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It might be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
Thanks to the resulting labor shortage, Georgia farmers have been forced to leave millions of dollars’ worth of blueberries, onions, melons and other crops unharvested and rotting in the fields. It has also put state officials into something of a panic at the damage they’ve done to Georgia’s largest industry.
Barely a month ago, you might recall, Gov. Nathan Deal welcomed the TV cameras into his office as he proudly signed HB 87 into law. Two weeks later, with farmers howling, a scrambling Deal ordered a hasty investigation into the impact of the law he had just signed, as if all this had come as quite a surprise to him.
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I've mentioned it before, and I'll mention it once more, but America needs an underclass. One is made from petty criminals. The other is illegal immigrants. Without them, we cease to function....or just function poorly.
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According to the survey, more than 6,300 of the unclaimed jobs pay an hourly wage of just $7.25 to $8.99, or an average of roughly $8 an hour. Over a 40-hour work week in the South Georgia sun, that’s $320 a week, before taxes, although most workers probably put in considerably longer hours. Another 3,200 jobs pay $9 to $11 an hour
Let the Farmers get H2A/H2B visas for these illegals so they can work in this country.
The programs are there and in place. Why are they not being used ?
Let the Farmers get H2A/H2B visas for these illegals so they can work in this country.
The programs are there and in place. Why are they not being used ?
That's the question you ought to be asking.
Because it requires WAY too much paperwork for applicants who often tend to lack the education and the resources to apply or follow through on an application made by an employer. How would a potential migrant worker in, say, rural El Salvador, even get in touch with a farmer in Georgia?
Under traditional free market principles, if you can't attract workers at the wage you offer, you can either stop trying to attract workers, or you can increase the wage you offer.
How much do the major agribusiness CEOs and executives make in salary and stock per year?
Perhaps if they value their profit, they'd do well to offer more in terms of wages to those who make their profits possible in the first place.
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I've mentioned it before, and I'll mention it once more, but America needs an underclass. One is made from petty criminals. The other is illegal immigrants. Without them, we cease to function....or just function poorly.
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Don't agree at all, if every farm in this country couldn't hire immigrants and no one was taking the jobs what do you think happens to the pay scale?
Unfortunately for these farmers they need to compete against other farms using illegal workers.
It might be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
Thanks to the resulting labor shortage, Georgia farmers have been forced to leave millions of dollars’ worth of blueberries, onions, melons and other crops unharvested and rotting in the fields. It has also put state officials into something of a panic at the damage they’ve done to Georgia’s largest industry.
Barely a month ago, you might recall, Gov. Nathan Deal welcomed the TV cameras into his office as he proudly signed HB 87 into law. Two weeks later, with farmers howling, a scrambling Deal ordered a hasty investigation into the impact of the law he had just signed, as if all this had come as quite a surprise to him.
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I've mentioned it before, and I'll mention it once more, but America needs an underclass. One is made from petty criminals. The other is illegal immigrants. Without them, we cease to function....or just function poorly.
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According to the survey, more than 6,300 of the unclaimed jobs pay an hourly wage of just $7.25 to $8.99, or an average of roughly $8 an hour. Over a 40-hour work week in the South Georgia sun, that’s $320 a week, before taxes, although most workers probably put in considerably longer hours. Another 3,200 jobs pay $9 to $11 an hour
Let the free market adjust and offer higher pay rates. Big Ag has had it too good for too long using cheap illegal labor. I'm sure they can dig into their CEO and stocks and fraudulent farm subsidies to pay workers better wages. After all, isn't that what liberals are always crying about? That CEOs are hoarding the wealth too much and not sharing it? Why are you complaining now?
I'm sure GA has tens of thousands of prisoners sitting bored making knives in their cells that can be used to harvest crops for 25 cents an hour (much cheaper than illegal immigrants!)
Because it requires WAY too much paperwork for applicants who often tend to lack the education and the resources to apply or follow through on an application made by an employer. How would a potential migrant worker in, say, rural El Salvador, even get in touch with a farmer in Georgia?
This is NOT a new program just invented.
Use LEGAL migrant workers instead of illegal ones.
Almost every country has some type of temp work visa program.
If you are a farmer and don't know how to do it then you go and talk to your AgExtension agent.
Stop crying .."oh..it's too hard to get a temp work visa..."
You know, when you apply for a job these days, there is so much paperwork involved...and all the legal stuff and worker's comp stuff...one wonders if no one else is not doing the job because they can't get them hired fast enough.
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