Posted by Dave from MN on May 08, 2009 at 05:18:56 from (96.24.108.212):
In Reply to: Migrant Farm Workers posted by wkfarmall on May 07, 2009 at 22:51:57:
What I see is a few issues. First and most, too many American men, feel they are above, working as a farm labor. America seems to have lost the sense of what "being a man" is, nowadays being a man is sitting in a sports bar, acting like you are still in high school and are competeing for the #1 cool jock wanna be award. Getting up early for a vigoruos work out at the golf range or in front of the tv on the Xbox and enjoying a Latte afterwards is also another new fad that makes one testicals grow, at least that how it seems. Another factor is the certain farmers that do not want to, or cant, pay a decent wage for labor. I help some friends when they need it and I get from $10 cash- $25/ hour, When I need help here I have no problem getting the hlp I need be it teenagers or adult friends, I pay $8.5-$15 depending on how hard of job it is and I also feed them good. I think alot of these migrants are working for a few dollars and hour and for cash, so that really drops the labor cost for some farmers. As far as finding help, most places have plenty of people looking for work right now, you just have to get the word out, recruit from high schools and collages, put a couple ads up at places people go when they are out of work. Pay a decent wage and realize that you may have to take the time to train, and also give the person some slack when they find their body is out of shape for farm work, you wear them out the first day, they wont be back the next because they will be in too much pain and will think it's gonna be like that every morning. I still feel my first point is the biggest issue, todays 'men' have too little testosterone, too much unearned pride, a bit of estrogen, and a bad case of " some one needs to take care of me'. There, I vented a little too about a few indiviuals I know that really are lacking on the "responsibility" in life acceptance. Cant wait for their emails after they read this.
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