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[*] posted on 3-25-2009 at 11:47 AM


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As for the jobs in the USA, it will take a miracle before we see blond heads on the fields picking lettuce and tomatoes.


I am not sure that is a very accurate statement. I went to school (admittedly, a few years ago) in an area that is famous for its lettuce production, and college students loved to do that job because it paid well and conincided with our summers out of school. The same exact thing happened in the hayfields of Northern Colorado where we loved to get on a hay crew where we were outdoors, doing heavy work and making good seasonal money.
Sadly, what changed that was when the migrant workers started increasing and it was no longer safe for the blond haired, blue eyed guys to be in the field at the same time. During the transition, some of us who spoke the language and knew lot of the workers well were accepted, but our careers were cut short and we were led to understand that this was no longer our domain.
So, I suspect that the verbage about the crops rotting in the ground is strictly verbage and I suspect in this down economy that there might be a lot of willing workers. Why just yesterday I had someone doing the drywall on my garage that actually spoke english :tumble:




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[*] posted on 3-26-2009 at 05:06 AM


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OK. You may be right. I sure hope so. If the Americans took those jobs, illegal influx would recede. However, along with American workers on the field, we would also have to expect some changes: Improved working conditions; Union rules; Workmen compensations; Unemployment payment; Medical insurance; OSHA regulations (both fed and state); etc.... all of that would burden the cost of the average salad plate at table in the US.
It would simply be better -cheaper- to import from Mexico, where those "displaced" Mexican workers would be farming.
But this may be too much speculation on my part. Who knows?




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