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I just don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to uproot their family and go pick veges in the middle of nowhere for 3 or 4 months and then be out of work again.
And for 10 bucks an hour in sunny CA., a state with the lowest cost of living in the nation.
If it weren't for my trick knee, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Sitting in the back of a tomato truck singing Mexico lindo y querido with my fellow workers has been a dream of mine ever since graduating summa c*m laude from a fine NY university.
I just don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to uproot their family and go pick veges in the middle of nowhere for 3 or 4 months and then be out of work again.
And for 10 bucks an hour in sunny CA., a state with the lowest cost of living in the nation.
If it weren't for my trick knee, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Sitting in the back of a tomato truck singing Mexico lindo y querido with my fellow workers has been a dream of mine ever since graduating summa c*m laude from a fine NY university.
Having grown up on a farm and done my fair share of hard labor, I have to say that it really depends on the area and time commitment. We always had a variety of people on our farm or our neighbors' farms, especially during potato harvest. High school kids, stay-at-home mothers, Latino, Native American, etc, basically anyone looking to make a few extra bucks for a few weeks worth of labor.
I can't say that I would want to do it again, but hey -- working on a potato-combine in the dirt, cold, heat, rain, etc. beats retail any day. At least you get to throw the rotten ones out!
Working on a potato-combine in the dirt, cold, heat, rain, etc. beats retail any day.
No way.
Working with potatoes you can't take a 45 minute internet break or check out all the hot moms in the perfume section, or get employee discounts.
Remove the welfare and unemployment programs and then see if people are willing to do the work. That's the only reason so many Americans won't take those jobs. They've become lazy and dependant on the government. Why should they put down the bon bons, turn off Jerry Springer and get off their fat lazy butts to do hard work when the government will give them everything for nothing?
I grew up in a town that had a lot of farms. We had a ton of legal immigrants that came in each season to harvest and it worked fine. Until border hopping hit our area and they offered to do the work for less than the legal immigrants and it didn't cost the farm owners the money to import them.
Lock down our borders, streamline the legal immigrant process and remove the government programs that have our country addicted to doing nothing and you'll see a huge difference.
Remove the welfare and unemployment programs and then see if people are willing to do the work. That's the only reason so many Americans won't take those jobs. They've become lazy and dependant on the government. Why should they put down the bon bons, turn off Jerry Springer and get off their fat lazy butts to do hard work when the government will give them everything for nothing?
I grew up in a town that had a lot of farms. We had a ton of legal immigrants that came in each season to harvest and it worked fine. Until border hopping hit our area and they offered to do the work for less than the legal immigrants and it didn't cost the farm owners the money to import them.
Lock down our borders, streamline the legal immigrant process and remove the government programs that have our country addicted to doing nothing and you'll see a huge difference.
JMO
Great idea, That will leave 14,998,000 with no money and no jobs.
This story makes a lot of sense as well as over 200 applied and they only gave jobs to 30 something of them. lol. They are complaining about people not taking these jobs and they are being picky about giving the people that came to apply the jobs. Idiots.
Great idea, That will leave 14,998,000 with no money and no jobs.
This story makes a lot of sense as well as over 200 applied and they only gave jobs to 30 something of them. lol. They are complaining about people not taking these jobs and they are being picky about giving the people that came to apply the jobs. Idiots.
So I guess you think everyone should be handed any money they want? UE lasts as long as people need it with no accountability? No requirement or deadline to get a job and get off the tax payer buck?
There was a time in this country when EU didn't exist. People managed. They got off their butt and painted houses, babysat, did odd jobs. People don't do that now. They just shrug and hit the EU line. We're becoming way too dependant on the government and it shows in just about every way you can imagine.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Ever hear of that term? When forced to find a way to feed your family, people survive. We are by nature survivors. It's how we climbed our way to the top of the food chain. Now............ now we're just lazy and expect Big Brother to run our lives for us. It's pathetic.
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