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Old 05-12-2018, 04:32 PM
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'Tricked by the devil.' They backed Trump. Now, his foreign labor cuts may ruin them.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/...210676214.html

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Old 05-12-2018, 08:25 PM
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The same thing is happening among the watermen on the Chesapeake Bay. Seasonal workers aren't available to pick crab meat, something Americans simply will no longer do.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...252_story.html
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The same thing is happening among the watermen on the Chesapeake Bay. Seasonal workers aren't available to pick crab meat, something Americans simply will no longer do, for the salary being offered!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...252_story.html

Left out an important part IMO.



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Old 05-13-2018, 07:35 AM
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Old 05-13-2018, 08:28 AM
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Left out an important part IMO.

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Not exactly. Legal seasonal workers have been picking crab meat on the Chesapeake for decades and there are no Americans on Maryland's Eastern Shore willing/able to do it at any price. The same is true about numerous jobs in the agriculture and hospitality industries. Trump can't snap his fingers and change that (BTW, Trump himself plans to bring in 23 foreign seasonal workers to work in his vineyard near Charlottesville this year (and has done so for years)).
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Old 05-13-2018, 08:36 AM
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BS propaganda. They want to be able to pay under the table cheap wages.

I see them here in Brooklyn. Now the Guatemalans have replaced the Mexicans, because the Mexicans are refusing to work for what they are offering.
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BS propaganda. They want to be able to pay under the table cheap wages.
The formal H-2A visa program for seasonal workers is anything but "under the table."
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Old 05-13-2018, 09:10 AM
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The formal H-2A visa program for seasonal workers is anything but "under the table."
It is an argument being promoted as a cover for the desire for the overwhelming availability of very cheap labor.
$12 a hour in Kentucky for cutting grass and cannot find workers?

Go to Central Florida and announce that on any corner and see how many workers would be heading for Kentucky.

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Old 05-13-2018, 09:48 AM
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It is an argument being promoted as a cover for the desire for the overwhelming availability of very cheap labor.
$12 a hour in Kentucky for cutting grass and cannot find workers?

Go to Central Florida and announce that on any corner and see how many workers would be heading for Kentucky.
Yet another myth. People living in impoverished locales or places with poor jobs prospects are frequently emotionally tied to that place place, nonetheless. There are ample decent-paying, low-skill jobs in the DC area, but unemployed folks from West Virginia remain in West Virginia hoping that gainful employment will somehow return there.
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