Joan Walsh's fantasy world | a Twitter conversation
Joan Walsh's fantasy world
Joan Walsh of Salon lives in a fantasy world where McDonald's will have to raise wages *and* where we can have mass immigration of low-skilled labor.
It doesn't work that way.
In "Poverty nation: How America created a low-wage work swamp" ( peekURL.com/zxARmxv ) she complains about the titular subject, all without mentioning the role of immigration. Her fantasy world won't let her mention that.
There's a reason why McDonald's is a strong supporter of immigration reform, and it isn't because they're nice guys. It's because they know that more lower-skilled workers means lower wage costs for them. It's a simple matter of supply and demand: more workers means lower wages.
Here are some questions for her.
It doesn't work that way.
In "Poverty nation: How America created a low-wage work swamp" ( peekURL.com/zxARmxv ) she complains about the titular subject, all without mentioning the role of immigration. Her fantasy world won't let her mention that.
There's a reason why McDonald's is a strong supporter of immigration reform, and it isn't because they're nice guys. It's because they know that more lower-skilled workers means lower wage costs for them. It's a simple matter of supply and demand: more workers means lower wages.
Here are some questions for her.
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joanwalshhttp://t.co/wK0qH9y5sy editor at large, MSNBC political analyst, author of What's the Matter With White People? Finding Our Way in the Next AmericaIf this user replies, it will be added to the list of tweets below. If you see no replies below, they have not replied.
11 years ago.@joanwalsh: if 10% of illegal aliens left the U.S., would #McDonalds raise, lower, or keep the same their wages?
11 years ago.@joanwalsh: why does #McDonalds want #immigration "reform" as much as you & Obama do? What does McDonald's hope to gain?