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To: bray
Where you going to find these law abiding people to pick the crops??

I think you are looking at the problem all wrong.

Suppose that all illegal aliens were rounded up and exported, what would happen to all those tomato's in the field? They would rot and the price of tomato's would skyrocket. No one is going to buy overpriced tomato's, so the tomato farmer goes out of business or plants something profitable. This time the farmer studies the market and figures the cost of LEGAL workers into the cost of his produce. That is how the free enterprise system regulates itself.

The other thing that is overlooked is that individuals or small neighborhood can raise their own fruits and vegetables. It really isn't that hard. Ever hear of 'Victory Gardens?' That's how America got most of it's vegetables during WWII.

Personally, I love tomato's. I grow one cherry tomato plant on my deck that keeps my salads filled with tomato's all during the summer. If the price of lettuce skyrockets, I'll grow my own lettuce. America doesn't NEED mass produced produced harvested by ILLEGAL aliens.

Your desire to protect law breakers to protect the low cost of mass produced vegetables doesn't really seem in line with your other Christian views. IMO. Doing the right and legal thing is sometimes more costly, but it is always better then doing the wrong thing.

Sincerely
364 posted on 07/21/2007 5:13:51 AM PDT by ScubieNuc
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To: bray
America doesn't NEED mass produced produce d harvested by ILLEGAL aliens.

Fixed. Sometimes I type too fast and proof-read too slow.
365 posted on 07/21/2007 5:18:06 AM PDT by ScubieNuc
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