cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35845659

For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      2 days ago

      Mexicans will get it done with no fuss. They’re worth double. I used to be in the roofing biz, and you WANT a Mexican crew on your roof. They didn’t come cheap, especially if they knew what they were doing, and had a crew chief that spoke English. They were worth every penny.

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      all the ones around me here in Australia are automated.

      high wages are a hood thing, they make innovation for drudgery. The corollary is, how to spread the productivity gains? here in Australia it seems to be by having more and more “Bullshit Jobs” rather than something like a UBI.