KW64
3 hours ago edited
OTH, I came from farm country. I remember reading that in 1900 80% of the workforce worked in the agriculture chain. Now it is 4% yet we produce even more food. Those people who left that business found other jobs as unemployment there is low. Also, I keep hearing that we are not having enough babies. Perhaps some of these 600K workers can fill the vacancies in Fire Departments or Police Departments or even, become agricultural workers to prevent our food supply from "rotting in the fields!" unpicked. As non-citizens who choose not to work depart, some social workers may also get surplused and can fill these vacancies as well. Free markets reallocate resources to where they are most useful. Labor is not exempt from that. //

MeanDeb
2 hours ago
Why is this surprising? Machines replaced hand weaving. Automobiles & trains replaced horse drawn carriages. Telephone operators are a thing of the past. On & on as tech advances. Automated container on docks run by a few people w multiple computer screens are unbelievable. US longshoremen unions fighting like crazy to get them banned in US.