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Gotten? Like I’m on the payroll or I’m freaking out?
Shit jobs could be better if they paid more. No shit? The issue isn’t the pay. The issue is with consumers. Regular people had a hard enough time justifying buying fresh produce before all of this shit went down. Raising the wage on seasonal labor only makes the problem worse. Face it, there are just some jobs where cheap labor is desirable for everyone. Many of the wealthiest nations have access to cheap labor markets and use them because the average consumer is unwilling to pay a premium. Hell people are going nuts because inflation is up. People near border states benefit from cheap home prices because most of the time it’s built using migrant workers. Same goes for produce or meat. If we got rid of all 11 million migrant workers at once, the entire system would go to shit.
It’s a political issue the right uses to strike fear in the base that suddenly migrant workers will be building cars at a GM plant. That’s not how it works but politicians do a wonderful job framing it that way.
The GOP had the chance from 2016-2018 to pass meaningful immigration reform but instead lowered taxes for the rich. There’s a reason why.
You know we have indexes for food prices right? The rampant illegal problem in the US is so helpful to reducing prices that a chunk of Europe, Canada, Scandinavia and Australia all have lower food prices than the US. It's almost like there's no benefit whatsoever and it's a feel-good narrative of bullshit.