"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Dwight Stewart wrote:
"N2EY" wrote:

OK fine. You wanna do migrant farm labor?

If I could still physically do it, I'd be thrilled to do so, Jim. My
grandmother owned a huge farm in North Carolina and I truly enjoyed
going
there every summer during my teenage years to work. I worked
side-by-side
with the hired laborers and did every single job they did. However,
because
of the low wages for most of those jobs today, I certainly wouldn't do
some
those jobs today (even if I could physically do so). However, a few
farmers
in the area still pay well and they have no problems finding labor. If I
could do it, I wouldn't mind doing one of those jobs one summer just for
the
fun of it.

Here lies the rub, Dwight! Although I disagree with a lot of your views
on race, you are spot on on this thread sub-subject.

The reason that this is "undesirable" work is simply because the
producers are allowed to get away with paying such low wages. If they
don't even pay minimum, how is a citizen even supposed to legally hold
the job?

Heck, even Wal Mart is doing it now. They've been caught using illegal
immigrant labor on contract for cleaning. (I can just hear Paul Harvey
"You couldn't have a better neighbor, I suppose *they* can't afford to
pay decent wages?

Why does WalMart have an obligation to "police" the pay scale of
a contractor's employees. As a homeowner, I "hire" contractors now
and then to do various jobs...it ain't my responsibility to know
how much Company X contractor pays its employees

People picked crops as citizens long before it became "undesireable"
work that could only be filled by illegal immigrants.

Heck, some folks PAY for the privilege of "pick your own" (enter
appropriate farm product name).

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK