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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, that's why farmers are having trouble getting enough labor to harvest fruits and vegetables now that illegal immigration has slowed.  Non-immigrants aren't willing to do the work.

I've also heard plenty of parents on here suggest that a retail or food service job is beneath their teens who should instead be spending all their time on more prestigious activities.[/quote]

No, they're having trouble because it's backbreaking, physical labor done in full sun. No one wants to do it. [b]They could find more people if they raised the hourly rates[/b], but farmers are still skeptical they'd find enough. Not to mention the price of food would have to increase to a point that might affect the overall economy.

The Trump kind are right about one thing: importing cheap labor has kept American wages suppressed. They're calling us on our hypocrisy. Are you willing to buy a $10 gallon of milk produced by well-paid citizens with benefits? Because that's what it will take to find Americans willing to do physically uncomfortable jobs.[/quote]

Agree with this.  They can't find people willing to do the job for the low wage they want to pay people to do it.  [/quote]

[b]Our entire economic system it seems to be based off of wanting cheap goods and cheap labor.[/b][/quote]

Yup. Outside of super-expensive urban centers, everyone, at every income level, assumes that everyone needs a bedroom, all drivers need a car, when you need a tv, computer, etc., you should just get one, all homes have central air/heat, "shopping" should be a recreational activity, clothes, furniture, home gadgets should all be available when we want them. Even the shift to "experiences" vs. stuff runs on the idea that everyone should be able to get tickets to this that or the other, and have the gas to get there, the money to eat out, the phone to record it all ...

If we went back to what consumer goods really cost in the 1950s, say, many of us would feel very deprived. We've built an economy out of disposable goods and restaurants. I think it will be very, very difficult to raise wages sufficiently because Americans will protest loudly when prices go up significantly. It would also slow down consumer spending.[/quote]

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