Bill Sohl wrote:
"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

For the same reason they might want a contractors employees tested for
drugs. For the same reason you might not want to invest in an
organization that has practices you don't like. Wal Mart has
accountants, the accountants know - or should know - the hours needed to
do a certain function, therefore they should have an idea what it should
cost to contract out a service. If a bid comes in below what it should
cost, the contract company is either not doing the job it should, is
using illegal help, or is so incredibly efficient that the hiring
company should have the contracting company do some seminars on how they
got so efficient.

You might want to think about your practice of apathy toward
subcontractors. One way that they can charge lower prices is to not
carry insurance. I recently had tree work done, and we got several
quotes. We asked the lowest couple quotes to provide proof of insurance.
Guess what? No insurance. So I do want to know a few things about those
who I hire. YMMV. For myself I won't try to stand up for something illegal.

- Mike KB3EIA -