Posted on 03/03/2024 6:20:38 AM PST by libh8er
As migration hits record levels worldwide, a debate is building among economists over whether some industries are becoming too dependent on foreign labor.
Many business owners say that bringing in low-skilled foreign workers has become essential, as local populations age and labor forces shrink. In rural Wisconsin, John Rosenow says it is impossible to find locals to work on his 1,000-acre dairy farm. He relies on 13 Mexican immigrants, up from eight to 10 a decade ago. That has enabled him to avoid making costly investments in robots that can help milk cows
“We get really good people,” Rosenow says. With immigrant labor, “I’m pretty sure if I wanted to double employment, I could get it done within a week.”
To some economists, however, dependence on imported workers is approaching unhealthy levels in some places, stifling productivity growth and helping businesses delay the search for more sustainable solutions to labor shortages.
Those solutions could include bigger investments in automation, or more radical restructurings such as business closures, which are painful but may be necessary long-term, these economists say.
Once industry is organized in a certain way and the structure encourages employers to recruit migrants, it can be very hard to turn back,” said Martin Ruhs, a professor of migration studies in Florence, Italy. “In some cases, policymakers should ask, does it make sense?” said Ruhs, who is also a former member of the U.K. Migration Advisory Committee, which advises the British government on migration policy.
The debate is likely to heat up further as Western societies teeter closer to a demographic abyss. For the first time since World War II, the working-age population is shrinking across advanced economies. The European Union’s working-age population will shrink by one-fifth through 2050, according to a recent report by German insurer Allianz.
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This article should have been written 50 years ago. The Free Traitors and open borders one-world globalists want to take 99% of american workers down to 3rd world serf status so they can make a few extra bucks at their fellow Americans expense
Funny about Japan. Our open border crisis isn’t poor people seeking agricultural work. We already had a process in place for that. It’s the underclass of the world, seeking free handouts from the taxpayer.
An invading army of 9 million and counting are within our territory and the Kocks and their likes are fully in favor of it.
Refeudalization.
It’s a natural tendency of mankind for the rich to get richer, and consequently they oppress others if not for a conscious decision to equality under the law. That’s why the Founders wanted our American “civic religion” to be taught to children in school and in the home. Because it is a transcendent philosophy to allow upward mobility through education—bringing talent and hard work to the forefront.
Now the left even despises merit and talent. Losers.
It’s why they are funding Nikki.
I have long since stopped viewing the WSJ as any more than a globalist rag.
The remedy is to keep them out (the Republican solution), not to let them in and make them unemployable welfare moochers by raising the minimum wage (the Democrat “solution”).
The post WWII “American dream” of a working class economically in the middle class — the ruling class has crushed it. Long term project starting in the 1960s with de-industrialization.
Canada has an interesting approach. Agricultural workers can legally enter the country, but they can’t bring their families. They must return to Mexico to collect their pay, which pretty much guarantees they won’t be staying.
Not to worry. The cheap labor express ends after one generation when the newly-minted citizens organize.
The remedy is to keep them out (the Republican solution),
That may be the “MAGA Solution”, it sure as hell isn’t the “Republican Solution”.
The remedy is to keep them out (the Republican solution),
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That may be the “MAGA Solution”, it sure as hell isn’t the “Republican Solution”.
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Thanks for the correction.
Here is the dirty secret most Americans do not un understand, the main support for “service economies” is cheap labor. Our despicable establishment would rather rule over poor slaves than answer to prosperous citizens.
The 1960s were the period when reality started to set in.
The illegals he hires will eventually take over his farm and boot him and his family out.
The “cheap labor” dream is just that - a dream. These so-called migrants aren’t cheap when you consider the societal and public resource requirements they bring with themselves.
Schools - increased student loads per teacher with the addition of more foreign-speaking educators required. Increased discipline and remediation problems. Violence and mayhem often the norm.
Public resources - increased reliance on public support mechanisms that run the full gamut from housing to subsistence and dealing with the inevitable crime foreign enclaves bring with them.
In every case where a mass influx of these ‘migrants’ is seen, there are corresponding ousters of the support mechanisms for historical, local indigents and people needing help. Often, lickspittle governments prioritize services and support for ‘migrants’ over their own people..
It won’t be long until their entire families - then entire village - shows up and settles in - and why not?
They get free everything including schooling for their kids.
The new slavery is open borders slavery, with the slaves paying their own passage. Pretty sick really.
Agree
The Free Traitors and open borders one-world globalists want flat line wages the more poor people you have the easier it is to control them.
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