IT IS A WORK ETHIC PROBLEM GOOGLE "PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC", we all want what's best for our kids. The concept that working a shovel, or saw, or hammer, is a bad thing is ingrained into all but the "redneck" community. Everything costs more when labor costs more.

Close the borders, stop paying people not to farm, stop monetizing debt, let some hardship come to those not willing to work, accept that we aren't equal, except under the law, and let the market do its thing. I don't disagree with the last four posts, but we as a nation need to accept that this will be painful. Programmers will be plumbers, salesman will pick beans, and housing and commercial prices will go up.