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US Middle Class real median household income DOWN : https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/MEHOINUSA672N

Cost of employees as percentage of sales down : http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/2015/05/profit-margins... Specifically : http://i2.wp.com/www.philosophicaleconomics.com/wp-content/u...

labor bargaining power has weakened substantially amid globalization

US citizens not as enthusiastic about more immigration as are the US elite: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100593528

as recently as 2012, 69 percent of those surveyed agree that "we should restrict and control people coming to live in our country more than we do now."

The MSM often only presents one side of the story.

There is NO evidence of US labor shortage. In fact, with stagnant to down real labor prices, the only logical conclusion is that there is a glut.

Corporate and Academic control of more and more guest worker visas is not really a great idea.



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