Posted on 12/15/2006 1:39:13 PM PST by NormsRevenge
If labor costs of meat processing rise, that will create an incentive to further automate the process reducing the need for human labor. There's no downside to this as I see it.
I should eat less meat anyway.....
Beef producers employing illegal invaders and complaining when they get caught!????
BOYCOT BEEF!!!
Eat fish, chicken, or some other protein source.
They expect SYMPATHY???
They can go screw themselves - s.o.b.s.
"Kick the illegals out and make the agriculture industry pay a living wage to American workers.
Yes, prices will go up but we will be supporting Americans and not Mexicans. Aren't we supposed to be taking care of our own???"
Thats exactly what American autoworkers said, not many of them left working.
Do you think meat can't be imported ? If the butchered beef can be shipped around the country from Texas it can be shipped from Mexico. Ever heard of NAFTA ?
Raising costs on a product from a mfg. or producer isn't a zero sum game. That cost is expanded at every level of exchange until it get to your wallet.
Raise the cost of beef 20 cents a pound for the slaughter house and it may add $1 a pound on the beef on your table.
"If beef goes higher, fish becomes a good substitute. Little waste on fish"
Not much waste on hamburger either.
What percentage of the price is the human labor to get a pound of ribeye steak to my dinner table? Would it be five percent? Now double it, how much is that for a ten dollar steak? Not that much more, and worth every penny to keep illegals out.
Well, two can play that game. I don't need to eat their meat, lettuce, whatever. I'm self reliant and won't be blackmailed into buying anyone's product. I still have that power. So do you. Let their meat rot.
I doubt your Big Mac price will be affected. Is any of that meat from America?
"Do you think meat can't be imported ? If the butchered beef can be shipped around the country from Texas it can be shipped from Mexico. Ever heard of NAFTA?"
Bump
How on earth did we Americans ever manage to get anything done over the last 40 or so years without illegals?
/sarcasm off
If you look a bit deeper into the meatpacking industry you'll notice how wages went DOWN with the influx of illegals. Prior to the influx of illegals, American citizens did the work for a few bucks more per hour.
The same can be said of all the trades.
I'm not all that fond of fish period, but all the guys on the Lake Powell board swear by how good they are, and there is so many there it doesn't have a limit, they WANT people to catch them.
I'm willing to pay more for meat packed by legal immigrants or citizens of the good old U.S.
Fish is cheaper where you live? Here in Kansas, it's more expensive.
They keep on about the "needed" labor, while completely ignoring the other, much larger costs to America. Throw the illegals out already.
Exactly! And besides, 15 years ago when meatpackers were making $19 an hour I was paying a heap lot less for meat than I am now when the avg wage is $9 an hour. Why is that? The more expensive the labor, the cheaper the meat? Obviously not, either someone's making a killing or feed prices have gone up that much but all in all, I don't believe it's the labor that's got the meat prices so high.
Well, tell ya what, hot rod, I believe as you do. For a $17.50 permit, last week, I went out and killed enough deer to fill my freezer. I wont buy beef at any price, because I have a freezer full of venison. I raise cattle, but I wont be blackmailed at the meat counter. If I run out of venison, I will just kill one of my own steers and butcher it the same as I do wild game. No problem.
I would gladly pay $10 for a pound of hamburger.
We probably already do in the form of taxes we pay to support the social services these leeches use.
When hordes of police and immigration officials stormed meatpacking plants in six states this week, the illegal workers arrested may not have been the only victims.
Dear AP,
Illegal aliens using fake papers are criminals. Criminals are NOT victims. Companies that knowingly hire them are criminals too.
kalee
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