Youngster dreams of returning to Mexico to enjoy the fruits of his labor

Napa News ^ | Sunday, November 23, 2003

[WaterDragon]

One thing comes through blindingly clearly.....these are hard workers, willing to take great risks just to get a job.

Such a people are the greatest natural resource a nation can possess, as America knows very well.

So how is it that Mexico provides NO opportunity for these people, do not take any advantage of this wonderful resource?

I'll answer my own question.....it's because of the depth of corruption in Mexico's ruling elite. They get wealthy off their people while keeping them in poverthy.

If these Mexicans were NOT allowed to come into the U.S., after seeing the benefits of our society, THEN, there would likely be revolutions in Mexico....toppling the corrupt ruling elite.

THAT is why Fox and the others demand that we allow these workers to come here. To drain off these potential revolutionaries.

We do Mexicans NO favor by allowing this to happen. Where is the compassion?

[Amerigomag]

And that would not entail any significant rise in the cost of produce.

You're right ... but you overlooked a crucial consideration on the way to your punch line ... while doubling the harvest costs would not raise the retail price significantly, it would remove the head of lettuce from Mrs. Soccer Mommy's shopping cart because it wouldn't be available in the grocery store ... the farmesr would stop growing lettuce or any other produce for that matter ... the economics of producing at a loss couldn't be justified.

Conversly let's apply your equitable solution to the food chain from field to shopping cart. Let's pay the laborer a "living wage" ... and for good measure we'll provide the farmer a profit margin on par with that enjoyed by the packer/shipper and the broker ... and let's extend that same courtesy to the grocer ... again no lettuce in Mrs. Mommy's basket because there is no lettuce in the store .... because there is no demand for such an overpriced product.

Let's review the results of your national ag policies. We'd have three things in grocery stores; Mom and pop owner/managers struggling to survive, overpaid union clerks with little business to justify their existance and of course, a group of really angry shoppers cursing your name.

[Madcelt]

my,my,my......

[BeerSwillr]

Yup, and more than likely all income tax & fica free too!!

[YankeeReb]

You said it much better than I could have. If they enforced our immigration problem with the same vigilance that the IRS uses to get every cent they can out of you, the problem would be solved.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Thanks to all the cheap illegals in the area, she had to fold up the business.

And after they take all these type jobs Americans were doing, they then say we have to have the illegals because they do the jobs "no one wants to do".

The next industry in line for this scam is trucking. As soon as those borders open up to the Mexicans under NAFTA, they will put independent American truckers out of business since they'll work for half the price or less. Then of course we'll hear how we need them since no one in the US wants to truck any longer.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

I can think of lots of people who would pick grapes for $600.00 per week. They'd be the same ones who picked before the Mexicans invaded.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Thanks to all the cheap illegals in the area, she had to fold up the business. So there goes another not so glamourous job to an illegal economy.

That is widespread in many small businesses. Check out all the Construction sites...mostly illegal.

[JustPiper]

The men who had disappeared into California's fields years before returning to their small hometowns in Mexico, driving nice trucks and with pockets full of cash.

And us Americans do not have a pot to piss in right?!

[ETERNAL WARMING]

because there is no demand for such an overpriced product.

If people would just realize that they're paying for that produce in high taxes. The true price of strawberries is astronomical if the welfare, housing assistance, medical and education if factored in. We're paying for that. An American worker would be cheaper.

[Issaquahking]

Someone else here knows the real cost of something in the end....Kudos to you my FRiend.

[xm177e2]

Everyone laughs, knowing that it doesn't matter if you're 14 or 44 if you are an illegal immigrant and driving: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has sworn to overturn a law allowing illegal immigrants to get licenses.

Of course, Arnold has said he would consider a law that got illegals to register and go through background checks or whatever, but he opposed the current law which would hand out licenses to anyone. Arnold is just being responsible--and if anything, pro-illegal immigrant.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

600 dollars a week!?! That's way more than I make!

[Siamese Princess]

If we ended all the BS welfare laws, including section eight and all those single welfare mommies were calling their "baby daddies" to say that Jr. was hungry and where was the food then perhaps we would find more native born people suddenly willing to work. Food is a great motivator.

The Wall St. Journal published an article earlier this year about the German government ordering at least some of the long-term unemployed to work on farms if they wished to continue receiving their checks. German farmers normally hire Polish schoolteachers during the summer. Anyway, it's surprising how many of the unemployed found jobs rather than face the prospect of working on an asparagus farm.

[MissAmericanPie]

Surely your not dissin "compassionate conservatism" are you?

[FITZ]

The reason the year was so tough is that there is so many illegals now that supply (illegals) have overwhelmed demand (citizens).

That's true --- there are more illegals than there is work --- and millions more packing up to come --- they're starting to come from Brazil now --- but there is a finite number of jobs. It was a real bad year for illegals here ---- and they can't go back because things are getting worse for them in Mexico --- so once they find out about our welfare system that's where they turn.

[FITZ]

600 dollars a week!?! That's way more than I make!

When I grew up in Michigan, you'd see all kinds of middle class housewives and their kids picking blueberries for money. It's a good summer job for kids wanting to buy school clothes and stay-at-home mothers wanting a little extra money for their household. The $600 a week after taxes isn't as good --- but very good for illegals who don't have to pay taxes on that income.

[FITZ]

Put an end to the generous government handouts and you'll find a lot of people who would turn off their television sets and start working for $600 a week.

[Publius6961]

Three paragraphs is all I could take.

The obvious question: why did this poor soul not stay in his Mexican paradise?