US Border Crisis

[The Penitent Man]

Most of the illegals arrested were South Koreans. It looks like S Korea or Hyundai were smuggling in their people to work on the project.

Based.

 

[InspCallahan]

Most of the illegals arrested were South Koreans. It looks like S Korea or Hyundai were smuggling in their people to work on the project.

They saw how the Atlantic African Slave Trade thing worked out...

 

[starlight]

Big Ag Corporations parade as small town farmers then threaten to raise the cost of food to infinity if they can't afford their third yacht and multimillion dollar salaries. Legal farm workers make $30-40 per hour in my area. Illegal farm workers are paid "in-kind" and are modern slavery. It's shameful that Big Ag uses slave labor instead of taking a marginal pay cut.

 

[It_Is_My_Time]

Big Ag Corporations parade as small town farmers then threaten to raise the cost of food to infinity if they can't afford their third yacht and multimillion dollar salaries. Legal farm workers make $30-40 per hour in my area. Illegal farm workers are paid "in-kind" and are modern slavery. It's shameful that Big Ag uses slave labor instead of taking a marginal pay cut.

I once heard Mike Peinovich make a great point. When our govt. talks about bailing out farmers. When our govt. says they need to "bail out farmers" they really mean Bayer, Conagra, etc. They money will go to farmers, and then it goes into these large corporations to buy their products.

Most people live in the burbs or the urban area in the USA. Probably close to 90-10 suburban/urban v. rural. So, the 90 knows nothing about agriculture or how it works or how hard it is to really buy land and how few people actually own land.

This talk by politicians ends up being just another bailout for Wall Street, which is where a large chunk of middle-class taxes end up, in the hands of Wall Street.

 

[It_Is_My_Time]

The GOP isn't even trying any longer. No wonder these coward shut down comments on his tweet.

 

[Dusty]

^^^

Looks like a homosexual.

 

[Australia Sucks]

Big Ag Corporations parade as small town farmers then threaten to raise the cost of food to infinity if they can't afford their third yacht and multimillion dollar salaries. Legal farm workers make $30-40 per hour in my area. Illegal farm workers are paid "in-kind" and are modern slavery. It's shameful that Big Ag uses slave labor instead of taking a marginal pay cut.

From my observations although both engage in the practice small farmers are more likely to hire illegal imported slave labour than large corporations are.

In my experience and personal observation it’s generally the small businesses in any industry that are more exploitative and likely to abuse labour laws than large corporations.

People need to stop believing the Dave Ramsey pysop that small businesses are more moral than mega corporations.

Also according to data for the USA:

• A 2017 report by the Harvard Business Review (HBR) found that employees at firms with more than 500 employees earned 30–50% more than those at firms with fewer than 25 employees.
• ITIF Data (2021): Employees at firms with over 500 workers earned 38% more than those in firms with under 100 workers. They also received significantly more in overtime pay, bonuses, paid leave, insurance, and retirement benefits.

I would say the above is consistent with my own experience also. Small business owners are generally greedy (of course there are some exceptions but we are talking about on average) I have worked for large corporations and some of them paid well and others didn’t. I have also worked for various small businesses and every single one of them paid me poorly.

Your local Chinese or Indian restaurant is far more likely to be hiring illegal immigrants (and underpaying them) than your local Olive Garden or Burger King is.