I checked, the migrant farm worker shortage is worse than ever. Add that to your list.
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I sometimes use a factory outside of rolla Missouri. The owner is a far right conspiracy nut. Anyway I was there not long ago and he had a bunch of unmarked boxes in the lobby. A whole skid full. When he came out to meet me I told him they had porn on the internet now. He goes here check this out. He opened one of the boxes and the company was called patriots are some shit. It was all food that lasts up to 25 years. He bought a shit ton of it to store in the factory because he believes there won't be enough truckers to handle shipments and we're going to have a food crisis next year. I told him I'd rather just die than eat space food. He didn't like that. anyway some people are starting to get worried. crazy people but still people. might be a good time to get into the hoarding business
There is obviously no cause and effect between Biden’s border chaos and farm labor.I checked, the migrant farm worker shortage is worse than ever. Add that to your list.
Farm labor shortage nothing new, getting worse, farmers say
PITTSBURGH (AP) — At Vale Wood Farms in Cambria County, a group of high school kids is learning the right way to move a cow. The newest hires are getting up to speed — a process that could be more time consuming than usual this year, said Carissa Itle Westrick, the farm’s director of business...
I get it....on our kroger clicklist they substituted for a different type of tortilla chip. It wasn't bad, just not the same. i cannot believe aoc, hunter, blm, woke culture
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I didn’t say that it wasn’t true. . I said that we can no longer accept that as a reason for massive unrestricted immigration. We have a multitude of problems that contribute to labor shortage. Education, drugs, gangs, liberal safety nets are among those. Tough choices and must be made and we are both unwilling, and as is becoming obvious with Congress, unable to make those choices. So we just tax and spend even more.
This kind of Armageddon precursor needs its own thread!
We Amish folks are self sufficient. We can put a bullet in the head of a pig or cow and process our meat. We can pull the heads off some of our chickens, dip them in boiling water, pluck the feathers off, butcher them and freeze. Gizzards are particularly interesting to clean. Most likely city folks wouldn’t ever order them again if they helped clean a few. We’ve canned green beans, corn and other items. We will continue eating well until the city slickers come and steal our food. 😂
It is easy being you, just pretend the world is filled with unicorns and elves and refuse to discuss the hard questions. Just put your fingers in your ears and repeat, "xenophobia does not exist" and everything will be perfect.
I don’t need a lecture about refusing to discuss hard questions from one who thinks xenophobia is the reason immigration is a tough issue.
I don't know about candy but the shortage on paper and plastic is nationwide. Restaurants are using three times what they used to and manufacturers can't keep up with demand.
The biggest rackets in the world are paying to get married and paying to be buried.
can always do a freebie at the courthouse. weddings on wednesday. farm system for the family court
I commented last week that my office supplies company warned me of shortages of copy paper coming in tax season. They’ve been long time client. I believed him. I bought three pallets. He said price will be high if available.
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My first marriage cost way more than that......in the end.
What is the CATO stance on social safety nets?Xenophobia makes it harder than it needs to be, and everyone this side of an ostrich or a xenophobe knows that.
Japan has a right government and a long history of xenophobia. They opened up immigration because they stopped growing.
Japan Radically Increased Immigration—and No One Protested
To cope with demographic challenges and labor shortages, Japan’s right-wing government has boosted immigration. How did it avoid the political backlash plaguing the West?
When one complains about chain immigration I guarantee it isn't Melania's use of it that they are picturing.
When one complained that Mexicans didn't learn English, that was xenophobia (though in the old days it was the Germans who didn't learn English).
We need immigrants. We need engineers, AND we need migrant workers. Not all our immigrants are going to look like Gisele or Melania.
One of our posters said "... I went to 3 different Haji-Mart liquor stores that was...". What does that sound like to you? Do you think that is someone open about immigration (at least from non-supermodels)?
Xenophobia makes the issue harder given our history of trying to be open. It made it easy for Japan who pretty much has always refused foreigners. The thing is, I don't believe you are xenophobic. But for some reason you are very worried about increased LEGAL immigration wanting it only for STEM. We need STEM, but tell the restaurants cutting hours they don't need workers. Here in Bloomington, Nicks is closed on Sunday and Monday because they don't have the staff. Village Deli closed a month, and he closed his burrito store entirely, both because there are no workers. Those people who proudly want to be seen as pro-business should worry about this problem.
If we ignore xenophobia, the obvious answer is we need more immigrants. We need them for various jobs, some elite-level and some as day laborers. And here is something, our teenage unemployment rate is low.
The teenage unemployment rate was 9.6 percent in May and 9.9 percent in June, lower than at any time since the early‐ to mid‐1950s. Teenagers, however, can’t fill demand in the labor market for long — especially when the school year begins in the fall.
We are short workers even though teens are working at the highest rates in 70 years. Here is the last part of that CATO piece:
It’s clear that immigrant workers, entrepreneurs and consumers can help jumpstart the economic recovery. The Biden administration should do everything it can to increase the pace of legal immigration.Tell me how CATO is wrong?
Since Biden sowed the seeds of chaos at the Souther border, I’ve seen and heard dozens of Democrat Hispanic mayors, sheriffs, and Hispanic Border Patrol agents serverly criticize the Biden, Harris, Mayotkas brain trust about uncontrolled and illegal immigration. I don’t think those people are xenophobic. maybe you do.Xenophobia makes it harder than it needs to be, and everyone this side of an ostrich or a xenophobe knows that.
Japan has a right government and a long history of xenophobia. They opened up immigration because they stopped growing.
Japan Radically Increased Immigration—and No One Protested
To cope with demographic challenges and labor shortages, Japan’s right-wing government has boosted immigration. How did it avoid the political backlash plaguing the West?
When one complains about chain immigration I guarantee it isn't Melania's use of it that they are picturing.
When one complained that Mexicans didn't learn English, that was xenophobia (though in the old days it was the Germans who didn't learn English).
We need immigrants. We need engineers, AND we need migrant workers. Not all our immigrants are going to look like Gisele or Melania.
One of our posters said "... I went to 3 different Haji-Mart liquor stores that was...". What does that sound like to you? Do you think that is someone open about immigration (at least from non-supermodels)?
Xenophobia makes the issue harder given our history of trying to be open. It made it easy for Japan who pretty much has always refused foreigners. The thing is, I don't believe you are xenophobic. But for some reason you are very worried about increased LEGAL immigration wanting it only for STEM. We need STEM, but tell the restaurants cutting hours they don't need workers. Here in Bloomington, Nicks is closed on Sunday and Monday because they don't have the staff. Village Deli closed a month, and he closed his burrito store entirely, both because there are no workers. Those people who proudly want to be seen as pro-business should worry about this problem.
If we ignore xenophobia, the obvious answer is we need more immigrants. We need them for various jobs, some elite-level and some as day laborers. And here is something, our teenage unemployment rate is low.
The teenage unemployment rate was 9.6 percent in May and 9.9 percent in June, lower than at any time since the early‐ to mid‐1950s. Teenagers, however, can’t fill demand in the labor market for long — especially when the school year begins in the fall.
We are short workers even though teens are working at the highest rates in 70 years. Here is the last part of that CATO piece:
It’s clear that immigrant workers, entrepreneurs and consumers can help jumpstart the economic recovery. The Biden administration should do everything it can to increase the pace of legal immigration.Tell me how CATO is wrong?
They are of course against them. But studies show immigrants do not create a problem with safety nets.
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Do you agree with Cato's stance on social safety nets?They are of course against them. But studies show immigrants do not create a problem with safety nets.
First, to receive most public benefits under the social safety net, immigrants must be lawful permanent residents for at least five years.There are approximately 9 million immigrants that fit that definition in the U.S. Of those, many would not qualify for welfare or other programs because their incomes are too high.“While it is really important to ensure that immigrants and their children have access to the safety net, there are already a lot of eligibility barriers in place,” said Hamutal Bernstein, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute.4 myths about how immigrants affect the U.S. economy
President Donald Trump’s characterization of immigrants, as people who are a drain public resources, is not backed by the data.
Googling shows a lot of studies reporting that immigrants use the safety net far less than us natives. If anyone has a countervailing study I'd love to see it.
Their stance on immigration and trade and safety nets and......
Go and make fun, but you know we had a better economy when Trump was in office!
Bulk it’s not funny, I am embarrassed for your lack of masculinity!
Would you call these centers a safety net?
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Would you call these centers a safety net?
Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside.
But several times above I have said "legal" immigration. There is a debate to be had about illegal immigration. If a kid proves they are a fleeing refugee, we've always had exceptions to allow that. For immigrants in general"
The second factor is date of entry into the United States. Specifically, qualified immigrants who entered after August 22, 1996 are barred from SSI and food stamps until they become citizens and from TANF, Medicaid, and SCHIP for five years after entry.And for political asylum:
Refugees and asylees are eligible for all welfare benefits for the first seven years they reside in the U.S., after which their eligibility is greatly reduced. Non-citizens who have worked for ten years and armed forces personnel and their dependents are eligible for all benefits. Finally, some emergency benefits?especially Medicaid?are provided to all non-citizens.A major provision of the 1996 legislation required that most legal immigrants have sponsors with incomes over 125 percent of the federal poverty line. The provision also required the income of sponsors to be deemed as available to the immigrants when calculating eligibility for welfare benefits, which usually has the effect of disqualifying them from benefits. The sponsor was also held liable for the costs of any welfare benefit used by the immigrant. The purpose of these requirements was to ensure that sponsors assume financial responsibility for newcomers, thereby reducing the potential burden on taxpayers.CATO may not like the safety net, but they did tweet this:
Overall, immigrants are less likely to consume welfare benefits and, when they do, they generally consume a lower dollar value of benefits than native-born Americans.
