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In reply to the discussion: Georgia Survey Finds Farmers Are Having Hard Time Replacing Migrant Workers [View all]bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)18. Those average folks voted for the people who wrote the law
And if they are such supporters of the law, they should be willing to pay for the costs of having that law on the books.
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Georgia Survey Finds Farmers Are Having Hard Time Replacing Migrant Workers [View all]
AlphaCentauri
Jan 2012
OP
"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
Perhaps, although that would be atypical. Georgia is primarily small towns, and small towns tend
ixion
Jan 2012
#41
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
That also bumps up against the average Joe wanting to spend less at grocery. The cost of berries
peacebird
Jan 2012
#13
Wow. You totally misinterpreted what i wrote. I believe all workers deserve a living wage.
peacebird
Jan 2012
#44
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
Yes, I'm sure it would help. Picking crops in 90 degrees would probably kill me.
raccoon
Jan 2012
#42
I bet that law gets repealed, just like Prohibition got repealed out of the Constitution.
lunatica
Jan 2012
#31
Guess which party and faction were the force behind Georgia's immigration legislation?
pampango
Jan 2012
#52