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Because when they do that Americans on average won't buy the produce, and opt instead for cheaper imports. You can make such a system work of course but you ha
by ska 8y ago
Because when they do that Americans on average won't buy the produce, and opt instead for cheaper imports.
You can make such a system work of course but you have to convince or force (e.g. via import duties) Americans to accept paying more for food - quite a bit more.
- chrisbennet 8y agoThat seems obvious and makes intuitive sense - but it turns out its wrong. "GIVING THE 3.5 million workers picking produce on American farms a raise to match the $15 an hour many fast food workers are fighting for sounds unaffordable, right? Not really. According to University of California-Davis agricultural labor economist Philip Martin, the likely additional cost to American shoppers of that wage hike would be about $20 a year." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2016/03/31/can-we-afford-to-pay-u-s-farmworkers-more/?user.testname=photogallery:3 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/t...