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Buddyzbuddy

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4. As a result of this labor squeeze,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:42 PM

Jul 29

I just left our local market where I saw 2 senior citizens age 75+ retrieving shopping carts as part of their job. It's probably going to be 90+ degrees today.

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US workers say Trump's immigration crackdown is causing labor shortages: 'A strain on everybody' [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 29 OP

Answer loud knocking on the door. It's ICE (not vanilla), but white. They ask "are there any Spanish twodogsbarking Jul 29 #1

GE is a huge employer in Louisville Bayard Jul 29 #2

This will only get worse Nigrum Cattus Jul 29 #3

As a result of this labor squeeze, Buddyzbuddy Jul 29 #4

Maybe someone should have said something during the election. Oh wait, we did. Ray Bruns Jul 29 #5

America is now learning, how about that. republianmushroom Jul 29 #6

this is not necessarily a bad thing. Calista241 Jul 30 #7