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sol_remmy2on Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two

If you look at immigration rates over the past 50 years, the US comes far far ahead.

The US look a majority of its immigrants in the 90s and early 2000s, while Sweden took near-zero immigrants until 10 years ago.

Additionally, many Western European 'immigrants' are actually just people moving between different Western European countries.

sol_remmy2on Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two

If you exclude Christian lower income people, that no longer holds true.

sol_remmy2on Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two

Western European countries hardly take immigrants. When you live in a homogenous, solely middle-class country like Sweden/Denmark/Norway, of course everything seems nice and comfortable.

But America accepts some very poor immigrants and allows them to make money and be lifted up. Those are many of the people you saw on the bus.

sol_remmy2on In a Hot Labor Market, Some Employees Are 'Ghosting' Bad Bosses

How come employers can't blacklist these badly behaving employees who don't give any notice before they quit?

Because government regulations only allows past employers to verify that 1) yes the employee worked here 2) this was his job title and 3) these are the date ranges when he worked. Telling anything about "was he a good employee or not" is grounds for a lawsuit.

That has removed incentives for employees to give notice before they quit.