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Using illegals for cheap labor - This absolutely helps the economy and replacing them with legal labor will hurt the economy (without other policy changes). For example, let's say Farmer Joe is currently paying Jose $1/hour. Jose gets deported. Farmer Joe is now forced to hire Ben at $8/hour (or whatever minimum wage is wherever this farm is). Assuming Jose wasn't a just a weird exception to an otherwise legal working force, Farmer Joe's cost of labor has now increased by about 8x. This means he's going to need to raise the prices of his crops, which means food is now more expensive. So where does that leave us? Farmer Joe makes just as much money as he used to, Jose has been deported to Mexico where his family will likely starve, and Ben will now struggle to get by even more because the price of food has gone up but his pay really hasn't.
Taxes - my simple answer is, No he won't. Donald Trump is not only known as a business man, but he's running as a business man. Why would he push for legislation that bad's for business and will make him less rich? That's the exact opposite of what he wants to do. If he really, truly cared that much and is more than willing to cut into his profits for the benefit of poor/working class Americans, then why does he do a large amount of business with China, which according to him is the second biggest reason that "the American dream is in trouble"? He runs luxury resorts and hotels and that kind of thing, so it's not like he can't have a higher $ amount to cover the extra price of having manufacturing done in America.
Why is the media blasting him - It's because he can't open his mouth without saying something that's either incredibly rude or absolutely pointless. You can't just say something completely hollow and then expect the very people you're attacking to give credence to your words. If you're going to literally be the voice of the nation, I for one would rather have someone that's not going to call non-Americans rapists and murders.
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