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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Americans really WON'T and Don't take these jobs.[b] News to me: I DID those jobs when I was growing up 25 years ago, because all the kids in my farm town did. [/b]These guys work in back-breaking jobs and get paid very little. [b]Because the companies are getting away with it. Making these people "legal" (without asking them to jump through the same hoops everyone else has to to become a citizen here) means they'd get paid more, but then they wouldn't be hired at all. [/b]

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Well, in Polk county, there were 7000 agricultural job openings last year.  They had 1500 citizens apply for them.  320 were hired.  Only 15-16 stayed on through the season.  You do the math... Americans won't do the jobs b/c it's truly back-breaking.  They don't get paid $8 an hour; they fill a huge drum full of oranges (it takes about 10 bags full of oranges @ 90 lbs each -- to fill one drum).  They are expected to fill 8 drums per day.  They make about $500 per month (plus they are given group housing -- which might be valued at about $500 on the open market).

Americans would call it "slavery" to work that hard for $500/mo. and shelter in a group hovel.[/quote]

Is this an issue with Americans or an issue with employers that don't want to offer a decent wage.  I vote the latter.[/quote]

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