"Mike Coslo" wrote:

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.


Few people always agree with others on everything, Mike. It would be one
darn boring world if we did, now wouldn't it?


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?


I agree. Coming from a semi-farm background myself, I certainly know a
little bit about the profits earned from farming and the business practices
(including labor practices) used throughout the industry. My grandmother and
I have talked about such things many times. Anyway, I've seen a slow decline
in the wages paid over the years. And I'm not talking about the small family
farms. Family farms don't hire that many outside workers. Instead, the
practice is seen most often on the large, corporate owned, farms - the farms
owned by industries generating billions of dollars in profits each year. And
nobody is going to convince me these corporations cannot afford to pay
higher wages. If my grandmother can do it and still make good profits, these
much more wealthy corporations can certainly do so.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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