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The Danger From Low-Skilled Immigrants: Not Having Them. -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Aug 8 '17, 17:29

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/business/economy/immigrants-skills-economy-jobs.html (www.nytimes.com)

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No kidding. The CA agricultural economy would collapse or prices would be 2-3 times as much without them. As the farmers who predominantly voted for - jnine Aug 8, 17:32 1
- Alabama already had serious farm problems of rotting in the fields following their hard assed status checking -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 18:05
I worked a bit in the ag fields in high school next to immigrants. They outworked me and are welcome to the job, imo. -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 17:31 6
- I tried picking tomatoes in the summer. The heat did me in. Luckily I didn't make it to the snakes and rats. It's brutally hard work. -- nm - jnine Aug 8, 17:33 5
  - I set irrigation lines. One day the farmer got a call from another farmer down the road. He gathered all the Mexicans and gave them extra money and - crash davis Aug 8, 17:38 4
    - And did everything cost a nickel? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 8, 17:48 3
      - it was a quarter -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 17:49 2
        
        It was good pay if you were a high school kid looking for summer money, but if you were trying to live on it to support yourself or a family, forget - jnine Aug 8, 17:51 1
        
        word -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 17:52

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