Short on Labor, Farmers in U.S. Shift to Mexico
5th September 2007
Read it. Well, that ought to please the tree-huggers.
This would seem to solve all the problems involved in the illegal-immigration issue: Mexicans stay in Mexico and get good-paying jobs, they don’t have to pay California prices so they live better, and Americans get the produce they want. Win-win all the way around.
Of course, the Times, being the Times, has to whine about the potential loss of “supporting” jobs in the U.S. — but I suspect this really reflects the fears of their political patrons regarding loss of tax revenue. There’s nothing to prevent the people in these “supporting” jobs from moving to Mexico, too, and taking advantage of the lower cost of living.
Hey, they could start insisting that the Mexican government start printing everything in English as well as Spanish. Well, it’s only fair.