Conservatives! You guys Rock! You got what you wanted! Farms, however, now need help!

[RadiomanATL]

cut off thier food stamps and they'll work well enough.

now, maybe you can tell us what NC laws were passed that would discourage legal migrant workers from coming here to work.

The Georgia law, HB 87, which does not take effect until July 1, already has had an effect as farm workers are staying away for fear of racial profiling. Workers caught with phony documents could be fined up to $250,000 and get 15 years in prison — the same sentence for murder in Georgia.

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Workers will stay away from the entire area.

Well that's a lie. Murderers here can get up to the death penalty. Not up to 15 years in prison.

And why are you for people breaking the law? More proof that you are a loon.

 

[WillowTree]

Growers now are scrambling to find enough workers to keep their crops from withering on the vine and rotting on the ground. Each spring and early summer, thousands of undocumented workers, mainly from Florida, travel to Georgia and states further north to work. Charles Hall, executive director of Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Association, said farmers are finding only between 30 percent and 50 percent of the 11,000 farm hands needed to the harvest their crops, producing a labor shortage that will hit the industry with a loss of $250 million.

The shortage clearly puts the lie to the myth held by critics of U.S. farming practices that desperate unemployed U.S. citizens will do farm work if it is available to them. The Georgia Labor Department released a survey showing that unemployment in Irwin County, where blackberries are a major crop, is at 13 percent, yet very few people went to the fields. Of those who did, the overwhelming majority walked away.

Get-Tough Laws Hurt More than Immigrants « Farmworkers Forum

More failed Republican policies.

OK GOP, take a good long look at your "farm workers".

What a fucking Moron. YOu put North Carolina in yer headline then give us a story from Georgia. Crawl back in yer shitter.

 

[WillowTree]

cut off thier food stamps and they'll work well enough.

now, maybe you can tell us what NC laws were passed that would discourage legal migrant workers from coming here to work.

The Georgia law, HB 87, which does not take effect until July 1, already has had an effect as farm workers are staying away for fear of racial profiling. Workers caught with phony documents could be fined up to $250,000 and get 15 years in prison — the same sentence for murder in Georgia.

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Workers will stay away from the entire area.

I thought this shit was about North Carolina.

 

[WillowTree]

Farmers pay shit wages.

The reap what they sow.

Fuck 'em.

Yer dinner table is gonna look funny when you be fucking the farmer gurl.

 

[Cimerian]

One issue not raised is the fact that the farmers paid them & thats it. If an American were to do the work, they'd have to make the standard tax-deductions from the checks.

The farmer does not pay with check he pays with cash how do you think illegals do not have to pay taxes?

They pay lots of taxes wehn they purchase things.

They make so little they would pay no income taxes anyway

Just because an illegal is paying taxes when they purchase something does not mean they are also paying income tax. As to they make so little. They are normally paid with a 1099 so no they pay nothing in income taxes but also they don't pay their required Medicare, medicaid, or SSI tax since they are illegal and can not file anyways at the end of the year.

 

[BenNatuf]

Looks like N.C. is getting ready to reap what they sown.

A victory in North Carolina! 4 New immigration laws!
We are pleased to announce that North Carolina can now be added to the list of over 30 states that have passed state laws restricting illegal immigration.
ALIPAC - A victory in North Carolina! 4 New immigration laws!



ALIPAC - A victory in North Carolina! 4 New immigration laws!

Don't worry about North Carolina you can have all our illegals. We have 10% unemployment here more than enough people to take up the slack.

Oh, I'm not worried. It sounds the farmers are.

and those laws passed 4 years ago by a democratic legislature and signed by a democratic governor have just as much effect on legal migrant workers now as they have for the last 4 years... none.

 

[Harry Dresden]

So they got their wish.

The illegals all left.

They should be happy now

oh really?.....plenty were i am at......

 

[AmericanFirst]

Growers now are scrambling to find enough workers to keep their crops from withering on the vine and rotting on the ground. Each spring and early summer, thousands of undocumented workers, mainly from Florida, travel to Georgia and states further north to work. Charles Hall, executive director of Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Association, said farmers are finding only between 30 percent and 50 percent of the 11,000 farm hands needed to the harvest their crops, producing a labor shortage that will hit the industry with a loss of $250 million.

The shortage clearly puts the lie to the myth held by critics of U.S. farming practices that desperate unemployed U.S. citizens will do farm work if it is available to them. The Georgia Labor Department released a survey showing that unemployment in Irwin County, where blackberries are a major crop, is at 13 percent, yet very few people went to the fields. Of those who did, the overwhelming majority walked away.

Get-Tough Laws Hurt More than Immigrants « Farmworkers Forum

More failed Republican policies.

OK GOP, take a good long look at your "farm workers".

Tell the socialist dimwits to stop supporting the people on welfare who can work and send them to work in the fields or starve. Deport the illegals. Simple solution.

 

[AmericanFirst]

cut off thier food stamps and they'll work well enough.

now, maybe you can tell us what NC laws were passed that would discourage legal migrant workers from coming here to work.

The Georgia law, HB 87, which does not take effect until July 1, already has had an effect as farm workers are staying away for fear of racial profiling. Workers caught with phony documents could be fined up to $250,000 and get 15 years in prison — the same sentence for murder in Georgia.

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Workers will stay away from the entire area.

It is not the big lie of racial profiling, they are illegal. DEPORT THEM!!!!

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The only problem is they are not willing to do this work

Why would they be? They have a welfare state to take care of them, brought to us by people like you who believe we should all get something for nothing.

So now the problem is the "welfare state" ? First "illegals" and now this? If we got rid of all welfare and people still didn't want to do these jobs, what would you blame then?

What makes you think problems are so simplistic as to have only one cause? Don't be stupid.

Hunger is a terrific motivator.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The article fails to say how much these farmers are paying per hour for this labor. The closest the article comes to saying what the wages are is that "these crops pay low piece wages" You sound like you are anti GOP so can I assume you are somewhat liberal?

He is the biggest anti-Republican troll on the forum. If you value objectivity, don't even waste your time reading his stuff.

Really? wow I mean really wow. Where do you get your stuff? I mean really I am considering Herman Cain as my choice for President? Anti GOP? Where are you getting your fairy tales from?

I was talking about rdean, not you.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

One issue not raised is the fact that the farmers paid them & thats it. If an American were to do the work, they'd have to make the standard tax-deductions from the checks.

The farmer does not pay with check he pays with cash how do you think illegals do not have to pay taxes?

They pay lots of taxes wehn they purchase things.

They make so little they would pay no income taxes anyway

And they suck up tax dollars when they send their kids to public school, collect Medicaid for them, food stamps for them, and section 8 housing for them. Illegal immigration costs California alone over $10 billion a year. Aren't you a California crackpot?

 

[Flopper]

The only problem is they are not willing to do this work

Why would they be? They have a welfare state to take care of them, brought to us by people like you who believe we should all get something for nothing.

It's stooping over all day picking vegetables in 100 degree temperatures that's keeping people out of the fields. Most Americans aren't physically fit enough to do this work.

 

[AmericanFirst]

The only problem is they are not willing to do this work

Why would they be? They have a welfare state to take care of them, brought to us by people like you who believe we should all get something for nothing.

So now the problem is the "welfare state" ? First "illegals" and now this? If we got rid of all welfare and people still didn't want to do these jobs, what would you blame then?

The lazy welfare worker of course. Time they stop freeloading off our tax money, the thieves.

 

[BenNatuf]

The only problem is they are not willing to do this work

Why would they be? They have a welfare state to take care of them, brought to us by people like you who believe we should all get something for nothing.

It's stooping over all day picking vegetables in 100 degree temperatures that's keeping people out of the fields. Most Americans aren't physically fit enough to do this work.

cut off thier food stamps and they'll lose some weight

 

[Flopper]

The only problem is they are not willing to do this work

It has nothing to do with will. it's called survival, if you aren't getting a government check you can bet your last dollar they would be more than glad to hit those fields and earn some money. Starvation will make a man do most anything.

Yep, work for starvation wages, cheat, steal, murder, or whatever is necessarily just like they do in 3rd world countries.

 

[BenNatuf]

The only problem is they are not willing to do this work

It has nothing to do with will. it's called survival, if you aren't getting a government check you can bet your last dollar they would be more than glad to hit those fields and earn some money. Starvation will make a man do most anything.

Yep, work for starvation wages, cheat, steal, murder, or whatever is necessarily just like they do in 3rd world countries.

$12 per hour in a rural GA community is not starvation wages.

 

[Rozman]

Growers now are scrambling to find enough workers to keep their crops from withering on the vine and rotting on the ground. Each spring and early summer, thousands of undocumented workers, mainly from Florida, travel to Georgia and states further north to work. Charles Hall, executive director of Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Association, said farmers are finding only between 30 percent and 50 percent of the 11,000 farm hands needed to the harvest their crops, producing a labor shortage that will hit the industry with a loss of $250 million.

The shortage clearly puts the lie to the myth held by critics of U.S. farming practices that desperate unemployed U.S. citizens will do farm work if it is available to them. The Georgia Labor Department released a survey showing that unemployment in Irwin County, where blackberries are a major crop, is at 13 percent, yet very few people went to the fields. Of those who did, the overwhelming majority walked away.

Get-Tough Laws Hurt More than Immigrants « Farmworkers Forum

More failed Republican policies.

OK GOP, take a good long look at your "farm workers".

Because Ed Schultz and the rest of his ilk are fighting hard to keep the "99er's" home on the couch instead of going out and getting work...

 

[AmericanFirst]

One issue not raised is the fact that the farmers paid them & thats it. If an American were to do the work, they'd have to make the standard tax-deductions from the checks.

The farmer does not pay with check he pays with cash how do you think illegals do not have to pay taxes?

No duh. See the bolded text

Your bold text doesn't say how they get paid. DEPORT THEM!!!

 

[chanel]

How many government sponsored "job corps" programs are there? Maybe it's time for those organizations to do what they're paid to do - find people work.