Could it happen here?

[panic giraffe]

It's capitalism in it's purest form. The labor cost is what the market will bear. If your friend's dad won't work for the current "going wages" in landscaping then he needs to do something else. He shouldn't rely on "government interference".

or he can provide a superior product. i buy from plenty local "ma and pa's" who do charge more for whatever service i want, whether its a farmer's market, auto repair, even the bar's i go to, because i know the service i get is better. if he still wants to stay in landscaping but can't get his customers on price, get them on a better product, xeriscaping, design, etc....but don't take it out on immigrants if you just want to do the same job at a higher price simply because you're a natural born citizen. that sense of en lement is almost laughable to see in those who claim to be "govt out of my life" teabagger capitalists.

[spursncowboys]

It's capitalism in it's purest form. The labor cost is what the market will bear. If your friend's dad won't work for the current "going wages" in landscaping then he needs to do something else. He shouldn't rely on "government interference".

the markets dictate a higher rate of what is being charged. the going wages are artificially kept down from illegals. government interference created this problem and now you want to ignore it?