CALIFORNIA: “Crops ready to be harvested were abandoned – left to die in a field simply because there wasn’t enough labor… workers are showing up less because of (Trump’s) ICE raids.”
CALIFORNIA: “Crops ready to be harvested were abandoned – left to die in a field simply because there wasn’t enough labor… workers are showing up less because of (Trump’s) ICE raids.”
Compelling presentation. Also need to know how he voted and legal status of his workers.
Used-Passion-8835 on
Without wanting to generalize, is there a will to get out of this situation? He should see up close a poor country where people are dying of hunger
SivyyVolk on
Y’all need to start eating like Trump and you won’t have to worry about veggies rotting in the field any more.
Try picking this daily Trump afternoon snack instead: Two Big Macs, one Fillet-o-Fish, two large fries, a large Diet Coke and a vanilla shake.
BedroomVisible on
Ok- but maybe hire people legitimately, then?
Pay a competitive wage and adjust your business model.
It’s called adapting. It’s what you right wing people insist everyone else does so why is it so foreign of a concept to you?
And if subsidies and corporate welfare are the only means you have to earn a profit then your business model is obsolete and you must perish.
Play by the same rules which govern me and THEN you can have my attention.
will-read on
Didn’t we call these people “essential workers” in 2021?
Ikcenhonorem on
So US need foreign slaves to keep US food cheap? Seems nothing changed last 150 years.
Entire_Toe2640 on
Comments cracking on farmers for hiring illegal immigrants are missing the point. The hated “brown people,” even those here legally, aren’t showing up because ICE will grab them and drum up some fake problem like that they are part of a gang so the administration can pump up the deportation numbers. To the extent that farmers use illegal immigrant labor, they need to because there is a shortage of labor. Finally, to those who say “just pay more to attact labor and raise your prices” I say, “Have you ever run a business?” Simply paying more and raising prices sounds like a simple solution but rarely is. This farmer is competing with all the other farmers in the US and to some extent with farmers in Mexico and South America.
I think a better solution would be to have an intelligent immigration policy that recognizes our need for labor. This dramatic “deport them all and let God sort them out” is a stupid policy created by stupid people pandering to other stupid people.
gjovef on
Awesome. High school level Econ works!
Next prices will go up.
Can’t wait to hear how they spin out of this.
captHij on
All the water that was diverted to grow those crops was wasted.
Noeyiax on
Oh wow I love fascist capitalism /$$$
Canuck-overseas on
USA was founded as a slave economy, it is reverting to a slave economy.
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Compelling presentation. Also need to know how he voted and legal status of his workers.
Without wanting to generalize, is there a will to get out of this situation? He should see up close a poor country where people are dying of hunger
Y’all need to start eating like Trump and you won’t have to worry about veggies rotting in the field any more.
Try picking this daily Trump afternoon snack instead: Two Big Macs, one Fillet-o-Fish, two large fries, a large Diet Coke and a vanilla shake.
Ok- but maybe hire people legitimately, then?
Pay a competitive wage and adjust your business model.
It’s called adapting. It’s what you right wing people insist everyone else does so why is it so foreign of a concept to you?
And if subsidies and corporate welfare are the only means you have to earn a profit then your business model is obsolete and you must perish.
Play by the same rules which govern me and THEN you can have my attention.
Didn’t we call these people “essential workers” in 2021?
So US need foreign slaves to keep US food cheap? Seems nothing changed last 150 years.
Comments cracking on farmers for hiring illegal immigrants are missing the point. The hated “brown people,” even those here legally, aren’t showing up because ICE will grab them and drum up some fake problem like that they are part of a gang so the administration can pump up the deportation numbers. To the extent that farmers use illegal immigrant labor, they need to because there is a shortage of labor. Finally, to those who say “just pay more to attact labor and raise your prices” I say, “Have you ever run a business?” Simply paying more and raising prices sounds like a simple solution but rarely is. This farmer is competing with all the other farmers in the US and to some extent with farmers in Mexico and South America.
I think a better solution would be to have an intelligent immigration policy that recognizes our need for labor. This dramatic “deport them all and let God sort them out” is a stupid policy created by stupid people pandering to other stupid people.
Awesome. High school level Econ works!
Next prices will go up.
Can’t wait to hear how they spin out of this.
All the water that was diverted to grow those crops was wasted.
Oh wow I love fascist capitalism /$$$
USA was founded as a slave economy, it is reverting to a slave economy.