Justice Democrats and the Sunrise Movement release their Biden cabinet wishlist:
- Treasury: Warren
- Labor: Bernie Sanders
- AG: Keith Ellison
- State: Barbara Lee
- HUD: Rashida Tlaib
- HHS: Pramila Jayapal
- Interior: Deb Haaland
Restricting Immigration Makes Americans Richer, Not Poorer
Does importing millions of foreign workers make Americans better off? For tens of millions of Americans, the answer is no.
Restricting Immigration Makes Americans Richer, Not Poorer
The Economic Policy Institute estimates that immigrants contributed about $743 billion to U.S. GDP in 2011, a little less than 15 percent of total GDP. Almost all of that money went to immigrants themselves as income.
Most of the remainder was captured by businesses, who benefit from cheaper labor. Harvard professor George Borjas finds that for every 10 percent increase in the size of a given labor pool due to immigration, workers’ wages in that pool decline 3 percent.
Boeing Faces Possible FAA Penalties Tied to 2015 Safety Settlement
U.S. aviation authorities are considering new safety-related penalties or other enforcement action against Boeing Co. BA +0.34% , according to a person briefed on the details, even as they prepare to allow the plane maker’s beleaguered 737 MAX fleet back in the air as soon as the middle of next week.
Boeing Faces Possible FAA Penalties Tied to 2015 Safety Settlement
White-Collar Workers of America 