This might sound like a silly question, but just how much is a lettuce picker supposed to earn? The reason I ask is because after listening to Ankarlo Mornings and Gaydos After Dark many of you said you would be willing to pay more for lettuce, provided the work was done by an American. Would I? The answer is quite simple. No.
My reasoning is quite simple. Let’s use a completely arbitrary number. Say lettuce picked by an illegal immigrant costs $2 and the head that says “Picked by an American” costs $4. And I only have $100 a week for food. After picking the American lettuce, I’m done to $96. Is the extra cost worth it? To me the answer is no.
Being a lettuce picket is not a 50K a year job. It doesn’t require a Master’s degree. It isn’t a highly skilled job. We all benefit from having cheaper lettuce because it lets us open up our wallets for more goods. Again, I buy the cheap lettuce for $2 and then I spent the extra $2 on bananas. Because I buy both lettuce and bananas I keep people in both industries employed. In addition, I have more food to feed my family. If you just bought expensive lettuce you are only supporting one (at an over inflated wage).
This principle goes beyond food. For example, Chrysler pays workers about $29 per hour to build a car. However, the total labor costs per hour comes to $76. Obviously, there is a ton of overhead because of health care costs, taxes, workers comp, pensions, etc. Several Asian automobile companies build their cars right here in the States for $30 per hour less. Why? Toyota, Honda and Nissan let the free markets set their wages instead of labor unions. I also might add that workers in those plants are much more productive than those at the Big 3.
You have two cars to choose from. One is a Ford Edge. The other is a Ford Edge. One is made by a non-union worker and costs $20,000. The other is produced in a union factory, but costs $23,000. Which one would you choose?
Rob
rhunter@ktar.com
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We’ve been having it too good for so long. Compare to the rest of the world, we’re on top of the food chain. Just like an ailing body, the system needs to be shocked and put back in a practical working order.
Our economical system needs to be vamped back to a practical functional working order. In other words less vices and more necesities. At the present time, its the other way around. No pain, no gain.
As a child I was raise in Mexico. And everything is very expensive there. The reason that my relatives live life, and not simply survive it to this day, is because they live a very practical and family oriented existance.
Everybody gangs up on homework, house cleaning, children care and most of all, they all come to gether for dinner. Nobody is trying to out do or degrade any body. I never witnessed any of my relatives trying to by somrthing expensive just to impress somebody. But over hear I see, even the illegals, competing between themselves. Interesting?
This qusetion needs to be asked to Pablo. Hey Pablo, how much does a lettuce picker earn?
hey jose ask your grandpa he probably knows he probably came to this country illegaly better yet when i give you a job picking my lettuce ill pay you 25 cents more how about it joseeee!!!!!!!! say yes and bring your buddies with you.ill give you a bonus……..the diference between you and me is that im not ashamed of my heritage jose jajaja!!!!!!!thas so funny jose dude change your name last time i checked it was a mexican name jose.jajajaja!!!! i bet your wife is illegal.ill give her a job 2.dude!!!!!
Pablo, your manners warrents me to believe that you had a aweful time in school or you simply knew everything already and you choose to quit you educational career early.
Tenga orgullo Pablo. What heritage? If the Aztez, the Mayas or any of the natives could of seen how Mexico was going to turn out, they would of high jacked the Spaniards ships, before they burnt them, and would of broke for Europe! VIVA LA RAZA
American lettuce pickers versus illegal immigrant lettuce pickers? No Question about it!!American all the way. Just because it’s cheaper doesn’t make it right.It doesn.t matter if it’s cheaper, if they could do it faster, or even better(which by the way no one does it better than Americans) It come’s down to the fact that they are still here illegally.
Pay $10 dollars for lettuce which means the 99 cent hambuger is $4 dollars and a deli sandwich goes up to $12 dollars. As a self made multi millionare, O.k lets pay more