I wonder if #TrumpNation will learn from this or if they'll just stick their heads in the sand and blame other...

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I wonder if #TrumpNation will learn from this or if they'll just stick their heads in the sand and blame other factors for rising food costs.

Originally shared by Chris Kim A

Vegetable prices may be going up soon, as a shortage of migrant workers is resulting in lost crops in California.

Farmers say they're having trouble hiring enough people to work during harvest season, causing some crops to rot before they can be picked. Already, the situation has triggered losses of more than $13 million in two California counties alone, according to NBC News.

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(via Mari Thomas)
http://fortune.com/2017/08/08/immigration-worker-shortage-rotting-crops/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

Comments

Martha Velazquez said…
So I'm wondering where the unemployed are? Don't they want jobs just above minimum wage with benefits?
August 11, 2017 at 11:21 PM
Salvador Melo said…
In many states, getting this kind of a job will cut your family's benefits by more than the job will pay.
August 12, 2017 at 12:25 AM
Jason ON said…
You guys do know that farms and ranches are generally located in rural areas, right?
August 12, 2017 at 7:33 PM
Martha Velazquez said…
I sure do. I live in northern Californian and know that farms are centrally located in the state. Still, if regular folks are unemployed in the area, why aren't they applying for these vacant jobs?
August 12, 2017 at 7:55 PM
Jason ON said…
Do you have evidence that unemployed people in the area of these farms and ranches haven't been applying for these jobs? Or that there are even any unemployed people in these areas?
August 12, 2017 at 9:45 PM
Martha Velazquez said…
Nope just thinking out loud. After all, most Americans believe illegals are taking their jobs away when in reality Americans don't want the jobs illegals had.
August 12, 2017 at 10:19 PM
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