Re: new frontiers in prison labor and racism
On Mar 1, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
Another point - what evidence is there that the “unemployable”
segments of our society, residing mainly in the cities, would respond to
relatively minor in the grand scheme of life pay incentive in the ag sector a
few hundred miles away? I mean, do you really think that the chronically unemployed in, say, NYC, would rush to CO if the minimum or average
wage in that state went up 100 or even 200%?
Been in rural America lately? It’s mostly pretty depressed. Lots of
unemployment and poverty. Significantly higher ag wages wouldn’t hurt.
Doug