Social Forum activists to protest U.S.-Mexico border fence

KGBT-4, Harlington, Texas ^ | 28 Jan 06 | Staff

[JoeSixPack1]

I would ask why do I have to leave my country to find prosperity?

How dare you use logic when payoffs are off the chart! Mexican slavelabor is the only thing that saved us from a 2000% uncrease in a head lettuce from 10 years ago. Oh, wait.... that already happened.......

Sorry. Nevermind. :-)

[JoeSixPack1]

uncrease""" um,,, should be: Increase. :-)

[clawrence3]

If you had a 2000% uncrease or increase, how much were you paying 10 years ago?

[JoeSixPack1]

oh man,,,can't I even exaggerate a little? :-)

Actually lettuce was $0.29 a head 10 years ago. Now it's floppin' around between 1 and 2 bucks.

[clawrence3]

So, you would not mind it being $5-$6 per head?

[JoeSixPack1]

Hey, if you're going crazy, why not $30 or $40 a head?

[clawrence3]

Can't I even exaggerate a little? :-)

[JoeSixPack1]

You can, but you were just outdone. :-)

[clawrence3]

Perhaps, but the price of iceberg lettuce (like any commodity) fluctuates, so my question still stands - how high would you draw the line at?

Keep in mind the record prices set in 2002, where they soared up to $60 a carton for 24 heads, according to the Federal-State Market News Service, forcing consumers to pay nearly three dollars for a head of lettuce. Of course, back then, extreme shortages were due to unusually cold weather in growing areas, not the lack of labor.

[clawrence3]

Here is a more recent report to base your answer on:

http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/WA_FV102.txt

[junta]

You are right I live in fear of the $1000 head of lettuce, I'm sorry I spoke up. Our great high tech economy would die off if we did not have stoop labor.

[clawrence3]

Lettuce does not need to get to $1000 per head for our economy to be in trouble - did you see my question above re: $4-$5 per head?

[junta]

I wasn't responding to you, I made a sarcastic post to Joe.

[clawrence3]

Oh, O.K., then allow me to ask you directly: would it be just fine with you to see lettuce at $5 per haed?

[JoeSixPack1]

how high would you draw the line at?

What would a head of lettuce cost that's picked by a minimum wage earning American? Or a machine?

And can a collective of individual consumers compete with the "must have at any price" national restaurant & fast food chains for the same product?

[clawrence3]

I don't know - now can you answer my question?

[JoeSixPack1]

Actually, I don't think I can.

[clawrence3]

O.K., would you not mind lettuce being $30 or $40 a head?

[JoeSixPack1]

You're redundant. Go play with someone else.</p>

[clawrence3]

What does < / p > mean?