Because I've read enough news reports that suggest that. For instance the recent Alabama laws caused devastation to the agricultural harvest in 2012 - while it drove out the undocumented workers it also resulted in many crops rotting in the fields - because the farmers couldn't get enough legal workers to work the harvest. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-06-17/local/35462377_1_illegal-immigrants-poultry-workers-alabama-law
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > How do you know this for sure? Did you walk around asking Americans if > they want to work 12-14 hours picking strawberries? > > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:368539 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
