Actual Headline: "CA Farmers Supported Trump, But Now Fear Losing Field Workers"

[hollowdweller]

74. US workers will do the jobs if the pay is right.

I have had several friends who did migrant work.

Here is the thing: They had to shop around to find places that paid enough.

The problem is we have gotten used to cheap agricultural goods.

If you look at what food cost as a percentage of income over time it is a very small percentage of income now due to cheap labor and factory farms.

It was more expensive when we had US labor and smaller farms.

The thing about agricultural work and some other jobs.

We do not value hard work in this country.

My friends who did this sort of work when not working exercised all the time. It was like being an athlete or model or something. With the piece rate there is a definite skill set needed for each crop to be able to harvest efficiently and make any money.
Also like an athlete there is a limited number of years you can do the work. Several friends went back to school to become nurses in their 40's.

So I think you could have US workers do that job. You'd just have to up the pay.

Also it is not fair to have Mexicans or whomever do the job and no make any money either.