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@[email protected] to Leopards Ate My [email protected]English • 17 days ago

'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers

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'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers

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@[email protected] to Leopards Ate My [email protected]English • 17 days ago
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In interviews with the Washington Post, multiple farmers expressed their dismay with the loss of farm workers under Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies and his administration's waffling on subsidies.In a deep dive focusing on one farmer who voted for Trump, 36-year-old J.J. Ficke of Kirk, Colo...
  • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed
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    No. Shit.

    Especially not when OSHA is simultaneously being dismantled.

    • @[email protected]
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      29•17 days ago

      Just wait until we get those pesky child labor laws rolled back, then there’s a fresh new crop of serfs for the fields

      • @[email protected]
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        13•17 days ago

        Oklahoma already got a head start.

        • @[email protected]
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          2•16 days ago

          And Tennessee, Florida, and Wisconsin I believe.

          • @[email protected]
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            2•16 days ago

            Fuuuuuuck. That’s depressing.

      • DominusOfMegadeus
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        5•17 days ago

        Ugh. I HATE waiting!

    • @[email protected]
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      5•17 days ago

      Yes but that’s freedom.

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