Those who screech loudest at the thought of "illegals" stealing our jobs would screech even louder if the cost of an agricultural living wage were tacked on to their grocery bill.
We also know that grocery bill canard isn't true - marginal mark-up at best. What's next, traipsing the pooping in the fields canard and e. coli outbreaks?
Wages for crop picking duties is at or near the lowest overall costs to agricultural production.
Always has been, always will be even IF it is ramped up to living wage levels.
The markup on the typical head of lettuce might be forty cents max.
