tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9762062.post3210894149313379640..comments2023-09-28T11:04:39.657-04:00Comments on Called As Seen: AJ Strata on immigration myths...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9762062.post-12706728464704090222007-03-20T11:54:00.000-04:002007-03-20T11:54:00.000-04:00Interesting comments over at AJ's blog. Someone b...Interesting comments over at AJ's blog. Someone brought up the impending retirement of the baby-boomers and how we'll need the immigrants to replace them. This seems a little silly to me as most of those boomers retiring are not going to be un-educated laborers.<BR/><BR/>This ties a little in to Harold's comments about "full employment". I agree that this is something we should be concerned about. A loss of a significant portion of the working population could lead to wage inflation. But, in my opinion, this will be a temporary spike. As labor costs go up, a significant portion of those open or newly expensive labor jobs will be replaced by mechanization or new processes that increase overall productivity.<BR/><BR/>A recent article from the El Paso Times touches on this topic in relation to farm equipment. It states in part: "In the not-so-distant future, many farm workers may lose their jobs to farm machinery that continues to chop into the local industry." As they say, read the whole thing.<BR/>http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_5463510Gilbert_Sundevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348829178564815416noreply@blogger.com