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Dr. T

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6. Calling all MAGAts. The employment opportunities

Reply to riversedge (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 06:09 PM

Jul 22

that your orange god promised have finally surfaced. Get to it! Those cows ain't gonna' milk themselves.

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According to Reuters, up to 70% of farmworkers stayed home, terrified of deportation, leaving fruits and vegetables to s [View all] riversedge Jul 22 OP

Holy crap! 70%? Food prices are gonna go up and up. And on top of TSF's tarrfffs... brush Jul 22 #1

If true, we'll have to rely more on IMPORTED fruits and vegs BaronChocula Jul 22 #9

A self-own Catch-22 we can't escape. Thanks, trump. brush Jul 22 #14

This will be devastating for northern state farms when harvest season hits soon. nt ImNotGod Jul 22 #2

Lots of people who had milked cows in WI have left. Right now farmers are relying on HS kids but riversedge Jul 22 #4

Calling all MAGAts. The employment opportunities Dr. T Jul 22 #6

Well, they got rid of Department of Education so maybe they won't get to go to school. travelingthrulife Jul 22 #7

Let's not forget the devastation to those workers and their families, who are unlikely to have a big cushion of savings Scrivener7 Jul 22 #3

From farm to table, at least one in five jobs in the food industry is carried out by immigrants, the equivalent of 14 mi riversedge Jul 22 #5

Good to know. calimary Jul 22 #23

And a safe guess is that at least half of whom ICE rounded up were legal JT45242 Jul 22 #8

Even easier just come by the fields at dawn. I keep telling ya: those berry-pickers are damn dangerous hombres... Hekate Jul 22 #13

I am reading they get grabbed and thrown out of country almost immediately dixiegrrrrl Jul 22 #24

We drove past ag fields planted next to US 101 this morning -- no workers in sight... Hekate Jul 22 #10

Nobody thought farther than the present. calimary Jul 22 #26

Terrific quote -- thx for sharing Hekate Jul 22 #37

Have to hit GOP/Trump with inflation their overzealous actions are causing. Friend just got a quote for some work... dutch777 Jul 22 #11

K&R UTUSN Jul 22 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 22 #15

I hate posts like this... druidity33 Jul 22 #19

Maybe ICE can pick up swong19104 Jul 22 #16

WTF? BoRaGard Jul 22 #17

lemons are getting scarce in my area.. Colorado mountain grammy Jul 22 #18

Based on personal experience, produce prices are already rising. Hassler Jul 22 #20

That fucking rascist scum Steven Miller has Dotards ear... AZ8theist Jul 22 #21

Other than that, what do you think of the guy? Gimpyknee Jul 22 #35

Enjoy your food relayerbob Jul 22 #22

Stand Back!!!!! Stable Genius At Work!!!!! BurnDoubt Jul 22 #25

"Stable Dweller" is more like it. calimary Jul 22 #28

Excellent post! Thank you very much. liberalla Jul 22 #27

A great victory for MAGAts and the Oligarchy. DJ Synikus Makisimus Jul 22 #29

Let them eat tariffs. Oh wait, cake, I mean cake, not tariffs. twodogsbarking Jul 22 #30

Kick dalton99a Jul 22 #31

Soon the buses will be sent to Medicaid recipients homes and they will be taken to the fields to pick cotton, oh wait, twodogsbarking Jul 22 #32

And this all was intentional. LilElf70 Jul 22 #33

tRUMP's tubs of lard diehards will not be out there picking fruits and veggies wolfie001 Jul 22 #34

Perhaps they can be classified as "essential workers" BWdem4life Jul 22 #36