So when you bring in millions of people across the border that have similar skill sets, and they're often willing to sell their skill sets for even less money. Social Security actuary reports now modeling a flattening of wage growth, that's one of the things that's actually shortened the life of the Social Security trust fund by a year. So next time someone says, oh, we just open up the borders, that will take care of the Social Security trust fund. Turns out it doesn't work that way. (19:31–19:43)
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Asserts that flattening wage growth has shortened the Social Security trust fund's life by a year.
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