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Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by sngz on Thursday May 17, 2018 @05:55PM (#17096346)
> Obviously! But once you do that, the produce costs so much that no one wants to buy it. That is the fundamental issue here.

the market will correct itself.

why would anyone want to pick raspberry for $10 an hour when I can get paid more working at in & out. Basically we should support shitty working conditions and black market labor because people dont wanna pay more for their produce?

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Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by sangnoir on Thursday May 17, 2018 @06:07PM (#17096468)
> the market will correct itself.

...and the market of voters will "correct" the elected politicians. Which is why no politician is foolish enough to do this, and they have a monopoly on making laws.

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