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> Farmers in Alabama are fretting that crops may rot in the ground for a lack of workers to bring in the harvest. This is a constant claim, but it's not really
by wmil 9y ago
> Farmers in Alabama are fretting that crops may rot in the ground for a lack of workers to bring in the harvest.
This is a constant claim, but it's not really true.
Some of the crop will always rot in the field since all plants don't ripen at exactly the same time and it's only economical to do a certain number of harvests.
Farmers could always use cheaper labour, so they'll always complain about the price. But there's no real disaster.
The pilot problem is real, but it's entirely a result of airlines paying low salaries for the past 15 years or so.
- randomdata 9y agoThe underpinning to this issue is that these jobs aren't actually necessary. If the population was going to starve if that crop wasn't harvested, or if the population was going to die without that flight, the money to find farmhands/pilots would appear pretty quickly. But luxuries are only desirable up to a certain price point. We don't normally do work for the sake of working. We work to provide what people want, at a price that is agreeable to all parties. If an agreeable price isn't found, it means not that we need to find people, it means the work to be provided isn't really wanted by anyone in the first place.