sound nice but very few Americans are willing to do 12 to 14 hours of backbreaking labour a day. Have you ever tried picking 10 acres of peas for instance or an acre of peach trees? I did both for a couple of weeks when I was a lot younger. It was agony after a couple of hours. Its ugly backbreaking labour.
As I said unless we're willing to pay considerably more for considerably less food, then its not going to happen. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes Larry, Ive watched A Day Without A Mexican. Doesnt wash with me. I > am sure there are plenty of homeless AMERICANS who wish to work for the > mere pittance that the undocumented workers are earning. maybe they cant > afford a nice place in Bel Air, but they can at least afford some food and > a room for a bit. Weekly and monthly rooms are pretty cheap in the hood. > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Unless you're willing to pay a lot more for a lot less food then you may > > have to accept undocumented workers. Those much more well off than many > of > > us will have to pay a lot more for their landscaping workers etc. While > > those of us who are in HOA' s will end up paying a lot more for the > > landscaping. > > > > You complain about the workers themselves but not the companies that hire > > them. Generally the penalties for companies are little more than slight > > taps on the wrist. > > > > Up until a few years ago there was a guest worker program which allowed > > agricultural and other specific working categories in the country > > temporarily. From what I understand, it was discontinued a while back. > > > > I have a cousin who has a small farm in the Penticton Valley in BC. He > > swears by it (and at it frequently). But it does supply the workers at a > > reasonable price and make sure that the living and working conditions are > > reasonably tolerable. > > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/13/immigration-guest-workers-canada/2647649/ > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368536 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
