[cripplecreek]

I'm still waiting to hear back about that $50 an hour lettuce picking job.

[dhs12345]

They really don't want an answer to this question. Because, the answer will be -- "there are millions of able people on welfare. Put them to work."

Seriously, people are on welfare are at the lower end of society -- moms with 12 kids, drug addicts, etc.. Not sure how reliable they would be as workers.

Then again, maybe "forcing " them to work would help them get out of their hole. After all, they'd be learning a skill.

This was the belief before the sixties -- a person must carry their own weight otherwise they wont have any self respect. Self respect was important back then.

[SMARTY]

AND, $50 an hour without paying taxes!

[Gritty]

I'm still waiting to hear back about that $50 an hour lettuce picking job.

The other day, one of my daughters and I were discussing the jobs illegals are doing which Americans "won't" do. Our exchange went like this:

Daughter - "Why would any American in their right mind pick lettuce in the hot sun for $3.25 an hour?"

Me - "Would you do it for $3.25 an hour?"

Daughter - "Of course not!"

Me - "Would you do it for $13.00 an hour?"

...(long, thoughtful pause, as she is making less than that working for an aerospace company)...

Daughter - "Sure!"

Me - "The only reason you can't is because growers can hire them at rate you won't work at. If they weren't, or couldn't, they would have to pay a rate Americans would accept - or not get their lettuce picked. Why, you might even have a shot at this higher paying job!"

...(she drove off, thinking deeply about it)