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Originally Posted by polak
Actually the best course of action would be for the feds to start increasing the tariffs on produce that is farmed by illegal labor. I don't see how it's much different than the tarrifs on Chinese Tires or other products that are undercutting domestic production by selling at under cost.
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So the local goods can sell for more thus the employer can afford to pay higher wages. But then of course everything costs more so the cost of living goes up and people demand higher wages. Then the government can raise trade tariffs so that we can charge more and be competitive .... but then the cost of living goes up.
Not to mention that higher cost of goods pretty much kills any exports we were hoping for. Also not to mention that we would need to pull out of NAFTA before we start taxing our trade partners and if we did they would just do the same to us which would totally kill our exports. Protectionism doesn't work.