tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966377434472959379.post7669813484255714381..comments2023-03-25T05:29:00.116-07:00Comments on OVERPOPULATION: A REAL UNEMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONsoftwarengineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03011771815396943160noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966377434472959379.post-1598112154891039032009-09-08T13:50:26.201-07:002009-09-08T13:50:26.201-07:00You're exactly right. I made the same observa...You're exactly right. I made the same observation while advocating for reduced immigration in my book. Consider tomatoes. A tomato sells for approximately $1.00. If a typical farm laborer making $5 an hour harvests 1,000 tomatoes per hour, then his labor contributes only 0.5 cents to the cost of that tomato. Raise his pay to $20 an hour, and the price of a tomato rises only 1.5 cents. But tomatoes will actually be more affordable because the increased demand for labor (resulting from giving the jobs to Americans instead of illegal aliens) will drive wages higher enough to offset the increased price. <br /><br />Pete Murphy<br />Author, "Five Short Blasts"Pete Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549342862438864973noreply@blogger.com