reductio ad absurdum! If I was earning $5 per hour I wouldn't be looking for $20. It would be nice to get $5.50 and $6 would of course be better. > For one pou

reductio ad absurdum! If I was earning $5 per hour I wouldn't be looking for $20. It would be nice to get $5.50 and $6 would of course be better. > For one pound of iceberg lettuce, which costs about $1.20 on average, farmers receive 40 cents and farmworkers get 13 of those 40 cents. An 1.6666666% increase in price would be a 15% increase in salary. (say 1.7%) >The BLS data show that expenditures by households (referred to in the data as “consumer units”) in 2019 was $320 on fresh fruits and $295 on fresh vegetables, amounting to $615 a year or $11.80 per week. In addition, households spent an additional $110 on processed fruits and $145 on processed vegetables. $320 fresh fruits + 1.7% = $325.44 per year $295 fresh vegetables + 1.7% = $300.01 per year sub-total: $615 + 1.7% = $625.45 per year $11.80 + 1.7% = $12 per week $110 processed fruits + 1.7% = $111.87 $145 processed vegetables + 1.7% = $147.46 $255 + 1.7% = 259.33 Total without extra pay: $255 + $615 = $870 Total with extra pay: 259.33 + $625.45 = $884.79 The difference is $14.79 !!!