? Take it up with CBO Dir. Elmendorf if you disagree.

.@24AheadDotCom I'm clear and Elmendorf's clear: But you can't read English.

.@hiltzikm: CBO Dir. Elmendorf: "...would be 0.1% lower in 2023 and 0.5% higher in 2033 under the legislation than under current law"

.@24AheadDotCom Because influx of lower-wage workers brings the avg down. CBO: doesnt "imply that current US residents would be worse off."

@hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom Thanks Hiltzik, the simplest problems seemed to be ignored.

.@milo9 @hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom Don't the CBO numbers assume that enforcement provisions of bill will be honored? Never were in past.

@Glaivester @hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom Current immigration is near zero. Why? No jobs. Employers must be punished if they employ undocked.

.@milo9 @hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom Are you advocating punishing employers or saying that they ARE being punished?

@Glaivester @hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom Punish employers for breaking the law.

.@milo9 @hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom Gang of 8 #CIR bill gives amnesty to EMPLOYERS who hired illegal aliens in past. http://t.co/kamZBbmGSX

.@milo9 @hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom Moreover, bill scraps current E-Verify system, promises to replace it - eventually.

@Glaivester @hiltzikm @24AheadDotCom That's no good. But I have to verify that. It sounds like a RW meme.

.@hiltzikm: CBO Dir. Elmendorf: "CBO.. estimates also show that average wages for the entire labor force would be 0.1 percent lower in 2023"

.@hiltzikm: how #immigration "reform" will harm lower-skilled Americans: 24ahead.com/s/immigration-wage-floor Did you know that & not care?

.@24AheadDotCom Not really impressed with your math (or reading) skills. Adequate fantasist, though.

.@hiltzikm: shouldn't you - as an American - be more concerned with raising relative wages of your fellow citizens than of foreign citizens?

RT @24AheadDotCom: .@hiltzikm: about the "underground economy", since most people know you mean foreign citizens who are here illegally, wh…

.@hiltzikm: about the "underground economy", since most people know you mean foreign citizens who are here illegally, why the euphemism?

@24AheadDotCom @FalconhunterNRA @hiltzikm Because by controlling language, they control thought.