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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35845659

For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction.

  • greyscale@lemmy.grey.oooEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Then he switched to Mexicans.

    And he did that because they were cheaper than an automated dairy shed.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Mexicans will get it done with no fuss. They’re worth double. I used to be in the roofing biz, and you WANT a Mexican crew on your roof. They didn’t come cheap, especially if they knew what they were doing, and had a crew chief that spoke English. They were worth every penny.