That is an insane amount.
Comment on NYC Pays Over $300 a Night for Budget Hotel Rooms for Migrants
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They have upwards of 60,000 illegals in their care.
60,000 * 300 * 365 is 6,570,000,000 dollars. Even if families get the same room, thats still well over a billion dollars. Thats just in NYC.
I kinda feel bad for them, even if they did want to be a santuary city despite the warnings.
The NYPost backs my math up. nypost.com/…/nyc-now-preparing-to-spend-staggerin…
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 1 year ago
chulo_sinhatche@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The $300 average includes food and other services not normally included in a typical hotel rate. Also, the city can opt out of any of its individual contracts at any time if the migrant population in need of shelter reduces.
This is not the same as housing the homeless, who often will need some form of housing and care from the city/state for their entire lives due to mental illness and/or disability. This is an investment in a future American workforce.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 year ago
All true, but importing cheap labor is not a good thing for workers.
Also, I still think 300 is quite high, even if food is included.
chulo_sinhatche@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean, fast food companies and restaurants are hiring children so I think more people in the workforce is a good thing.
Also, most Americans don’t want to pick vegetables in the field or clean bathroom stalls. These people are willing to do the dirty jobs that are necessary for our current way of life.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They hire children because they’re cheap and abusable. They need to pay more.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s the problem. There are many Americans who can pick vegetables but lack the work ethic to pick vegetables. We shouldn’t import people because other people are lazy.
ArtemZ@nowoke.social 1 year ago
I submitted applications to all restoraunts around me and never heard back. Just lies.