Or:
Cry me a river...
L
Posted on 10/05/2006 4:35:02 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez
Immigration reform is the issue that won't go away. After a flurry of activity in Washington, D.C. and massive protests from coast-to-coast, Congress has decided to table the issue until after the midterm elections in November. Meanwhile, the country's agricultural industry is suffering substantial losses due to a lack of seasonal workers.
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Plenty of work for Americans now!
That's right.
I think they are all camping out in Mexico City for that socialist troll LabroGore Retriever or whatever his name is.
When will you be leaving for the California fields?
You need to get out to California and pick some peaches and pears!
With what I've heard about fewer prosecutions by the Bush Administration than with even Clinton, I'm not sure why so many illegal aliens are not available now.
Let me guess, your sitting in an orange field sending this from your BlackBerry right?
I chose the "educated" route to employment, but thank you for the offer.
No, I'm disabled.
Expecting ILLEGAL ALIENS to harvest them is criminal.
You got a problem with that?
I heard they get about $15 bucks an hour. Heck, I'll pick apples at that price.
Or:
Cry me a river...
L
It used to be said that there's no such thing as a stupid farmer but I'm not so sure anymore.
I heard they get about $15 bucks an hour. Heck, I'll pick apples at that price.
I think I'd have to have an air conditioned golf cart, a paid break every two hours, healthcare, retirement and either housing or guaranteed transportation to and from work after a maximum of 8 hours per day, weekends off.
Good. I hope every one of these lawbreaking companies goes out of business.
dry me a lizard
The illegal alien problem has just sped up a day of reckoning for farmers. They have been lazy about developing harvest machines, worker incentive plans, and worker recuitment. Cheap labor has made farmers slothful and unfocused about their business practices.
Farmer whining is like finger nails scraping on a chalk board. Every, and I don't use that word lightly, farmer I know is a pessimistic, complaining ingrate. God gives them, for free, the engine that drives his business. What would a farmer do if he had to pay for sunshine and rain?
Illegal aliens used to flock to those places because picking grapes was "a job that Americans won't do." Remarkably, these farms can't find enough workers because picking grapes has now become a job that even illegal aliens won't do.
Illegal immigrants have simply wised up to the fact that they can make a lot more money in landscaping and construction.
Why would I trade $65/hour writing software for $15/hour picking crops? It's a terrible waste of an education.
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