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lunatica

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15. This story is full of shit

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 08:37 AM

Jan 2012

When you're poor and your family needs food, sacrificing yourself for their benefit is universal.

I'll bet the conditions and the pay aren't even worth it, although the people hiring will claim they are.

I say good. Suffer the consequences of your fucking racism. It couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of voters.

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Georgia Survey Finds Farmers Are Having Hard Time Replacing Migrant Workers [View all] AlphaCentauri Jan 2012 OP

Could it have anything to do with the pay scale? rfranklin Jan 2012 #1

That was my first thought, as well n/t OhioChick Jan 2012 #3

"with some paying $15 per hour or more" AlphaCentauri Jan 2012 #6

"with some paying $15 per hour or more" OhioChick Jan 2012 #7

If it is only one AlphaCentauri Jan 2012 #8

Well what do you think is wrong? lunatica Jan 2012 #14

"the work is too physically demanding and difficult for U.S. citizens (non-immigrants)" (FTA) boppers Jan 2012 #10

It's actually a fairly high number reported at that rate however crew leaders and supervisors Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #22

It might also be for $15 per hour, but with a mandatory 60 hour week! hedgehog Jan 2012 #33

There are usually quite a few caveats to making $15 per hour Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #36

Well, they got their wish ixion Jan 2012 #2

I think it was the non-farmers of Georgia who got their wish. hedgehog Jan 2012 #34

Perhaps, although that would be atypical. Georgia is primarily small towns, and small towns tend ixion Jan 2012 #41

The city limits of Atlanta are only a small fraction of the metro area.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #49

Maybe they aren't trying hard enough. dkf Jan 2012 #4

Maybe they should sign up for retraining... rfranklin Jan 2012 #5

Manual labor, not much training needed. boppers Jan 2012 #11

Actually, knowing how to pick fruit properly and quickly is not that easy to learn csziggy Jan 2012 #46

Georgia Republicons need to pull themselves up by their own damn clodhoppers SpiralHawk Jan 2012 #25

Then raise the pay bluestateguy Jan 2012 #9

Willing != able. boppers Jan 2012 #12

That also bumps up against the average Joe wanting to spend less at grocery. The cost of berries peacebird Jan 2012 #13

Those average folks voted for the people who wrote the law bluestateguy Jan 2012 #18

I agree totally, but i doubt they thought of the consequences. peacebird Jan 2012 #19

So let me understand this FULLY. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #26

Wow. You totally misinterpreted what i wrote. I believe all workers deserve a living wage. peacebird Jan 2012 #44

and they wont think of them Charlemagne Jan 2012 #40

Exactly! peacebird Jan 2012 #45

This story is full of shit lunatica Jan 2012 #15

We Georgia voters had no say in this. So don't blame it on us. RebelOne Jan 2012 #28

Who picks your legislators? JoePhilly Jan 2012 #30

Touche. calimary Jan 2012 #37

Exactly ... although ... JoePhilly Jan 2012 #39

I wonder if the farmers and their own families are out there picking? Hotler Jan 2012 #16

Maybe the churches and their members should organize.... Tikki Jan 2012 #17

Where's the $50/hour? cap Jan 2012 #20

Oh this just gets better cap Jan 2012 #21

Boo fucking hoo. Brickbat Jan 2012 #23

No kidding. Chickens coming home to roost on Georgia farms. calimary Jan 2012 #35

I've always wondered why areas like Georgia, Alabama don't harvest at night riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #24

Not necessarily much cooler. IME, growing up in lowcountry SC, it doesn't cool off much at night raccoon Jan 2012 #27

Perhaps, but even the lack of that intense sun beating down must help? riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #32

Yes, I'm sure it would help. Picking crops in 90 degrees would probably kill me. raccoon Jan 2012 #42

They are not paying good enough wages and benefits apparently workinclasszero Jan 2012 #29

I bet that law gets repealed, just like Prohibition got repealed out of the Constitution. lunatica Jan 2012 #31

Reap what you sow Charlemagne Jan 2012 #38

Or not, as the case may be. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #43

"average” US citizen doesn’t want to do migrant work Gringostan Jan 2012 #47

I think this is bogus Yo_Mama Jan 2012 #48

I spent many years working around Atlanta... Fumesucker Jan 2012 #50

R#22 & K n/t UTUSN Jan 2012 #51

Guess which party and faction were the force behind Georgia's immigration legislation? pampango Jan 2012 #52