Seth Holmes does a wonderful job shining a light on the current problems that migrant agricultural workers have in the United States. His balance of personal experience with background research allows the audience to empathize with the migrant workers as well as understand some of the systematic problems. Our group seems to thoroughly enjoy reading this book and we have discussed a host of different topics brought up in the reading. The talking points which I have connected with were about the individual reasons why immigrants are coming to the United States and how they relate to the systematic problems. Holmes has given me new insight into the reason why many Hispanics are immigrating as well as disproving many of the myths.…
Following the second world war American influence started arising through means of television, automobiles, and art. Because Canada was late to the game of broadcasting, automobiles and country development, Canadians were heavily impacted by the American ways. During the 1950s to the 1980s Canada started to emerge and protect and grow their Canadian culture and identity. The CBC was a heavy impactor on Canadian culture and identity since most Canadians spent many hours a day watching television. NAFTA brought new and economic resources in Canada for a better economy and more trading partners.…
firms to relocate in Mexico although this was the case the loss of this imported growth would likely happen without the North American Trade Agreement. So there is some fault towards the agreement and there is some towards the United States because this lost of jobs would have happened with or without the North American Free Trade Agreement. A number of studies have found that the North American Free Trade Agreement has brought overall economic benefits to the Mexican economy but the benefits were not evenly distributed throughout the country. It help Mexico closed the gaps it had with Canada and the United States and it contributed to Mexico's economic recovery after the 1995 exchange rate crisis. The Political effects of the North American Trade Agreement was that it provided North American businesses with better access to…
The loss of jobs, whether to outsourcing or inventions, has been a re-occurring issue in America since the early 1900’s. In the 1900’s, most Americans worked on farms. The farmers thought that the invention of machinery was going to end the need of farming when actually it was just the opposite. Machinery created the need for many new and highly skilled blue-collared professions. Then when manufacturing went overseas because it was cheaper to manufacture products outside of America, our economy stabilized, we created more productivity of these products and more highly skilled white-collared service jobs.…
The U.S. - Mexican Jobs Problems It is sad how the American people and the politicians are taking and have exploited the idea that the Mexicans are the real problem in this country and every election time they used this idea to gain votes, making promises about deporting all the Mexicans from the US and build a wall on the US-Mexican border to stop the crossing of the Mexicans. Like Donald Trump say on TV about the Mexicans, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you.…
Illegal immigration is starting to be a serious problem for our economy. In my opinion I think that we need to do whatever it takes to stop this illegal immigration. There are a lot of problems that illegal immigration cause but the main problems are lost jobs, depreciated wages, stolen taxpayer resources, and increased number of crimes due to terrorism. The most common problem is the loss of jobs. A historic number of Americans have lost their jobs due to illegal immigration.…
Immigrants Are A Harm to the US? "What makes someone American isn 't just blood or birth, but allegiance to our founding principles.” Obama definitely had a point when he stated this, it shouldn 't matter where you come from, and everyone is capable of inputting good difference in our country. Therefore, why is immigration, even a problem? I would understand if it was harming anyone but really who is it harming?…
If U.S. businesses are attempting to reduce costs by substituting machinery for labor or by using foreign labor to produce their products. This would affect American consumer by causing the product the consumers are buying to cost less and there would have been a large amount of the products to meet their demands. Using machines and individuals outside of the country for labor can affect the American workers by causing a large amount of individual to be lay off for their jobs. Also it would be hard for those who are skill in low wage work to be able to find a company that would hirer them. It would also be hard for the workers to be able to feed and take care of their families.…
On pages fifteen and sixteen of Mollie’s Job, William M. Adler makes a statement that sets the tone for Part I: Embedded in that core fact, and in the story of the intersecting lives and fates of Mollie and Balbina, is a larger story about fundamental changes in the economy–a story about the demise of unions and the middle class and the concurrent rise of plutocracy; about the disposability of workers and the probability of work; about how government and Wall Street reward U.S.-based companies for closing domestic plants and scouring the globe for the lowest wages in places where human rights and labor rights are ignored; and about the ways in which “free trade” harms democracy, undermines stable businesses and communities, exploits workers…
Outsourcing America, in my opinion, has been bad, as someone who was a displaced worker at one time due to the company that I worked for closing down and moving to Mexico. The benefits of outsourcing have been enormous. For workers in poverty ridden countries, it has meant jobs and fast rising standards of living. For some industries, lower labor costs have brought higher profits. Modern consumers are enjoying access to more goods at lower prices.…
Companies did not make the situation better they took advantage of their need for jobs and employed them with poor working conditions and minimum wage because they knew they had no other choice. Resilience of the Mexican American…
The factories that we have in the Untied States hurt are world to. All the gas and nasty stuff that comes out out of the factories really hurt are economy. it's good to have them but it's also bad to have them to.…
The economic policy institute (EPI) estimates that 600,000 jobs have been lost because of NAFTA in the US alone. It is stated on the organization for Dollars and Sense website that “...during the 1990s, the overall U.S. trade deficit quadrupled, resulting in a net loss of 3 million jobs, according to EPI president Jeff Faux.” However, most of the hurt NAFTA brings is felt south of the border where according to an article on The New York Times website it states that Mexico's “annual per capita growth flatlined to an average of just 1.2 percent -- one of the lowest in the hemisphere. Its real wage has declined and unemployment is up. “ Becuase cheap U.S. imports are being poured into Mexico producer prices have dropped and have forced about two million farmers to leave their land since NAFTA because they cannot compete with the low wage it costs for the U.S. to subsidize the imports.…
Illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States has become a major issue. The American government has serious weaknesses in its immigration system, around one third of immigrants are living here illegally, around 12 million. For years, these people have knowingly and unknowingly damaged the economy of the Southwest, and employers have been supporting these immigrants by giving them jobs. New policies and systems need to be put into action to stop illegal immigrants from destroying the economy. Educating the illegal immigrants is important to saving the economy.…
Blinder makes valid points on the rise of offshoring and how our economy may suffer from it. What he fails to mention is the fact that with America having such a dense population, the public can have a major effect on whether offshoring occurs, and if so to what degree it occurs. Self-protectionism is a key issue in American politics, such as the “Buy American Act”, and it is not to be taken lightly. Many jobs have already been lost to other countries through outsourcing. The self-awareness Americans have that offshoring is becoming an epidemic that will further threaten the American way of life, may be reason enough for companies to reconsider offshoring.…