'The Whole Thing Is Screwed Up': Farmers In Deep-r\Red Pennsylvania Struggle To Find Workers.

[M14 Shooter]

Korean 'guest workers' agree it's bigoted, whatever you actually meant.

Wow. That's the best you can do?

 

[Foxfyre]

They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.

TIOGA COUNTY, Pa. — As House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson prepares to introduce legislation aimed at easing the farm labor crisis, farmers in the Pennsylvania Republican’s district are hoping he’s heard their cries that they need more help right now.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/farm-labor-shortage-pennsylvania-trump-immigration-00560820

In Tioga County, where President Donald Trump won 75 percent of the vote in 2024, farmers are losing patience with the White House’s promise of a quick solution for farm workers. Their urgent need is highlighted by stories like those of a multigenerational dairy farm that sold off all its dairy cows because the owner could not find workers and another where a farmer’s job listings have received no responses.

Farmers in the rural region near the New York border say those stories are not unique.


“The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”

Simply WOW! White Americans don't want to do stoop labor? Who did not see this coming.

These people voted for Trump, who promised to deport undocumented laborers and now that he is doing so, they feel the pain that they inflicted upon themselves. I have no pity for them.

While Politico rarely--very rarely--is ever intellectually honest about much of anything they report, how insulting is it to migrant workers that they are expected to do work that Americans won't do?

The solution of course is requiring able bodied Americans drawing unemployment to take those jobs that 'Americans won't do' until they can find something better. The hourly wage for farmhands in the the USA is $15+ That is more than double the federal minimum wage though below unemployment pay in most states.

Maybe the government could work out something to supplement the average farm pay with just enough to equal the unemployment pay in a given state?

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[struth]

They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.

TIOGA COUNTY, Pa. — As House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson prepares to introduce legislation aimed at easing the farm labor crisis, farmers in the Pennsylvania Republican’s district are hoping he’s heard their cries that they need more help right now.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/farm-labor-shortage-pennsylvania-trump-immigration-00560820

In Tioga County, where President Donald Trump won 75 percent of the vote in 2024, farmers are losing patience with the White House’s promise of a quick solution for farm workers. Their urgent need is highlighted by stories like those of a multigenerational dairy farm that sold off all its dairy cows because the owner could not find workers and another where a farmer’s job listings have received no responses.

Farmers in the rural region near the New York border say those stories are not unique.


“The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”

Simply WOW! White Americans don't want to do stoop labor? Who did not see this coming.

These people voted for Trump, who promised to deport undocumented laborers and now that he is doing so, they feel the pain that they inflicted upon themselves. I have no pity for them.

Doesn’t Pa have a Dem governor? Maybe they should contact Sharpiro and find out if they can get someone off the unemployment rolls

 

[0311]

Don't waste your breath, let these farms collapse, let the produce rot and watch the prices rise, as soon as it impact the trump devotee they'll start complaining too.

I mean it's not simply labor FFS:

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American farmers warn this year feels especially dire. What happens next?

Farmers say lower prices for crops like corn and soybeans and rising operating costs are squeezing profits.

www.usatoday.com

The hard core cult followers never believe these stories. Then when it happens to them, all they say "I didn't vote for this". When in fact, that is exactly what they did vote for.

 

[Dagoth-Ur]

Those countries are not so dumb as to make their vital guest workers illegal.

That is left to the cult of MAGA.

Or the just use machines.

 

[Dagoth-Ur]

Doesn’t Pa have a Dem governor? Maybe they should contact Sharpiro and find out if they can get someone off the unemployment rolls

Democrats never fix anything.

 

[Dante]

They shouldn't have hired illegal immigrants then. That's on them.

'The Whole Thing Is Screwed Up'?

Screw them. Don't care

 

[Dante]

Democrats never fix anything.

The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - United States Joint Economic Committee

www.jec.senate.gov

The U.S. economy has performed much better under Democratic presidents than Republican presidents in the modern era. In almost every measure of the U.S. economy including total job growth, unemployment, economic growth, manufacturing job growth, manufacturing investment, small business creation, and contribution to the national debt, economic performance is stronger under Democrats. While there are many factors contributing to these trends, the throughline is clear that Democratic administrations consistently help the U.S. economy perform better than Republican administrations.

Republicans have prioritized tax cuts that benefit the wealthy and that fail to boost economic growth or pay for themselves, while Democrats have prioritized investing in the middle class, supporting small businesses, and improving economic resilience after downturns. Of the 11 recessions in the modern era, 10 have begun under Republican presidents.

 

[struth]

The hard core cult followers never believe these stories. Then when it happens to them, all they say "I didn't vote for this". When in fact, that is exactly what they did vote for.

I did vote for this. If farmers can’t find legal employees then screw them

 

[struth]

The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - United States Joint Economic Committee

www.jec.senate.gov

The U.S. economy has performed much better under Democratic presidents than Republican presidents in the modern era. In almost every measure of the U.S. economy including total job growth, unemployment, economic growth, manufacturing job growth, manufacturing investment, small business creation, and contribution to the national debt, economic performance is stronger under Democrats. While there are many factors contributing to these trends, the throughline is clear that Democratic administrations consistently help the U.S. economy perform better than Republican administrations.

Republicans have prioritized tax cuts that benefit the wealthy and that fail to boost economic growth or pay for themselves, while Democrats have prioritized investing in the middle class, supporting small businesses, and improving economic resilience after downturns. Of the 11 recessions in the modern era, 10 have begun under Republican presidents.

Well it hasn’t this century, that much is clear. Likely because the Dem party as it was in 1961 no longer exist and has been taken over by demafasict who believe in making Americans worse off

 

[Bootstraps]

'The Whole Thing Is Screwed Up'?

Screw them. Don't care

Same. Hire actual citizens.

 

[Dante]

Same. Hire actual citizens.

They're too busy doing fenti and dropping like flies

 

[Bootstraps]

They're too busy doing fenti and dropping like flies

If that's what you want to go with, no one can stop you.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

No Human Being is an illegal. When will the haters learn that?

Illegal aliens are.

 

[cnm]

Don't waste your breath, let these farms collapse, let the produce rot and watch the prices rise, as soon as it impact the trump devotee they'll start complaining too.

I mean it's not simply labor FFS:

American farmers warn this year feels especially dire. What happens next?

Farmers say lower prices for crops like corn and soybeans and rising operating costs are squeezing profits.

www.usatoday.com

I bet they'd vote for him again.

What a hoot...

 

[cnm]

Or the just use machines.

One can see those on this thread who've never harvested a crop in their lives wibbling on as Chump destroys America's agricultural exports.

 

[Dagoth-Ur]

One can see those on this thread who've never harvested a crop in their lives wibbling on as Chump destroys America's agricultural exports.

Funny, I see Combines working all day.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Democrats never fix anything.

They Rip What They Sew

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

I did vote for this. If farmers can’t find legal employees then screw them

Let It Lead to Confiscating the Profits of Outsourcers

A profit motive often leads to treason. We need to build a patriotic wall around Wall Street.

 

[struth]

Let It Lead to Confiscating the Profits of Outsourcers

A profit motive often leads to treason. We need to build a patriotic wall around Wall Street.

Wall Street and farmers?