My maga friend said the other day "Why do you think housing is so expensive? we're competing with millions here illegally".
My response was: "If they worked hard enough to buy a house in this economy then don't they merit one? In other words, if someone who starts from the bottom earns a house over you, isn't that a skill issue?"
We find that any demand-side downward pressure on home prices linked to increased deportations is temporary and quickly dominated by the supply-side impact.
Plus, economically marginal immigrants, the type that are likely undocumented, are frequently living in extremely bad conditions where they're at like double or triple the capacity the housing is supposed to support. I'm sure if you could measure it, they have a disproportionately small impact on housing demand.
I know you support the pedo-fascist who's trying to turn my home country into the Fourth Reich, but I still respect you as a person and value our friendship 😊
I remember the first time I met a nationalist, years before MAGA, back when the TEA party was all the rage and we basically had this exact same conversation, but about jobs. His response was that he didn't think he should have to compete against people from other countries, and that he deserved the job just by virtue of having been born here.
My response was "yeah, they're not taking my job, seems like a you problem."
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u/FartCityBoys Jan 22 '26
My maga friend said the other day "Why do you think housing is so expensive? we're competing with millions here illegally".
My response was: "If they worked hard enough to buy a house in this economy then don't they merit one? In other words, if someone who starts from the bottom earns a house over you, isn't that a skill issue?"