'The whole thing is screwed up': Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers - eviltoast
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    What never ceases to amaze me is that people hiring undocumented workers aren’t getting in major legal trouble, and that they straight up admit they were doing it publicly.

    Assuming the mindset that we need to get rid of the big scary immigrants, how are the people hiring them not equally culpable?

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      Hey now, logic has no place here. You’re also forgetting the foundational principle of our criminal justice system. It’s not illegal if you have money and your motivation was greed.

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        Also, you can’t punish individuals when a whole company does crimes, because you can’t hold companies accountable.

        Unless the company harms the wealthy, then some scapegoats might suffer some consequences.

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    “The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”

    With an attitude like that it’s no wonder you’re having trouble finding people to work for you…

    “We moved to H-2A out of necessity,” added Sarah Zost, an orchard grower in Gardners, Pennsylvania. “No one wants to use the program. It’s a paperwork nightmare.”

    If only one party had been proposing to fix immigration; only to have their efforts hamstrung by insistence we first “strengthen the border”. See reference here: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-collapse-of-bipartisan-immigration-reform-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/

    The best chance to enact comprehensive reform came in 2013 during President Barack Obama’s second term, when a bipartisan group of senators dubbed the “Gang of Eight” agreed on a bill that would toughen security at the southern border and make it harder for employers to hire migrants who had entered the U.S. illegally while providing legal status and a path to citizenship for millions of such migrants who had resided in the U.S. for many years. The proposal passed the Senate 68 to 32 with strong bipartisan support. But because it did not enjoy the support of a majority of House Republicans, then-Speaker John Boehner refused to bring it to floor for a vote, and the measure died.

    Article doesn’t mention pay either…

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      But because it did not enjoy the support of a majority of House Republicans, then-Speaker John Boehner refused to bring it to floor for a vote

      Ahh yes, the informal rule named for child rapist Dennis Hastert ® that has only ever been used by republicans.

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      John Boehner is a drunk piece of shit who was constantly crying in public because he was constantly shitfaced at work. Just throwing that out there. I speak from personal experience.

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      three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm

      He was doomed to fail from the start.

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      It’s too bad the punishment for what THEY voted for only applied to them, since they asked for it. It’d be nice if normal Americans could go on living our lives under a normal administration…

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    Well, goooooollllly. And gee-whillickers.

    Now just who the fuck could have done this to us? How could Kamala and her cackle do this to such fine, upright REEL MERIKANS?

    “The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.” [emphasis mine]

    Well, lookee here. Gosh, I wonder if there is any correlation to voting and outcomes?

    Also, is this guy stepping up to do the job, or is he “too spoiled”?

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      I think you meant:

      “Ach, now who in the world went and done this to us, once?”

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    Not sure what to tell you dipshits if you didn’t know this would happen after last time. It’s a literal repeat for farmers.

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      That’s why they had to be BRIBED in his first term. They expect those handouts/bribes again, I’m sure.

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    The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”

    Huh. Can’t see any problems here. Have the day you keep voting for, buddy!

    I feel so bad that some poor “salt of the earth” can’t keep the farms their daddies left them… 🙄

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    Well, yes. Happens when you take the road to stupid.

    Have you tried this “bootstraps” thing?