Quote from Crispy:
Are the poor too proud to peddle fruit in the USA now?
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Dunno the answer to that question but I do know they are too lazy to pick fruit in Georgia.
Note at the end of the article I'm posting that there were an estimated 11000 farm job openings according to Georgia farmers. I'm now really pissed at the 99'rs.
Seneca
"Georgiaâs agricultural industry is preparing to commission a study of the financial losses it suffered this year as a result of severe labor shortages some fruit and vegetable growers have tied to the stateâs new immigration enforcement law.
The study -- to be due Oct. 1 -- would help quantify the farmersâ losses, guide state lawmakers considering future immigration-related legislation and bolster efforts to create an improved national guest-worker program, said Charles Hall, executive director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association.
Hall said his association is among several state agricultural groups that are seeking the report. The study will be conducted by John McKissick, former director of the Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development at the University of Georgia. Hall and McKissick said they are still working out the details, but both indicated the study will help quantify the direct and indirect economic impacts of the labor shortages for farmers and Georgia communities.
Many farmers have complained that Georgiaâs tough new law targeting illegal immigration has scared away the migrant Hispanic workers they depend on to pick their fruits and vegetables.
A federal judge put some of the most controversial parts of the law on hold last month after civil and immigrant rights groups challenged the measureâs constitutionality in court. But most of the law was left intact, including a provision that penalizes people who use fake identification to get jobs in Georgia.
In May, Hall estimated farm labor shortages could put as much as $300 million in crops at risk this year. A state survey of farmers released last month showed they had 11,080 jobs open."
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-farmers-to-seek-1012576.html