Comment by davidw

> So you're saying deepening the labor pool doesn't push wages down?

Do you know what the current population of the US is compared to 100 years ago? And yet, we're much better off now.

Economics is not a zero sum game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy

Here are a few companies founded by immigrants or their children:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2011/06/19/40-per...