Even at wages closing in on 3x minimum wage, we cannot get enough farm labor[1] - obviously low skilled American labor still doesn't want the job. What's the solution?
[1] https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-farms-immigration/
[1] https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-farms-immigration/
There is no such thing as “unregulated workers”, just employers that don't obey the regulations applicable to their workers.
Annual subsidies to US farmers is of the order of $25B+ per year. This includes non-tariff barriers such as price supports for sugar, import barriers and quotas such as on lamb and beef, export supports, crop insurance and other benefits.
The DoA has been doing this for 75+ years and the majority of farms are now corporate-owned. The majority of these taxpayer subsidies are directed straight into the hands of corporate shareholders.
Redistribution from the many to the wealthy few isn't socialist redistribution.