Re: Georgia's anti-immigrant law leaves millions in crops rotting in the fields

On Thu, 23 Jun 2011, James wrote:

>>> With the level of unemployment in the US, I'm surprised.
>>
>> What, you think people should accept lower wages in exchange for none?
>
> Low wage *rather* than none.

Ah, thought my grammar might be a little off.  Though if you give up none 
in order to have low, then there is an exchange of some sort there.

> Or is $8/hr even lower than what one would get on some form of 
> unemployment insurance or welfare?

The real question is:  Is $8/hr the sort of wage that these farmers are 
prepared to pay?  The whole point of permitting illegal immigrants, after 
all, was that "they do the jobs that Americans won't do", right?

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