Will you complaint if you have to pay twice as much for your groceries?

Question

I saw how much people complaint when the gas price was higer.
All you people complaining about illegal immigrants working for low wages will be the first ones complaining.

Get a class about economics to find out how the whole thing about pricing goods work.

Answer 1

I'll just keep expanding my home garden, maintain my chickens, and support local agriculture.

Answer 2

I'm working on an MBA in economics, and while the illegals are somewhat helpful in the very short term, they are an absolute poison pill for this country when projected over the next 30 years.

I wrote a paper on how small the portion that we pay for produce is actually consumed by the laborers themselves. I'm at work, and I don't have my figures and research, but it was in the low 20s % of the cost of produce paid for the labor.

Even if we have to pay laborers 2-3 times as much for the produce harvested, the effect at the store will be minimal.

The drain on the US economy is ridiculously high and will increase by a huge factor if we continue to provide free education and emergency medical services to illegals, and continue to retard the wage levels in physical industries.

Answer 3

No, YOU take a class in economics. Many studies have been done on this and it would cost a family of four $10 more per YEAR on produce if farmworkers were paid a wage above the poverty level (a 40% hike in wages). They USED to be paid above poverty level, and got benefits besides, until illegal immigration undermined the wages and benefits Chavez's UFW had gained. (Which is why Chavez was so against illegal immigration.)

Meanwhile our children would be in better and less crowded schools, and health care would again become more affordable and more available as fewer emergency rooms closed.

Answer 4

U of I did a report, and according to it the price of groceries would go up a whopping 10.00 a month if the payed fieldworkers 15.00 a hour. There is alot more expenses involved in getting produce out of the field and to the dinner table then you are aware of.

The Money these corporate farms save in overhead is pocketed, and is not passed on down to the consumer. However, I do suspect they are purposely shorting themselves on help right now, I have seen these corporate farms do some pretty shifty things in the past. I seen on one report on T.V. he was complaining about not having any help for harvest, but was just getting his forum ready to get migrant workers to come in legally. When makes me wonder, if he was any kind of buisness man would'nt he have help hired and ready ahead of time before harvest season was to begine ?

Answer 5

I've taken economics, I've also taken English, plus I am fluent in Spanish. This argument has been on here so many times. If you have a solution then write a letter to your law makers. Your congressman or senator. Believe it or not they do have staff that address that and if a lot of constituents address the same issue it does get noticed. Stop the wining, the stupid questions and come up with solutions!

Answer 6

You know historically they said the same thing about child labor laws and their enactment? We survived that quite well, didn't we? Additionally, many illegals get paid quite well for their work. Example- meat packing plants, who pay around 10 to 12 dollars an hour in many areas. There are several citizens working for much less than that now.

Answer 7

I would be willing to pay more for groceries to secure the border. A terrorist attack would have more adverse economic impact then a hike in grocery prices.

I also believe that if the workers were locked out they would develop machinery to replace them. The reason that there is not equipment now is that illegals work so cheaply it is not economically viable to make the equipment.

Answer 8

It seems fair to allow immigrants to get "worker status" permits so they are paying taxes like everyone else in America. Illegals are costing America more than we are saving on produce. Their presence in the workforce cause the wages of legitimate workers to be driven down while employers keep more profits.

Answer 9

The Illegals and Low Wages, Chicken $10.00 a lb., no tax break

No the illegals did not create low wage jobs. They have always been here. Furthermore if we raise all of the low paying jobs salaries up to $10.00 an hour you will wipe out middle class America. Who could afford to pay $10.00 a lb for chicken? I don't wish to offend you but I do wish to inform you..... There is no TAX Free money in regards to the majority of the illegals.... unless they work in cash paying jobs ... like construction for example... Lots of people hide in the construction business for that very reason..... illegals are just working in construction. We have American dead beat dads who work in it too so they get easy money under the table as we call it so as not to pay child support. Most industries pay with payroll checks. If an illegal works in an industry that does pay with payroll checks then the appropriate federal and state taxes are removed. I recently did a spot check on payroll checks from the main industry in my town from 4 different illegal pa stubs..... 2 from poultry and 2 from restaurants. I did an estimate based on those 4 pay stubs in regards to the shifts worked at each one of those industries. I had an estimate of State taxes paid in to my state of $64,000.00. I did not figure up the Federal Taxes but you best believe that they have been raking it in also. Please keep in mind that the county that I live in is not ranked among the largest in my state. I would love to be able to do a State wide survey, but the problem is getting people to trust you not to use their information against them. You may be surprised to also be informed that at least 2 of these people had health insurance for which they paid for & utilized, they also had an additional voluntary $5.00 taken out each week as a donation for United Way Fund. I did no guesstimates on those donations, but just these 2 people alone donate a solid figure of $520.00 @ year which has to be noted as community service. IT WAS A REAL EYE OPENER TO ME. Please understand that the illegal does not file federal income taxes.... he does fall in a low income category and would be eligible to receive most of his tax money paid in as refunds... now do you really think that our government wants to make them legal so they have to give that money back ..... NO, of course not. The fence is going to be a joke. Who cares build the fence. The American public has clamored that they wish for this atrocity to be built. Then once all those billions of dollars are sunk into the building of this shameful wall......there will be no money for mass deportations...You see this is why the government is building this wall... We all know that it will not serve the purpose for which it is built....They didn't even build a levy that could protect New Orleans..... the illegals crossing are just as unpredictable.....Build the fence so they will be able to say later well we don't have the money now for deportations.......Also you will see discounts on ladders on the other side of the border. You just need a ladder to safely scale the wall without a scratch. .THE POLITICIANS DO NOT WANT TO SEND THE ILLEGAL BACK

Answer 10

My economics class and my media class and my advertising class and my marketing class all told me how these things work and Illegals are causing america more than they are helping! So go take a class on that!

Answer 11

most illegals do not work on farms, stop posting myths, and if I could get rid of them I will gladly pay 5 dollars a head for lettuce. Probably their filthy health habits thats causing the e-coli outbreak in spinach and lettuce.