[Dane]

Very interesting article that you posted sars in reply #595.

There was no date when it was published but even the most "optimistic" forecast was that "maybe" that 10% of the Washington state apple crop would be automated in 8 years(2010).

Who picks the other 90% of the crop or would you let it rot on the tree?

[sarcasm]

I suppose that you believe that we need 10 million illegals to pick apples and harvest vegetables. You still haven't answered my question - what do Americans get out of the Bush amnesty?

[Egg]

Who picks the other 90% of the crop or would you let it rot on the tree?

Yeah, that's right. Do these poor Mexican chaps a favor by letting pick your fruit for pennies on the dollar. After all, they're happy and we're happy, right? That is the condescending attitude which has, among a plethora of other problems, perpetuated the rift between Mexicans and Americans. Then they have children on our soil who grow up not understanding why their parents are treated like second class citizens when they work just as hard as any legal American. I can't blame some of them for despising us. It's not worth cheap apples.

[FreedomFriend]

Why do you need illegals to pick the fruit? In Florida, the citrus crops are picked primarily by the individual farmers. Sure, some have illegals, but there are many more Americans picking fruit than does happen in California and Washington.

Oh, but Americans won't pick the fruit. Illegals have to do it. Right?