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Old 05-17-2007, 07:03 PM  
tony286
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Originally Posted by Lenny2 View Post
Actually you'd be surprised how small a % labor is in the cost of produce.
If you doubled the wage of all farm workers it would cost the average American $10 a YEAR more at the grocery store.
really thats interesting because I heard that time and time again produce would skyrocket.That's like I was watching this economist and he said if tomorrow walmart gave every one of their employees a dollar a hour raise. It would only raise the cost of goods about a penny.
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