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To: bray
"They migrate from Mexico in the winter to USA in the summer. Nice putdown!"

Oh sorry, wrong answer. They move to the northern states in the summer and move to southern & western states in the winter.

"Apples, oranges, peaches, cherries and nearly every agriculture crop. Most fruits and vegetables need hand picking or damaged crop losses will put farmers out of business."

Funny, I used to live down the road from a couple of apple farms and they used machines. We also had other agricultural farms around: corn, machine; soybeans, machine; hay, machine; wheat, machine.

Also: cotton, machine; peanuts, machine; nuts, machine. Do I need to go on? See you must still be living in the stone age for you to think that "nearly every agriculture crop" uses something other than machine. Machines have changed since they were first brought out, they are better at protecting the produce from damage.

"As for making unemployed pick, you going to have farmers pay their benefits, workmans comp and unemployment."

Is that provided to migrant workers now? Is that provided to people that go to the day work offices?

"Once again, how do you have agriculture w/o cheap Mexican labor??? Still waiting."

Once again, read the above responses. We had agriculture before the migrant Mexican workers, we will have it without. You would realize that if you would just take off your blinders.

Thanks for playing though.
628 posted on 01/22/2004 10:09:18 AM PST by looscnnn ("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
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To: looscnnn
Oh sorry, wrong answer. They move to the northern states in the summer and move to southern & western states in the winter.

Some do, but many/millions head for Mexico and live through the winter with their families. Why do you think that this is Mexico's top income?? Nice try.

Funny, I used to live down the road from a couple of apple farms and they used machines. We also had other agricultural farms around: corn, machine; soybeans, machine; hay, machine; wheat, machine.

Legume machines are far different than produce machines, course I wonder who is working on those machines. You should send those apple farmers out here where they use thousands of Mexicans to harvest their apples. Couse these are probably just greedy farmers. I am sure these farmers just are not as enlightened as your TWO neighbors! Want to try again.

Once again. If anyone can explain how our agriculture industry can survive w/o Mexican labor I will vote for Yaaaawn Kerry! Fact is the truth doesn't always fit into some soapboxes!

Viva Bush and Pray for Our Troops

676 posted on 01/22/2004 10:24:08 AM PST by bray (The Wicked Witch of NY and Her (9-5) Flying Monkeys are In Flames!)
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