American Farmers Moving To Mexico As Illegals Forced To Leave
February 23, 2008 Sean Wilson--
Cheap labor barons have been hurt by the lack of cheap labor in the form of illegal aliens. In fact, some have been hurt so much that they are moving their businesses. Where else would they move them, but Mexico?
Farmers Would Rather Move Farming To Mexico Than Pay Americans Better Wages—The Lie Is Exposed
Some American farmers are moving south of the border, renting and leasing large parcels of land to farm. That’s right, these farmers simply do not want to pay better wages to Americans.
The whole lie that Americans won’t do the work that illegals aliens do is just that—a lie. We are starting to see the truth come to light. People who have been hiring illegal aliens would rather take their businesses to Mexico than pay American workers wages consistent with the standard of living in America.
These farmers still argue that Americans don’t want farm jobs. That’s another lie. The media is always quick to attempt frightening Americans with tales of impending economic doom that will result if we stop illegal immigration. There are plenty of Americans who will do farm work—just not for the wages that farmers pay illegal aliens. That is basic economics.
Why do you think we have tens of thousands of legal immigrants from Mexico and India each year while just a bit over 2000 from Ireland for example? Do cheap labor barons want more immigrants from nations that have the highest standard of living in Europe and that will expect decent wages, or do they want those immigrants from nations that have large populations that will work for low wages? That, too, is economics—just not what they love to point out in your college economics classes.
Cheap labor is at the center of this issue on the one hand. On the other, it is about greedy people who would rather move their business overseas than pay wages more in line with a nation that has a higher standard of living. Just because it involves agriculture does not mean that wages should not increase as in other sectors. If a nation’s standard of living increases to the point that no one wants to do a particular kind of labor for the wages paid to perform that job, either wages must go up or you must find a way to lower production and labor costs—or you go out of business.
Most people will say that they are only doing what is smart from a business standpoint and moving a business out of the USA as other companies have done. This is true and that is also basic economics. It is also true that they are creating vulnerabilities in the American economy and our national security by their doing so, and that is called your basic greed. The problem with all outsourcing is that it creates vulnerabilities outside the control of the enchesty doing the outsourcing.
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