But, on the other hand, we heavily subsidize our agricultural (@Timex, it’s our tax money that we pay farmers, so I imagine we could that money for some much more market efficient, like education, and reduce the loan burden we place on everyone) and it floods a lot of markets, especially in developing nations, cause huge economic problems along the way.
So, if we cut back on subsidized, and stop artificial keeping the cost of produce down, we can purchase food from countries where the food costs less, make illegal immigration less attractive, and taking the savings and put it into healthcare and education.
There is already a movement in the US to reduce the production of milk and other items that we just make too much of.
Our agricultural policy just doesn’t make any sense.
Timex
3293
Generally i think most of the subsidies are a mistake, although there probably is in fact some benefit from a national security perspective to have an ability to grow good enough to feed the country here at home.
That being said, I feel like you’d still have lots of agriculture in the states, even without the subsidies, if we had more free trade with other nations.
While certain things like fruits and vegetables can be labor intensive, the US rules the industry when it comes to hard core industrial farming of staples, because that can be so heavily automated.
Tman
3294
My son works at a manufacturing plant making 13/HR written no benefits. I think a lot of low wage jobs get no benefits.
Nesrie
3295
This is true, but it’s not true for all of them. When someone is talking about wages though, they should include the wages and benefits, even if it’s just the information that there are no benefits.
Every country subsidize their agriculture. The US does so less than most countries.
The problem is for a country like Guatemala they simply have too many people and not enough land. Population density 418/sq mile vs 92 for the US. They could possibly be food self-sufficient in the future, but right now their best export is their surplus labor.
There is definitely problem with the US destroying local agriculture, but that’s more of an issue with places like Africa which have plenty of potential farmland.
Sure. I don’t think the labor market is tight, I think wages are too low. I think the labor participation rate shows that there are workers sitting out, that if wages were more attractive then those people would be in the workforce. That is the reason I point to the labor participation rate; not because I want to have a meaningless debate about government statistics, but because I think there is a ton of room to raise wages and that doing so will benefit a lot of people who, right now, can’t see the benefit of going back to work.
Yes, I’m agreeing with you. Wages are too low, and employers who complain that they can’t find people aren’t trying hard enough, with wages.
Headline is now: Rhode Island Prison Officer Resigns After ICE Protesters Allege He Drove a Truck Into Them
That passive voice yo. Those AI controlled trucks are out of control.
KevinC
3300
Hey now, both sides are equally to blame here. It takes two parties to have a auto-pedestrian collision.
Lucky they weren’t arrested for damaging the property of an official.
Scuzz
3302
When Amazon opened here they offered slightly above minimum wage. But they did offer health care, and drug testing.
Health care is great, but that drug testing benefit is really the best!
RichVR
3304
Yeah. How else would you know if your heroin is cut with fentanyl? Good on Amazon.
Even his own family thinks he’s scum.
It’s the invisible hand of the market solving problems!
Clay
3311
This is absolutely crazy.
