Crops in California going to rot due to immigration crackdown

[T-310]

Convict labor.

Problem solved.

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

Non-Residents Drawn to Iowa City Housing Vouchers | Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism

They aren't moving there, they are applying from another state, that's common. with online section 8 applications some people apply in the state they live in and every other state with an open list, I don't see any evidence of them getting vouchers they usually go very quickly to local residents.

Originally Posted by green_mariner

Welfare Trims Proposed to Cut Migration to Wisconsin - latimes

that is from 1989 and if you read the end of the article there isn't a clear answer as to why the people moved to Wisconsin. I think it might be hard to determine if it was for welfare unless you had data showing what happened to welfare recipients when they moved from one state to another - including the TANF grants in their home state vs the state they moved to. All I'm saying is that in Nevada a family of 3 gets $383 cash a month, unless they have a sofa to land on they are spending every penny of that plus they are selling most of their food stamps just to rent a monthly room in an older motel. They clearly would not be able to move to another state unless they had some kind of assistance from family members, most of them can't afford a bus to move across town.

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by T-310

Convict labor.
Problem solved.

There were several towns near California prisons that used to contract for inmate labor to do clean up and maintain parks. They had to pay to feed them while on site, transport them to and from the prison, pay for the guards who accompanied them and pay a small stipend to the inmate. About 5 years ago most if not all of them quit doing it. The costs added up to far more than hiring locals to do the work. Unless the state was going to eat all the expenses I doubt if most farmers could pay the costs it would add up to far more than minimum wage. And I don't think most of us would feel too good about footing the bill for a farmer to get his fields harvested on our tax dollars.

[Bettafish]

Food in America is probably too cheap.
It is way cheaper than in Europe, and even cheaper than in China in many cases.