1. If he really does need help to get his crops in he must pay enough to get that help, correct? Otherwise he would not harvest his crop, he would go bankrupt, and have to sell out. So he has a demand, (need), for a service, help with harvesting. In order to meet that demand, or need, he must offer enough that someone will accept his offer of work for pay. Both sides win. The farmer gets his crops in, and the individual makes what he considers a fair wage.
2. Or, he doesn't really have to have help harvesting, but it would be easier if he did, so he offers what he thinks he can afford to pay and still make enough to pay his bills. It is then up to the individual to decide if that pay is worth his work. If not, the farmer works a little harder and does it all himself.
You say the farmer is expoiting someone if he isn't offering a certain amount. But that is not possible. He cannot force someone to work for him, that must be voluntary. If he offers too little, he won't get the help.
But you must remember, there are other forces at work in this equation. The farmer must react to other market forces. What if Brazil and Russia have bumper crops, and the price falls below that which he can still make a profit? Would you think he is expoliting someone if after his harvest he has lost money after paying someone to help him?
I don't understand why so many people have a hard time understanding supply and demand. In this case the supply is labor, help with harvesting. The demand is the need for that labor. If both parties voluntarily agree on a price for that labor, (wages), then both sides win. If not, no one is harmed, or in your words exploited, except for the farmer. If he cannot afford to pay the price of labor, he loses. The laborer is free to find work elsewhere. The farmer loses his land. The catalyst causing an imbalance is the government offering the laborer pay for not working.
My family raised me to believe that all work is honorable and worthy of praise. No one should be looked down upon because of their field of endeavor. And no one should feel that any type of honest work is beneath them. What is worthy of disdain is forcing others to give you money against their will. This is the case with unemployment. The government is forcing me to give someone else my hard earned money against my will. I have no contempt for these people, I wish them no ill. But I am not responisble for them, I am responsible for me.
Now, you may say I am hard hearted and uncaring, but that is not true. I donate to charities, and if I see a person truly in need, and worthy of my help, I offer it, voluntarily. But that is much different than forcing me to be charitable to those who would take advantage of it.
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