Senator John McCain Offering $50 an hour to pick lettuce!

Senator John McCain's Office ^ | April 14th 2006 | Senator John McCain

[Fred]

U.S. Senator John McCain is offering $50.00 an hour to anyone willing to stay in Yuma for 1 year and pick lettuce.

Here are his numbers. They will ask you for your name address and phone number.

241 Russell Senate Ofc. Bldg. United States Senate , Washington DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2235 Fax: (202) 228-2862

Phoenix 5353 North 16th Street Suite 105 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Phone: (602) 952-2410 Fax: (602) 952-8702

Tempe 4703 S. Lakeshore Drive Suite 1 Tempe, Arizona 85282 Phone: (480) 897-6289 Fax: (480) 897-8389

Tucson 407 W. Congress Street Suite 103 Tucson, Arizona 85701 Phone: (520) 670-6334 Fax: (520) 670-6637

[Fred]

I called, please call. Told them I am ready to go.. They blew me off and said they are taking comments.

Can't wait for McCain's sound bite on the Sunday morning shows.....

Call the state offices, of course, they are all on vacation from DC...

[Old_Mil]

$50/hr x 40 hrs/week = $2000/week x 50 weeks = $100,000 a year. Yeah, I'll take that.

[TommyDale]

It's not the lettuce job that people don't want -- it's living in Arizona, home to that idiot McCain.

[dirtboy]

McCain knows about picking lettuce - his buddies picked all kinds of Federal Reserve lettuce during the Keating Five scandals.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Link? Or are you here to stir the pot?

[null and void]

Ummmm, minor point, he didn't say for a whole year, he said for picking season...

[RasterMaster]

I'll bet he's paying with RUBBER CHECKS!

[Publius6961]

LOL!

Is this stunt going to blow up in his face or what?

I can't imagine a better way to get an extra 50,000 illegals crossing the border just at the thought.

What an idiot!

[Cboldt]

-bump-

Holy cow, a 1997 sign-up date!

[Misplaced Texan]

They only pick lettuce from the end of November to the middle of March in Yuma.

[taxed2death]

...sign me up.

[AntiGuv]

Is the catch just that it's a fraudulent offer, or is there something else?

I'd pick lettuce for $50 an hour..

[PGalt]

McCain knows about picking lettuce - his buddies picked all kinds of Federal Reserve lettuce during the Keating Five scandals.

Thanks for the reminder. He was just picking Iceberg Lettuce that invaders were unable to pick.

[trubluolyguy]

U.S. Senator John McCain is offering $50.00 an hour to anyone willing to stay in Yuma for 1 year and pick lettuce

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Again? Or same offer from last week?

[gondramB]

"$50/hr x 40 hrs/week = $2000/week x 50 weeks = $100,000 a year. Yeah, I'll take that."

I wonder how many weeks a year you can pick lettice - what if picking season is only 10 weeks?

[FreePaul]

The nitwit made that "offer" over a week ago. I'm surprised it didn't show up here sooner. I haven't seen much of it in any of the so called media. I wouldn't spend too much time looking for it in the Sunday shows.

[cripplecreek]

At $50 an hour, you know it's gotta be government lettuce.

[taxed2death]

oooooohhh yyyyeeeaaaaaaa

I'm sure this will be tax free income, correctamundo?


:)

[Post-Neolithic]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609095/posts

[DTogo]

I'd rather pick ILLEGAL aliens out of society and deport them for $50/hour.

[Publius6961]

Can I claim 19 deduction on my W-4 and disappear afterwards too?
If "yes", sign me up!!

[TaxMe]

Well, if we are replacing illegals, we get cash under the table too!!! Who wouldn't take the deal!

[Andy from Beaverton]

Did I say an hour? No! I said $50 a day!

[SE Mom]

The heck with illegals..I'm a bonda-fide lifelong citizen of the U.S....happy to move to Arizona for the picking season for $50 an hour- I'm not afraid of hard work and love being outdoors. Wonder if I'd qualify? :)

[Admin Moderator]

Old enough to know better than to post the thread in every possible topic.

I fixed that.

[Fred]

Call them yourself, they will talk to you. Quit being so lazy...

BTW the weather is great in Yuma in the winter...

[trubluolyguy]

They only pick lettuce from the end of November to the middle of March in Yuma.

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Wow, I could winter in a warm climate for once, sign me up!

[andie74]

I'd rather pick ILLEGAL aliens out of society and deport them for $50/hour.

But the sky would fall and the economy would collapse!!!/s off

[MrPiper]

I called and was told that it was a "rhetorical" statement by McCain.

His office does not care what you think, I 'm sure he does not either.

No jobs, but please call anyway.

[Lucky9teen]

Yeah, some guys went into his office and asked for applications. The secretary told them, McCain was just joking.

So apparently, Mr. McLame thinks it's all a joke.

[BigSkyFreeper]

OK, so he got booed by union creeps. They're for amnesty. By the way, the original posters "source" was McCain's website. There's nothing there to suggest anything what this thread is about.

[Fred]

Sorry

[Wombat101]

I'd pick lettuce for $50 an hour, too. But do I get dental and a 401(k), and not have to pay union dues?

[cripplecreek]

I'm going to undercut your wage. I'm willing to do it for $30 an hour tax free. LOL

[BigSkyFreeper]

Quit being so lazy...

I see no one building the fence down there.

BTW the weather is great in Yuma in the winter...

I'm sure it is the best time of year to build that fence.

[Lekker 1]

Wow...Fred, you must be a Founding Father :-)

[Admin Moderator]

You are forgiven.

The moderators are generally in a good mood on Fridays.

[trubluolyguy]

Ah heck AMIGO, lets settle on $40 and both take the job!

[Fred]

Please call and let McCain know what you think. I called they are taking comments.

I talked to my sister. She is ready to ship her kids off to Yuma, and if they are good, she will give them a cut!

[bondjamesbond]

I pick lettuce in my own garden for free. I plant it too. This is on top of my regular job. How stupid does that make me?

[DTogo]

What's funny about that lamebrain argument by the open borders crowd, is that if ILLEGALS are legalized, employers would have to pay them at least the minimum wage and the associated payroll/other taxes. Hence, prices of goods and services now produced by ILLEGAL aliens would go up.

If ILLEGAL aliens are removed from society, employers would have to pay an American worker at least the minimum wage and the associated payroll/other taxes. Hence, the price of the same goods and services would go up.

Given the choice, I prefer the jobs go to Americans first. No brainer.

[NormsRevenge]

Bummer, Im giving lettuce up for Lent.

[Lekker 1]

The moderators are generally in a good mood on Fridays.

It's gotta be the Hawaiian shirt.

[TheForceOfOne]

I'm holding out for the $75.00 hr lawn care job. I can't feed my family on $50.00 hr dang it! Do they have any idea what a head of lettuce costs! :P

[Publius6961]

Bummer, Im giving lettuce up for Lent.

Me too.
I hate rabbit food...

[antiRepublicrat]

I've done much more menial jobs in my life, so I'll take it!

[caisson71]

Is that $50 dollars of HIS money or taxpayer's money? What a arrogant ass!!

[SunTzuWu]

I need at least $65 an hour. Get back to me later.

[Cboldt]

Wow...Fred, you must be a Founding Father

Eric (poster No. 3 - who posts infrequently) has the most seniority under the current system/incarnation of FR. Well, JR (Poster No. 1) has more than Eric. Fred is poster No. 403. I'm so far up in the numbers at poster No. 18,066 that assigning anything that resembles "seniority" to me is a farce.

[P-Marlowe]

Is he trying to say that one of his state's fine cities, Yuma Arizona, is such a hell hole that nobody (but illegal aliens) would live there even if they were making $100,000 a year picking lettuce?

I tell you, with a personal cooler and an Ipod, I'd be more than happy to pick lettuce all day for $2000 per week. My wife and I could both do it and we'd net out at $208,000 per year.

I've been to Yuma. Someone needs to tell McCain that it ain't that bad of a place.