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Without Cheap And Illegal Immigrant Labor From The Latino Community, Fruits And Veggies Would Be Sold At A Premium
We need this labor because Americans of other ethnic and cultural background will not go to the fields and pick fruits and veggies in large enough numbers. The wages expected are far greater than what farmers can pay. Without the Latino labor force. A 99 cent head of lettuce would cost 2 or 3 dollars a head. Avocados would cost $3 each instead of $1 each. We need their labor more than they need us.
 moreno  24 Aug 2009 15:49
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Absolutely. We need them a heck of a lot more than they need us.
 
 artemis  10 Oct 2009 15:12
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Hey, I'm not ready or willing to go harvest all that food at the prices the job currently pays and I don't think most Americans are ready either.
 
 Grenache  24 Aug 2009 20:23
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Fine. I will pay more. You have only stated the obvious anyway. Is it ok to ignore the law if it makes sense 'financially'? That $1 increase in fruit/veggie prices you claim would be the result of eliminating illegal labor would be MORE than balanced by the tax savings felt in no longer providing education/medical/social services to illegal aliens. You might live in a vacuum but the world does not. 'We need their labor more than they need us'- What an entirely silly statement considering they cross deserts to get here with the prospect of possibly being rounded up and sent home.

P.S. Cephus smoked you, All you replied with was assumptions and hearsay. Then you end with 'nice try'. Saying 'nice try' does not a victory make.

P.S.S. I'm assuming that you either pay little or no taxes. You seem to lack a comprehension of the basic fact that every service provided to an illegal alien costs the taxpayers money.
 
 Bugman  24 Aug 2009 16:28
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 Bugman, when does it get to the point where the law is bogus? When 80 million mexicans cross the desert to the border? LOL Don't let the LAW be your moral compass.

I consider any service we provide a form of Good Will. Remember your Jesus speaks of that or maybe you forgot?
by  moreno
 24 Aug 2009 20:45
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Nope, sorry. They've done studies that show that even if no other costs were cut, employing legal workers, paying legal wages, paying all applicable legal insurances, etc. Would only raise the cost of fruits and vegetables by a few cents at best. However, they cost us billions of dollars a year across the board, we educate their children for free, we providen their healthcare for free, they pay no taxes but use public programs for free, they clog our prisons, they fill our roads and all of this costs the American taxpayer money that we shouldn't be paying. The state of California alone pays more than $13 billion a year caring for illegal aliens, that's more than the entire agricultural industry makes combined in the state.

In a day when California has the highest unemployment in the nation, paying billions for illegal labor is utterly idiotic.
 
 Cephus  24 Aug 2009 15:57
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 Who is "They".

As far as unemployment, those unemployed do not want to work in the fields. They rather sell drugs. And many do.

Sorry one bad season can make the cost of fruit change by $1 or more which is a lot. Sometimes no shipment of the fruit or veggies at all.

Without workers you would have a similar effect. Lack of workers effect the supply and the cost.

Nice try.
by  moreno
 24 Aug 2009 16:06
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