Posted on 04/14/2006 10:21:40 AM PDT by 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
I still say he needs to be indicted for his part in it. Maybe the citizens of Arizona could start a movement to demand it?
Lettuce if grown outside is a cool weather crop. I don't think it does well in 117 degree temps.
Hey, i'll do even better than that. I'll pick lettuce for $35.00 an hour for a month. Save McCain about $15.00 an hour.
Undocumented...undocumented checks, my FRiend. I'd bet an hour's wages that this was nothing more than pure publicity stunt and he had NO intention of actually paying anybody anything.
Oops, just scrolled down and got a look at that field of lettuce... I've changed my mind. I wouldn't do it for $35.00 an hour. Was thinking it was Head Lettuce. LOL. Didn't like the looks of that Leaf Lettuce Field....
He said $50 a DAY not an hour. This works out to be $6.25 an hour. I wonder what min. wage is in AZ. Now lets add up housing, food, energy, transportation, health care, etc. How can you and your family live on that wage? It is easy if you get the above for free. Who benefits from this? The worker, AG. company, and the people who provide the above services. Who pays for this? The middle class. Illegals will not like it when they get on the "sucker side" of citizenship.
My sister is a rep for a temp agency. She has already got all the numbers worked out to supply the pickers for the winter. ALLL THE PEOPLE THEY SEND WILL BE CITIZENS AND OR LEGAL TO WORK IN THE US, WILL PAY FULL TAXES, BE INSURED AND HAVE HEALTHCARE COVERAGE THRU THE TEMP AGENCY. Everyone makes a profit and all are happy AND LEGAL!
It does well enough to be a major crop in Arizona. We have a winter, too, y'know.
Looks like a head lettuce field to me, probably in Salinas. You can seem them untrimmed on the sorting table.
TIME TO AUTOMATE.... NO MORE SLAVE LABOR, WE NEED THE NEXT COTTON GIN..... NOT A CIVIL WAR
What about picking strawberries?
"Ah but the strawberries, that's where I had them..."
Agreed, but it is soo hard to get those machines down to city hall for the demonstration.
Don't get picky on this thread! :P
I saw McCain on TV making the quote and he cleary said "50 dollars per HOUR".
Yes, he mant to say $50 per day, but he said hour, which it what makes this so funny. Took forever for a Freeper to point out $50 per hour is not happening for this type of work anywhere.
Hey there's like 1800 lettuce picker applications over on projectusa
http://www.projectusa.org/db/forums/lettucepickers.php
Fred*s been around since 1997. :o)
Do you honestly believe that employers who scoff at the law now will obey new laws?? Illegals who suddenly become legal will simply lose their jobs and join their brothers and sisters on the welfare rolls as their employers bus in new illegal employees to replace them and skirt the new law.
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