The example of Arizona, where the departure of 40% of unauthorized migrants led to an annual reduction of 2% of GDP, provides clues as to what may happen at the national level if the Republican candidate delivers on his promise
I’m not sure there are many Americans that would do field work for $50/hr and on top of that, farmers would have to pay actual labor overhead and have a certain standard of work.
Have you ever worked in agriculture? I have. Very few Americans are physically capable of doing farm work, except maybe part-time.
Meanwhile Americans have become so accustomed to heavily-subsidized food (subsidized through the government, unethical labor practices, and unsustainable land management) that we have no idea what the “actual” cost of food is. Many Americans would be literally unable (and most others would seriously struggle) to afford food grown on farms using environmentally sustainable methods and paying their employees a living wage. And I’m not convinced you could even find sufficient labor by offering a living wage: it is literally back-breaking work that exposes you to the elements, mostly occurs in the middle of butt-fuck nowhere, and is SUPER monotonous (in the case of monoculture farms, which most are).
They could, they’d just make less money if they had to, you know, pay for their labor and give their employees rights…
Or when they can’t find enough workers and their crops die in the fields…
There’s a few million people out of work, they can find workers. They just actually have to pay.
I’m not sure there are many Americans that would do field work for $50/hr and on top of that, farmers would have to pay actual labor overhead and have a certain standard of work.
Have you ever worked in agriculture? I have. Very few Americans are physically capable of doing farm work, except maybe part-time.
Meanwhile Americans have become so accustomed to heavily-subsidized food (subsidized through the government, unethical labor practices, and unsustainable land management) that we have no idea what the “actual” cost of food is. Many Americans would be literally unable (and most others would seriously struggle) to afford food grown on farms using environmentally sustainable methods and paying their employees a living wage. And I’m not convinced you could even find sufficient labor by offering a living wage: it is literally back-breaking work that exposes you to the elements, mostly occurs in the middle of butt-fuck nowhere, and is SUPER monotonous (in the case of monoculture farms, which most are).
As someone that has done agricultural work, it’s easier than any job in an Amazon warehouse.