> And what exactly are we going to have them do that doesn't suck and isn't low wage? I am not saying that we need to retrain all existing farmers. Instead, I

> And what exactly are we going to have them do that doesn't suck and isn't low wage? I am not saying that we need to retrain all existing farmers. Instead, I am saying that we should simply discourage more people going into that industry, instead of what the original poster was claiming, which is that we'd need more people there. > The point you are missing is that jobs that suck still have to be done We don't need more people in that industry, no. We can have less in that industry. > what are those people to do At a very minimum we shouldn't be adding more problems by encourage more people to go into these bad jobs, is the point though. That would just make things worse.