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The wage suppression and agitation for imported labor has cultural impacts more serious than supply and demand. The message sinks in that the occupations are low prestige, regardless of earnings. High prestige occupations don't get kicked around like that.

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How does that apply to the wage disparities in, say, the UK? From what I gather the wages there seem depressed moreso than, say, in the US.

Isn't the same thing happening with doctors? I see a lot of doctors from outside the US. I'm not sure what would be a higher prestige profession. I think the message is that just about everybody gets kicked around.

Those Doctors are eager to come here as the wages for Doctors here is very high. Also there is a much larger bar to entry for being a Doctor then an Engineer so there has been a shortage in the US.

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