Georgia Farmers have 11,000 jobs

Armistead · 06-26-11, 01:56 PM

Georgia passed some strong laws regarding illegals so such suggest they're leaving the state in mass duing harvesting season which could result in millions of dollars of picked items to go bad.

It seems these farmers have a few choices, increase wages beyond the average $9 per hour would likely bring in legal workers, although food cost would go up...but why not, this is the correct thing to do.

Why farmers may incure more cost, the state will save much more in hospital cost, jails, social services, etc. The burden should be on the private employers, not the state anyway which makes legals pay the extra amount in taxes anyway, so I could live with cost for more picked items and lower taxes, although we know if states save money they usually spend it elsewhere.

Where are the teens today, are they just so spoiled and lazy they won't work in the sun. When I was a teen in the late 70's/early 80's we all did this kind of work in the summer for money, pluck tobacco, get up hay, pick apples, etc....

Georgia did the right thing, hope NC would do it, but we have a much worse problem here.

06-26-11, 01:56 PM	#1
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Georgia Farmers have 11,000 jobs Georgia passed some strong laws regarding illegals so such suggest they're leaving the state in mass duing harvesting season which could result in millions of dollars of picked items to go bad. It seems these farmers have a few choices, increase wages beyond the average $9 per hour would likely bring in legal workers, although food cost would go up...but why not, this is the correct thing to do. Why farmers may incure more cost, the state will save much more in hospital cost, jails, social services, etc. The burden should be on the private employers, not the state anyway which makes legals pay the extra amount in taxes anyway, so I could live with cost for more picked items and lower taxes, although we know if states save money they usually spend it elsewhere. Where are the teens today, are they just so spoiled and lazy they won't work in the sun. When I was a teen in the late 70's/early 80's we all did this kind of work in the summer for money, pluck tobacco, get up hay, pick apples, etc.... Georgia did the right thing, hope NC would do it, but we have a much worse problem here.