[cpdiii]

Sowell is usually so right on. Sad to see his reasoning fail here. If 24% of agriculture jobs are done by illegals, who presumably are paid lower wages than Americans, I would expect Sowell to make some argument about the folly of minimum wage and the *relative* unwillingness of Americans to do the work for the wages offered. That would have been consistent with most of his prior economic analysis.

Nothing wrong with his logic. If that 24% is gone the market will respond with higher wages until they have enough workers. I will pay $1.50 cents for a head of lettuce instead of $1.00 if that is what it takes.

[zook]

Or, if employers find they can't afford those higher wages, the jobs will disappear or be done by machines.