alt Hacker NewsWhere did my standard of living go? Couldnt possibly have to do with imported labor working around the clock under the threat of being kicked out of the country
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maest • yesterday at 9:19 PM
Cheap labour producing goods for the native population at low costs should increase your standard of living, no? It makes the products you buy cheaper.
By your logic, if you were the only person in the country, you'd live like a king.
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For tech jobs specifically? Compensation has been increasing since the turn of the millennium, what standard of living do you mean? If you mean housing, that's due mainly to NIMBYism from native labor buying and owning houses, especially before the tech boom, not imported labor.