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American strawberry farms would not exist without illegal immigration, that’s just a fact. No one would buy domestic strawberries picked by someone making an Am
by colinmhayes 4y ago
American strawberry farms would not exist without illegal immigration, that’s just a fact. No one would buy domestic strawberries picked by someone making an American wage when the imported strawberries cost half as much.
- usr1106 4y agoSo the American government / society works according the same principles as Uber does. Let's take the earnings ourselves by exploiting others in weak positions. They can stand for the costs and the risks.
- usr1106 4y agoA more civilized way of solving the problem is by customs. Foreign products don't have unfair advantages and the country can use the collected money to produce public services.
- rayiner 4y agoIf growing strawberries is important to us, we could just apply heavy tariffs on imported strawberries.
- colinmhayes 4y agoRaising food prices is a non starter politically.
- rayiner 4y agoSomehow Western European countries manage to have domestic workers grow their food at decent wages, even if it means higher food prices. Why can’t we?
- usr1106 4y ago> domestic workers That's a bit of a stretch. Finnish agriculture (which is rather small) has not been able to live without Ukrainian and Vietnamese workers for several years. But there are legal frameworks to get them the required permits. It's not free of problems, all kind of exploitation happens. But then the rules will be tightened again. I think it's the same over most of Western Europe, with domestic workers alone farming could stop.