We also have wheat farmers in our area that are paid by the Federal Government  not to grow to keep the price of grain up. The local joke is that we have more wheat farmer millionaires that don't actually grow anything than any farmer of any other crop who does grow.

Yeah cause Okies and Arkies never worked agriculture once upon a time. Guess that was about 20 years before your time.

And when was the last time you spent the year bent over and picking moore? Other than your **** that is.

Read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Manny. America was like that once. Just read a news story the other day about a worker getting shredded in a meat machine. Ahh just like the good old days. Now if we could just get 6 year olds back into the coal mines.

Mmm. So what you really wanted were slaves.

So full of it.

And the rest of us just work for fun? You do realize that Hispanic workers help each other out while picking and the odd Caucasians out get no help at all.

I can't speak for anyone else all I can do is relate my experience at an apple processing plant. When I was hired I was the only non-Hispanic working on the line in my area. One other Caucasian guy was hired on within days after me but quickly transferred to the box producing unit when the opportunity came up where he ...more

I can work as hard as my Mexican brother. I just don't get  federally subsidized housing that costs less than $200 a month(or free on site housing) so I can stretch that minimum wage.  I know because I live in an apple industry town and have worked security at 2 migrant worker camps and 3 subsidized housing development...more