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Business wants immigration reform. Why? Because they can't find enough workers
- blacksqr 12y agoPhony farm labor shortage is phony: www.cnbc.com/id/48847903 "the dire farm labor shortage forecasts of 2011 had absolutely flunked the test of reality. As it turned out, 2011 was one of the best years on record for American farms." Etc.
- blacksqr 12y agoFARMERS SOLVE LABOR SHORTAGE BY RAISING PAY: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/24/famers-solve-labor-shortage-by-raising-pay.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/24/famers-solv...
- esbranson 12y ago> Business wants immigration reform. Why? Because they can't find enough slave laborers (cnn.com) FTFY
- noir_lord 12y agoBusiness wants immigration reform. Why? Because they can't find enough workers for what they are willing to pay. Slavery is when you sell people, Capitalism is when they sell themselves. (Note: I just like the saying, I'm pro-market regulated capitalism).
- dragonwriter 12y agoMore accurate (and more general): Purchaser wants more supply of thing being purchased in the marketplace because it reduces market-clearing clearing price of thing being purchased. In this case Purchaser = "employer" and thing being purchased = "labor". This message brought you by Econ 101.