Interesting read, thanks kg.
Whoever made the original assertion that Americans won't do certain jobs is obviously biased. I mean, come on, it's basic economics. If there is excess demand for menial laborers in the American farming labor market and insufficient supply, then we will see wages (the incentive for laborers to enter the market) rise to the point where workers will want to work for farms, and supply of labor will eventually meet demand. If the demand is really there, then the market will correct itself (and we will see farmhands making much higher wages).
The only reason why people would say they need Mexican migrant workers is because they don't want to pay those high wages - or offer medical, or dental, or whatever - and if there's ever any sort of labor dispute, hell just deport the workers.
Shameful.
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