MSNBC Discovers Economic Consequences of Inhumane Policy
MSNBC's Maddowblog recently 'discovered' a potential downside to strict immigration policies: higher food prices. The Trump administration, they note, was 'eying' this inconvenient fact. What they conveniently gloss over is that this 'discovery' isn't new; economists, labor organizations, and even agricultural producers have warned about this for decades. This isn't some unforeseen market anomaly,
it’s the predictable outcome of purging a vital, exploited labor force, a force many industries rely on for cheap production. The media's framing reduces this complex human and economic issue to a mere 'problem' for consumers' wallets, rather than an intentional policy choice with known, devastating impacts on both immigrant communities and the domestic economy. It's almost as if the discussion
only becomes relevant when it threatens the price of avocados, not the dignity or survival of human beings. How many human crises must impact the profit margins before the mainstream media connects the dots to inhumane policies?