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I mean, the market does. Most people won't pay an 50% on food because the farmers pay a living wage.

JaimeThompson 7y ago
How much of the cost of food is from how much it costs to harvest it? I find it difficult to believe that even doubling the cost of harvesting would cause the price to increase by 50%.
- Zenst 7y ago
  Labour does play a big part in farming and things like fruit - a lions share of the costs in farm to market. Overall - this may be of interest: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/851845/fbs-farmaccountsengland-13dec19.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
xienze 7y ago
> I mean, the market does. Most people won't pay an 50% on food because the farmers pay a living wage. I always get a chuckle hearing this talk from the sort of people pushing for $15/hr fast food wages.
- random314 7y ago
  Why do you get a chuckle? Can you explain?
  - xienze 7y ago
    Because it’s seemingly impossible to pay farm workers real money but fast food workers? No problem!
    - random314 7y ago
      The minimum wage would apply to everyone. Both fast food workers and farm workers. What is your point?
      - xienze 7y ago
        So let’s break it down like this, since apparently HN isn’t smart enough to see the hypocrisy of the situation. Liberals: pay fast food workers $15 an hour! Conservatives: that will dramatically increase food prices and lead to layoffs. Liberals: no it won’t! Fear mongering! Conservatives: let’s stop illegal immigration. Liberals: who’s gonna pick vegetables then??? Conservatives: Americans Liberals: impossible! That will lead to dramatically higher food prices! That’s why I get a kick out of this. It’s the same arguments repeated by both sides.
        random314 7y ago
        You seem to be obsessed with minimizing food prices as the end goal of liberals. It is not. This argument is entirely inside your head. Check Switzerland for a society with high food prices and high minimum wage. This is the kind of society liberals are advocating for.

How much of the cost of food is from how much it costs to harvest it? I find it difficult to believe that even doubling the cost of harvesting would cause the price to increase by 50%.

Zenst 7y ago
Labour does play a big part in farming and things like fruit - a lions share of the costs in farm to market. Overall - this may be of interest: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/851845/fbs-farmaccountsengland-13dec19.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

xienze 7y ago

> I mean, the market does. Most people won't pay an 50% on food because the farmers pay a living wage. I always get a chuckle hearing this talk from the sort of people pushing for $15/hr fast food wages.

random314 7y ago
Why do you get a chuckle? Can you explain?
- xienze 7y ago
  Because it’s seemingly impossible to pay farm workers real money but fast food workers? No problem!
  - random314 7y ago
    The minimum wage would apply to everyone. Both fast food workers and farm workers. What is your point?
    - xienze 7y ago
      So let’s break it down like this, since apparently HN isn’t smart enough to see the hypocrisy of the situation. Liberals: pay fast food workers $15 an hour! Conservatives: that will dramatically increase food prices and lead to layoffs. Liberals: no it won’t! Fear mongering! Conservatives: let’s stop illegal immigration. Liberals: who’s gonna pick vegetables then??? Conservatives: Americans Liberals: impossible! That will lead to dramatically higher food prices! That’s why I get a kick out of this. It’s the same arguments repeated by both sides.
      - random314 7y ago
        You seem to be obsessed with minimizing food prices as the end goal of liberals. It is not. This argument is entirely inside your head. Check Switzerland for a society with high food prices and high minimum wage. This is the kind of society liberals are advocating for.