either the jobs are important enough to pay more for (to attract citizens), or they’re not.

in either case the consumer is worse off, but in the first case the people who got jobs are better off. the question is of course, “by how much?” then “how do we weigh these things against each other?” and “is it our place to pick winners and losers?”

(the last one only libertarians even ask, everyone else assumes the answer is yes, except shitlibs who ask it only when it’s politically convenient)

it didn’t even make good economic arguments, except on immigration. (and of course anti-immigration folks would be unpersuaded. they are happy to make the trade anyway)

forbes has followed the economist down the drain i guess