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Ludi
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:21 am    Post subject: Re: US Farmers Emigrate to Mexico Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

manu wrote:

Yes, I can.


Wow, that's very cool. That would make you one of maybe a tiny handful of people here on po.com. How come we haven't seen you posting more on the Planning Forum? We could use your expertise. I can actually only think of maybe three other people here who can make your claim (oowolf; the guy who lives in the forests of Borneo whose name I can remember; and the guy who lives in Norway or Finland or something like that who is pictured in a teepee/yurt/lean-to in "Peakoil.com is you" (sorry, can't remember his name either).

Please post more about your skills and abilities so we can learn from you!
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:02 am    Post subject: Re: US Farmers Emigrate to Mexico Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

The main reason is that I am living in a tropical climate, whereas most of the posters here are living in a colder climate. So their problems are different.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:14 pm    Post subject: Re: US Farmers Emigrate to Mexico Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

smallpoxgirl wrote:
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Short on Labor, Farmers in U.S. Shift to Mexico


...A sense of crisis prevails among American farmers who rely on immigrant laborers, more so since immigration legislation in the United States Senate failed in June and the authorities announced a crackdown on employers of illegal immigrants. An increasing number of farmers have been testing the alternative of raising crops across the border where there is a stable labor supply, growers and lawmakers in the United States and Mexico said...


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think ya might find this radio interview interesting which is related to the topic of US farmers moving to mexico....

Nowhere is immigration policy more keenly felt than in the Imperial Valley. Here at the Mid-Winter Fairgrounds, we're just a few miles from Mexico. The people who have picked the crops in this agricultural bastion have long come from Mexico.

Over the past ten or so years, security at the border has been beefed-up. The one-time ability of Mexican workers to cross easily into the United States, and then return home, is a thing of the past. Meanwhile, emotional disagreements over illegal immigration and immigrant labor has prevented Congress from coming to any agreement about who should be allowed to work in the States and become citizens.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:52 pm    Post subject: Re: US Farmers Emigrate to Mexico Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

This is also another reason to be against the war on drugs. We have lots of people spending lots of time in jail. A large majority of these people's only crime was selling/using drugs. If drugs were legal we could just let them out which in turn would add to our labor force.

Why are we locking up our own labor and then turning right around and importing labor to replace them? Please see

http://www.leap.cc for more answers.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:06 pm    Post subject: Re: US Farmers Emigrate to Mexico Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

TreeFarmer wrote:

Why are we locking up our own labor and then turning right around and importing labor to replace them?


Because our labor is "too expensive."
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:11 am    Post subject: Re: US Farmers Emigrate to Mexico Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

Ludi wrote:
TreeFarmer wrote:

Why are we locking up our own labor and then turning right around and importing labor to replace them?


Because our labor is "too expensive."


It won't be expensive once the government inflates the dollar to be worth less than the paper it's printed on.
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:57 pm    Post subject: Re: US Farmers Emigrate to Mexico Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

Tyler-
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