Monday - April 04, 2005
On The Cost Of Illegals
I have seen comments in our posts about illegals citing an often heard (but incorrect) mantra to the effect that
that prices will go up if we kick out the illegals.
Well, I disagree vehemently. Read on.
Just think about it. We are a capitalistic society, right? In the process we try and find means to reduce costs to keep prices down. What’s the easiest way of doing so? Through manpower.
But what happens when manpower ceases to be cheap? What do we do then?
The options are two:
1. we pay more
2. we find other ways to reduce costs
America has always been a nation of inventors, gadget makers, and entrepreneurs. So long as labor is cheap there is no incentive to waste time and energy on Number 2 above. Think about it in oil exploration terms: we know there are billions of barrels of oil trapped in shale or dirtier than we currently pump. It stays in the ground because it is not cost effective to remove it nor refine it. As the cost of oil is low the incentive for doing anything with it is nil. But let the price spike and pumps start pumping. Why? Because now it is worth our time and effort.
Same thing with illegals. Kick all their asses out and sure, we will see a jump in lawn care, construction, food, home cleaning.
But when that happens, the “incentive” motive kicks in and some entrepreneur will find a better way to harvest lettuce or potatoes or corn (because so long as labor was cheap there was no reason to do so); an inventor will develop tools to make home cleaning easier reducing the time to clean a home and reducing the cost to the homeowner because now the higher paid worker doesn’t have to be in the home as long. Some scientist will develop fruits and vegetables that require less cleaning and less manipulation. Technology will bring advances in machinery and construction.
Things we can not imagine now (because it is not worth our effort) and ideas we can not visualize today will pop to the forefront. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Simple as that.
That’s just the way our system works.
And in the meantime, this boomlet will generate more jobs and more income to LEGAL Americans.
Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler
on 04/04/2005 at 06:07 AM
Filed Under: • Illegal-Aliens and Immigration • Personal •
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