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Better headline is "Negative headcount on government dole arrests hard working members of society."
Kids showing up at home and crying in the street with no one to take care of them because Mississippi doesn't have the human services budget to intake thousands of kids in one day. And ICE definitely dgaf. They did it on the first day of school to maximize the pain.
That'll scare em bigly... not. Means fines they'll have to pay with the some of the money they saved.
Funny thing that.The article failed to mention the arrests of company executives or shareholders.
ICE says "oops, ma bad, you have kids!" and releases 300 (nearly half) of the detainees from custody.
Uhhhh my understanding is hiring illegal workers does produce a hefty fine - and it's by headcount.
It may be that the company will raise wages enough to get suitably skilled US workers to do it. It may be that the work would be taken over by a company over the border that can avoid paying the higher wages.This.
And one thing I want to stress that I hate is the bullshit narrative of "Americans wouldn't do that work anyway!" - It's a bullshit line from bullshit people that are basically being mind-controlled from corporations that are grinning at your stupidity and lining their pockets with money from you.
The fact is the market determines the rates for these jobs. If people won't do them, then they need to increase the pay for it. But if you can extort hundreds of illegals that are desperate for anything - it's easy to see why they did that, it's chrony capitalism at its finest. Shitheads that want to undercut and not play by the rules and pay below what a job is worth.
No, after increasing the pay it won't make meat prices so insane that a chicken breast costs $20/lb. It would be a matter of cents and you wouldn't notice a damn difference.
The only reason Americans won’t do these jobs is because of the pay and benefits. At some point, we decided it made sense for our society to shift to a steady diet of processed fried meat sludge out of “convenience”, with a reliance on cheap exploitable labor to keep the prices down.I have a friend that works for Tyson Foods. Tyson has most of the worst jobs in America.
And believe me... NO ONE, NO AMERICAN wants to work those jobs.
You take a cow, kill it, then basically rip the guts out of it from head to toe.
It is messy, nasty, filthy, smelly work.
Americans are not willing to do those jobs, but Hispanics will.
This is going to backfire BIG TIME, i.e. the raids.
Companies will be left with NO WORKERS and those that remain will be worked to death with overtime.
Business will suffer, stores will suffer when product isn't available, and just as with the fast food industry business will be hurting for workers.
This is sooooooo insane AND MORE SO, sooooo Donald Trump ignorance.
The smart way would be to work something out so these ""WORKING"" people can stay working and remain in America, and better yet give them citizenship.
Then.... business will have their workers, stores will have their shelves stocked, people will have jobs, and those Americans unwilling to do the jobs can go find employment in some more desirable area.
Oh say like RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
All one needs is some orange makeup, the love for KFC, and an asshole in place of the mouth.
Brains not necessary....
The only reason Americans won’t do these jobs is because of the pay and benefits. At some point, we decided it made sense for our society to shift to a steady diet of processed fried meat sludge out of “convenience”, with a reliance on cheap exploitable labor to keep the prices down.
I preferred the version of America where my grandmother took me to the local butcher, who didn’t seem to have a problem employing people.
Start with Trump.what happened to fining the shit out of businesses who hire illegals?
The version of America that you saw through rose colored glasses of childhood.The only reason Americans won’t do these jobs is because of the pay and benefits. At some point, we decided it made sense for our society to shift to a steady diet of processed fried meat sludge out of “convenience”, with a reliance on cheap exploitable labor to keep the prices down.
I preferred the version of America where my grandmother took me to the local butcher, who didn’t seem to have a problem employing people.
While the America of my childhood was far from perfect, it was certainly better than what we’ve become.The version of America that you saw through rose colored glasses of childhood.