Comment on Jerry Nadler Says ‘Vegetables’ Will ‘Rot’ If Illegal Immigrants Aren’t There To Pick Them
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 7 months agoBecause its undercutting American wages and benefits. Because it creates an underclass of people. Because it hurts the American worker. You know why wages are so low and unions cant do jack shit?
Right, because so many Americans want to pick corn. We’re just chompin’ at the bit to do literally back-breaking, heart-bursting, knee-destroying work like picking strawberries and zucchini.
C’mon. Who are you trying to kid?
Because we let these companies import cheap labor
…this is the whole history of American free enterprise. Now you want to stop the importation of cheap labor? Maybe we should’ve thought about that before we made it a part of the Constitution and other bedrock institutions. Economically, these farms would be fools to hire more expensive labor when they can get away with paying significantly less under the table.
Diversity is not strength, its robbery.
Where diversity is not strength, sameness compounds.
Right, because so many Americans want to pick corn.
Not at the wages offered.
If good wages were offered, more Americans would do those jobs.
this is the whole history of American free enterprise.
We want better rights and wages for our workers, for a long time. We’ve been doing it since April 12th, 1861 baybee!
Where diversity is not strength, sameness compounds.
So whats wrong with sameness?
Yes to everything, except…
So whats wrong with sameness?
What’s wrong with diversity?
Good point. Theres no problem with either.
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jimbolauski@lemm.ee 7 months ago
You know machines pick corn right?
The argument that no one wants to pick strawberries or zucchini and that’s why illegal labor is needed is ignoring one thing. No one wants to pick strawberries or zucchini for the wages offered.
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Yeah, but also, no one wants to pay for American-picked groceries. And conservatives want nothing less than to subsidize farmers to encourage them to hire Americans for the job.
What’s the solution here? Like banning abortions for more babies, are we gonna ban immigration to force American to pick a grape? To beat us to submission?
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 7 months ago
The solution is to go after the companies that hire illegal labor. You fine the crap out of them.
We have visas for people who want to come to pick food. It’s nothing new. Operation Wetback was to remove illegal immigrants because Mexico wanted them back.
I do think we need to focus on the companies and not the immigrants. The real “bad” guys are the companies. The immigrants just want to work.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yes no company wants to pay more for wages. Shrinking the labor pool will naturally force companies to pay more. There are more than enough legal migrant workers and Americans to do the job if the wages are right.