[mtbopfuyn]

As it turns out, the meat-processing companies that employ so many illegal immigrants have been enjoying a nearly 50-percent discount on what was the going rate. In 1980, the average meat-processing job paid $19 an hour. The companies then moved their plants to rural areas, far from the Midwest cities and their unions. The industry's wages now average about $9 an hour.

Yet, my grocery bill has tripled rather than dropped 50%.

[alicewonders]

Yeah! And what is it with all of these "mystery" cuts of meat? I'm seeing meat all cut up in thin, little pieces that are labeled with names I don't recognize as the cuts of meat I grew up with.

[USNBandit]

The companies then moved their plants to rural areas, far from the Midwest cities and their unions.

That's not true. You can't move away from unions. Who is it that is going to court for these illegal workers? Unions, that's who. What I don't understand is how the unions support these illegal aliens that have driven wages down across a whole industry.

[Bernard Marx]

Yet, my grocery bill has tripled rather than dropped 50%.

You must shop at Safeway/Von's too! Recent price increases have been unbelievable!