It’s amazing how many Americans knew how to farm before LBJ created the welfare state.
In the 1950s, different types of young people learned about cotton farming by hand even though there was automation. They also had plenty of energy to sing and dance after being in the field.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sChbvgTLVTc&t=111s
It has Mamie Van Doren.
We are no longer a nation of farmers. And LBJ had zip to do with it. The world changed...we expect our kids to go to college and or work...but not in the fields...
Even legal, American farm workers in many states can legally be paid below the minimum wage.
Now, with illegals throughout, the norm is quasi-slave, terrible conditions and hours. That Trump wants to further that, through AMNESTY, is repulsive.
The truth is we now have the worst combination of RINO, neocon, “Gang of 8 style” touchback and unabashed amnesty in a disgusting Republican presidency. The Bushes look mild compared to this.
Lots of young Americans would love to work on farms with fair wages, hours, and working conditions.
Many actually volunteer their work on organic farms: https://wwoof.net/