You’re all for government spending in this area? What about the private sector?
You think the illegals come tax free?
Google Watsonville High School and Pajaro Valley Unified School district and check the demography.
A basket of strawberries really costs $20 when you add in the socialized benefits the farm workers get that the farm owners don't pay for. Take away the huge taxpayer subsidy and the private sector strawberry robots would flourish. Free markets don't succeed when the government funds the competition. It would be great to stop the madness but that's not going to happen. Socialists should do some serious robotics funding because robots are the perfect slaves to fund future socialism.